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 89 STAT. 592

PUBLIC LAW 94-116—OCT. 17, 1975 of passenger motor vehicles; and maintenance and repair of real and personal property, and not in excess of $25,000 per project for construction of new facilities and additions to existing facilities, and not in excess of $50,000 per project for rehabilitation and modification of facilities; $775,512,000: Provided, That contracts may be entered into under this appropriation for maintenance and operation of facilities, and for other services, to be provided during the next fiscal year: Provided further, That not to exceed $35,000 of the foregoing amount shall be available for scientific consultations or extraordinary expense, to be expended upon the approval or authority of the Administrator and his determination shall be final and conclusive. For "Research and program management," for the period July 1, 1976, through September 30, 1976, $213,678,000. NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For expenses necessary to carry out the purposes of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1861-1875), title IX of the National Defense Education Act of 1958 (42 U.S.C. 1876-1879), and the Act to establish a National Medal of Science (42 LLS.C. 1880-1881), including award of graduate fellowships; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; purchase of three aircraft; maintenance and operation of aircraft and purchase of flight services for research support; hire of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $5,000 for official reception and representation expenses; not to exceed $41,000,000 for program development and management; uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902); rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia; and reimbursement of the General Services Administration for security guard services; $710,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 1977: Provided, That of the foregoing total amount not more than $6,000,000 shall be used for Science Information Activities; not more than $60,000,000 shall be available for Research Applied to National Needs, of which not more than $24,000,000 shall be used for the Environmental Research Program in RANN including not more than $4,500,000 for earthquake engineering; not more than $50,000,000 shall be used for Science Education programs in addition to funds available for such programs and deferred in fiscal year 1975, and not more than $1,000,000 shall be used for a program of Ethical and Human Value Implications; not more than $15,000,000 shall be used for Graduate Student Support; not more than $4,500,000 shall be used for Intergovernmental Science and Research Utilization, of which not more than $2,500,000 shall be for Intergovernmental Science; and no funds shall be used for Institutional Improvement for Science; or for Instructional Improvement Implementation budgeted for in Elementary and Secondary School Programs of the Science Education Improvement activity; Provided furUier, That of the foregoing amounts, funds available to meet minima authorized by any other act shall be available only to the extent such funds are not in excess of amounts provided herein: Provided further, That unless otherwise specified by this appropriation, the ratio of amounts made available under this Act for a program or minima to the amounts specified for a program or minima in any other Act, for the activity for which the limitation applies, shall not exceed the ratio that the total funds appropriated in this Act bear to the total funds authorized in such other Act, for the activity for

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