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 PUBLIC LAW 99-159—NOV. 22, 1985 major research equipment, shall be documented. University expenditures for the construction and modernization of research facilities, the sources of funds, and other appropriate data shall be collected and analyzed. The Foundation, in conjunction with other appropriate Federal agencies, shall conduct the necessary surveys every 2 years and report the results to the Congress. The first report shall be submitted to the Congress by September 1, 1986.

99 STAT. 889

Report.

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION ADMINISTRATIVE AMENDMENTS

SEC. 109. (a) The last sentence of section 4(e) of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1863(e)) is amended by striking out "by registered mail or certified mail mailed to his last known address of record". (b) Section 5(e) of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1864(e)) is amended to read as follows: "(e)(l) The Director may make grants, contracts, and other arrangements pursuant to section 11(c) only with the prior approval of the Board or under authority delegated by the Board, and subject to such conditions as the Board may specify. "(2) Any delegation of authority or imposition of conditions under the preceding sentence shall be effective only for such period of time, not exceeding two years, as the Board may specify, and shall be promptly published in the Federal Register and reported to the Committees on Labor and Human Resources and Commerce, Science, and Trsuisportation of the Senate and the Committee on Science and Technology of the House of Representatives. On October 1 of each odd-numbered year the Board shall submit to the Congress a concise report which explains and justifies any actions taken by the Board under this subsection to delegate its authority or impose conditions within the preceding two years. The provisions of this subsection shall cease to be effective at the end of fiscal year 1989.". (c) Section 12 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1871) is amended— (1) by striking out "(a)" after "SEC. 12."; and (2) by striking out subsection (b). (d) Section 9 of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1868) is amended to read as follows:

Grants. Contracts. 42 USC 1870. Federal Register, publication.

Report.

Termination.

SPECIAL COMMISSIONS

"SEC. 9. (a) Each special commission established under section 4(h) shall be appointed by the Board and shall consist of such members as the Board considers appropriate. "(b) Special commissions may be established to study and make recommendations to the Foundation on issues relating to research and education in science and engineering.". (e)(1) Section 14 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1873) is amended— (A) by striking out subsection (b); (B) by redesignating subsections (c) through (i) as subsections (b) through (h), respectively; and (C) by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(i) Information supplied to the Foundation or a contractor of the Foundation by an industrial or commercial organization in survey forms, questionnaires, or similar instruments for the purposes of subsection (a)(5) or (a)(6) of section 3 may not be disclosed to the public unless such information has been transformed into statistical or aggregate formats that do not allow the identification of the

42 USC 1863.

Study. Research and development. Education.

42 USC 1862.

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