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 PUBLIC LAW 96-516—DEC. 12, 1980

94 STAT. 3009

(c) To the extent permitted by law, all Federal funding of the Ocean Margin Drilling Project shall be provided from the Windfall Profit Tax Account. OFFICIAL EXPENSES

SEC. 15. From appropriations made under this Act, not more than $5,000 for fiscal year 1981 may be used for official consultation, representation, or other extraordinary expenses at the discretion of the Director of the National Science Foundation (hereinafter referred to as the "Director"). His determination will be final and conclusive upon the accounting officers of the Government. FOREIGN CURRENCY

SEC. 16. Besides the sums authorized by section 11, not more than $5,500,000 for fiscal year 1981 are authorized to be appropriated for expenses of the National Science Foundation incurred outside the United States, to be drawn from foreign currencies that the Treasury Department determines to be excess to the normal requirements of the United States. TRANSFER AUTHORITY

SEC. 17. (a) Funds may be transferred among the categories listed in section 11, so long as the net funds transferred to or from any category do not exceed 10 per centum of the amount authorized for that category in section 11. (b) The Director of the Foundation may propose transfers to or from any category exceeding 10 per centum of the amounts authorized for that category in section 11 or available for that category after the application of section 19. Such a proposed transfer must be explained and transmitted in writing to the Speaker of the House, the President of the Senate, and the Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources and the House Committee on Science and Technology. The proposed transfer may be made only when— (1) thirty calendar days have passed after submission of the written proposal, or (2) the chairman of the House Committee on Science and Technology and the chairman of the Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources have each written the Director to the effect that the respective committee has no objection to the proposed transfer.

Transfer of funds.

Proposed transfer, submittal to congressional committees.

DIRECTORATE CONSOLIDATION

SEC. 18. The National Science Foundation is directed to consolidate all Directorates, including the Science Education Directorate, under one roof, in the present location of the central administrative offices, on or before August 1, 1982. RATABLE REDUCTION

SEC. 19. If the total amount of appropriations made by any Act for program activities included in section 11 and section 13 for the fiscal year 1981 is less than the total amount authorized to be appropriated for those activities by section 11 and section 13, the amount available from such appropriations for any particular program activity shall bear the same ratio to the amount authorized to be appropriated for that activity by section 11 and section 13 as the total amount of the appropriations made by such appropriation Act for all included

42 USC 1866 note.

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