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 96 STAT. 1600

Notification to congressional committees.

Federal research funds, geographical distribution. 42 USC 2459 note. 42 USC 2464.

42 USC 2464 note.

15 USC 2201 note.

5 USC app.

Short title.

PUBLIC LAW 97-324—OCT. 15, 1982

(1) no amount appropriated pursuant to this Act may be used for any program deleted by the Congress from requests as originally made to either the House Committee on Science and Technology or the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, (2) no amount appropriated pursuant to this Act may be used for any program in excess of the amount actually authorized for that particular program by sections 101(a) and 101(c), and (3) no amount appropriated pursuant to this Act may be used for any program which has not been presented to or requested of either such committee, unless (A) a period of thirty days has passed after the receipt by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate and each such committee of notice given by the Administrator or his designee containing a full and complete statement of the action proposed to be taken and the facts and circumstances relied upon in support of such proposed action, or (B) each such committee before the expiration of such period has transmitted to the Administrator written notice to the effect that such committee has no objection to the proposed action. In calculating the thirty-day period referred to in the preceding sentence, any days on which either House is not in session because of an adjournment sine die or an adjournment of more than five days to a day certain shall be excluded, but in no event shall the total period extend beyond fortyfive days. SEC. 105. It is the sense of the Congress that it is in the national interest that consideration be given to geographical distribution of Federal research funds whenever feasible, and that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration should explore ways and means of distributing its research and development funds whenever feasible. SEC. 106. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, or any interagency agreement, the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration shall charge such prices as necessary to recover the fair value of placing Department of Defense payloads into orbit by means of the Space Shuttle. (b) This section shall apply to any Department of Defense payloads placed into orbit by means of the Space Shuttle on or after October 1, 1983. SEC. 107. (a) The Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall ensure that all obligations and responsibilities imposed by the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 are performed during fiscal year 1983, including activities of the United States Fire Administration and the United States Fire Academy. (b) The Director shall reserve such funds as are appropriated to carry out the functions of the Federal Emergency Management Agency as designated in Reorganization Plan Numbered 3 of 1978 to conduct the operations of the United States Fire Administration, the United States Fire Academy, and such other functions and responsibilities as are vested in the Director pursuant to the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974. SEC. 108. This Act may be cited as the "National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act, 1983".

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