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.
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. 157Enacted 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.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.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.”National Science Foundation Authorization and Science and Technology Equal Opportunities Act
Pub. L. 96–516 § 21(c) · 94 Stat. 3007
Amended · 42 U.S.C. § 1875
Pub. L. 96–516 amended subsec. (a) generally
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
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
- 1950May 10, 1950, ch. 171, § 16, 64 Stat. 157
- 1953Aug. 8, 1953, ch. 377, 67 Stat. 488
- 1958renumbered § 17, Pub. L. 85–510, § 2, , 72 Stat. 353
- 1968renumbered § 16 and amended Pub. L. 90–407, §§ 11(2), (14), , 82 Stat. 365, 366
- 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.)