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Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Chapter 16 — National Science Foundation

§ 1875. Appropriations

Statutory text

To enable the Foundation to carry out its powers and duties, only such sums may be appropriated as the Congress may authorize by law.

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. National Science Foundation Act of 1950

    Pub. L. 81–171 § 16 · 64 Stat. 149

    Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 1875

    May 10, 1950, ch. 171, § 16, 64 Stat. 157

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    May 10, 1950, ch. 171, § 16, 64 Stat. 157

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 16. appropriations (a) To enable the Foundation to carry out its powers and Post, p. 1056. duties, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Foundation, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, not to exceed $500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1951, and not to exceed $15,000,000 for each fiscal year thereafter. (b) Appropriations made pursuant to the authority provided in subsection (a) of this section shall remain available for obligation, for expenditure, or for obligation and expenditure, for such period or periods as may be specified in the Acts making such appropriations.

  2. Public Law not identified

    Changed · 42 U.S.C. § 1875(a)

    Subsec. (a). Act Aug. 8, 1953, removed the $15 million limitation on the amount of the annual appropriations

    Unresolved: No Public Law or Statutes at Large citation in the Code source.

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (a). Act Aug. 8, 1953, removed the $15 million limitation on the amount of the annual appropriations.

  3. Pub. L. 90–407 § 14 · 82 Stat. 360

    Substituted · 42 U.S.C. § 1875(a)

    Pub. L. 90–407, § 14, substituted provisions authorizing the appropriation of funds for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969, June 30, 1970, and each subsequent fiscal year, such sums to be in addition to sums authorized by section 1122(b)(1) of title 33, for provisions authorizing the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 90–407, § 14, substituted provisions authorizing the appropriation of funds for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969, June 30, 1970, and each subsequent fiscal year, such sums to be in addition to sums authorized by section 1122(b)(1) of title 33, for provisions authorizing the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 14. Subsection (a) of section 17 of the National Science 42 USC 1875. Foundation Act of 1950 is amended to read as follows : “(a) To enable the Foundation to carry out its powers and duties, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Foundation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969, the sum of $525,000,000; but for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970, and each subsequent fiscal year, only such sums may be appropriated as the Congress may hereafter authorize by law. Sums authorized by this subsection shall be in addition to sums authorized by section 201(b) (1) of the Marine Re- 80 Stat. 998. 33 USC 1121–1124. 80 Stat. 460. sources and Engineering Development Act of 1966.”

  4. National Science Foundation Authorization and Science and Technology Equal Opportunities Act

    Pub. L. 96–516 § 21(c) · 94 Stat. 3007

    1. Amended · 42 U.S.C. § 1875

      Pub. L. 96–516 amended subsec. (a) generally

    2. Struck · 42 U.S.C. § 1875

      Pub. L. 96–516 striking out specific dollar amounts for fiscal years ending June 30, 1969, and June 30, 1970, reference to subsequent fiscal years, and provisions relating to sums as additional to sums under section 1122(b)(1) of title 33

    3. Struck · 42 U.S.C. § 1875

      Pub. L. 96–516 struck out subsec. (b) which related to availability of sums for obligation and expenditure

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 96–516 amended subsec. (a) generally, striking out specific dollar amounts for fiscal years ending June 30, 1969, and June 30, 1970, reference to subsequent fiscal years, and provisions relating to sums as additional to sums under section 1122(b)(1) of title 33, and struck out subsec. (b) which related to availability of sums for obligation and expenditure.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (c) Section 16 of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 is amended to read as follows: “Sec. 16. “appropriations To enable the Foundation to carry out its powers and duties, only such sums may be appropriated as the Congress may authorize by law.”.

5 of 6 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 unresolved

Editorial Notes

Amendments1953–1980 · 3 rounds

1980

Pub. L. 96–516 amended subsec. (a) generally, striking out specific dollar amounts for fiscal years ending , and , reference to subsequent fiscal years, and provisions relating to sums as additional to sums under section 1122(b)(1) of title 33, and struck out subsec. (b) which related to availability of sums for obligation and expenditure.

1968

Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 90–407, § 14, substituted provisions authorizing the appropriation of funds for the fiscal year ending , , and each subsequent fiscal year, such sums to be in addition to sums authorized by section 1122(b)(1) of title 33, for provisions authorizing the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.

1953

Subsec. (a). Act , removed the $15 million limitation on the amount of the annual appropriations.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Drug-Free Workplace

Pub. L. 100–570, title I, § 118, , 102 Stat. 2873, provided that:

“(a)

No funds authorized to be appropriated under this Act, or under any other Act authorizing appropriations for fiscal year 1989 through 1993 for the Foundation, shall be obligated or expended unless the Foundation has in place, and will continue to administer in good faith, a written policy designed to ensure that all of its workplaces are free from the illegal use, possession, or distribution of controlled substances (as defined in the Controlled Substances Act [21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.]) by the officers and employees of the Foundation.

“(b)

No funds authorized to be appropriated to the Foundation for fiscal years 1989 through 1993 shall be available for payment in connection with any grant, contract, or other agreement, unless the recipient of such grant, contractor, or party to such agreement, as the case may be, has in place and will continue to administer in good faith a written policy, adopted by the board of directors or other governing authority of such recipient, contractor, or party, satisfactory to the Director of the Foundation, designed to ensure that all of the workplaces of such recipient, contractor, or party are free from the illegal use, possession, or distribution of controlled substances (as defined in the Controlled Substances Act) by the officers and employees of such recipient, contractor, or party.”

[Section 118 of Pub. L. 100–570, set out above, effective , see section 215(c) of Pub. L. 100–685, set out as a note under section 5110 of Title 15, Commerce and Trade.]

Continuation of Existing Offices, Procedures, and Organization of the National Science Foundation

Amendment by Pub. L. 90–407 intended to continue in effect the existing offices, procedures, and organization of the Foundation, see section 16 of Pub. L. 90–407, set out as a note under section 1862 of this title.

Credits

1950–1980 · 5 acts
  1. 1950May 10, 1950, ch. 171, § 16, 64 Stat. 157
  2. 1953Aug. 8, 1953, ch. 377, 67 Stat. 488
  3. 1958renumbered § 17, Pub. L. 85–510, § 2, , 72 Stat. 353
  4. 1968renumbered § 16 and amended Pub. L. 90–407, §§ 11(2), (14), , 82 Stat. 365, 366
  5. 1980Pub. L. 96–516, § 21(c), , 94 Stat. 3010.
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(May 10, 1950, ch. 171, § 16, 64 Stat. 157; Aug. 8, 1953, ch. 377, 67 Stat. 488; renumbered § 17, Pub. L. 85–510, § 2, , 72 Stat. 353; renumbered § 16 and amended Pub. L. 90–407, §§ 11(2), (14), , 82 Stat. 365, 366; Pub. L. 96–516, § 21(c), , 94 Stat. 3010.)

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