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Title 15 — Commerce and Trade

Chapter 81 — High-Performance Computing

§ 5522. National Aeronautics and Space Administration activities

Statutory text

As part of the Program described in subchapter I, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration shall conduct basic and applied research in networking and information technology, particularly in the field of computational science, with emphasis on aerospace sciences, earth and space sciences, and remote exploration and experimentation.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Pub. L. 102–194 title II § 202 · 105 Stat. 1594

    Enacted · 15 U.S.C. § 5522

    Pub. L. 102–194, title II, § 202, Dec. 9, 1991, 105 Stat. 1600

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 102–194, title II, § 202, Dec. 9, 1991, 105 Stat. 1600

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 202. NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION ACTIVITIES. (a) General Responsibilities.— As part of the Program described in title I, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration shall conduct basic and applied research in high-performance computing, particularly in the field of computational science, with emphasis on aerospace sciences, earth and space sciences, and remote exploration and experimentation. (b) Authorization of Appropriations.— From sums otherwise authorized to be appropriated, there are authorized to be appropriated to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for the purposes of the Program $72,000,000 for fiscal year 1992; $107,000,000 for fiscal year 1993; $134,000,000 for fiscal year 1994; $151,000,000 for fiscal year 1995; and $145,000,000 for fiscal year 1996.

  2. Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Modernization Act of 2016

    Pub. L. 114–329 title I § 105(k) · 130 Stat. 2969

    1. Struck · 15 U.S.C. § 5522

      Pub. L. 114–329 struck out subsec. (a) designation and heading “General responsibilities”

    2. Substituted · 15 U.S.C. § 5522

      Pub. L. 114–329 substituted “networking and information technology” for “high-performance computing”

    3. Struck · 15 U.S.C. § 5522

      Pub. L. 114–329 struck out subsec. (b) which authorized appropriations for fiscal years 1992 to 1996

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 114–329 struck out subsec. (a) designation and heading “General responsibilities”, substituted “networking and information technology” for “high-performance computing”, and struck out subsec. (b) which authorized appropriations for fiscal years 1992 to 1996.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (k) National Aeronautics and Space Administration Activities.— Section 202 of the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 (15 U.S.C. 5522) is amended— (1) by striking “(a) General Responsibilities.—”; (2) by striking “high-performance computing” and inserting “networking and information technology”; and (3) by striking subsection (b).

4 of 4 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2017—Pub. L. 114–329 struck out subsec. (a) designation and heading “General responsibilities”, substituted “networking and information technology” for “high-performance computing”, and struck out subsec. (b) which authorized appropriations for fiscal years 1992 to 1996.

Credits

1991–2017 · 2 acts
  1. 1991Pub. L. 102–194, title II, § 202, , 105 Stat. 1600
  2. 2017Pub. L. 114–329, title I, § 105(k), , 130 Stat. 2983.
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(Pub. L. 102–194, title II, § 202, , 105 Stat. 1600; Pub. L. 114–329, title I, § 105(k), , 130 Stat. 2983.)

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