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Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Chapter 16 — National Science Foundation

§ 1882. Information furnished to Congressional committees

Statutory text

Notwithstanding any other provision of this or any other Act, the Director of the National Science Foundation and the National Science Board shall keep the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives fully and currently informed with respect to all of the activities of the National Science Foundation.

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 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1980

    Pub. L. 96–44 § 9 · 93 Stat. 333

    Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 1882

    Pub. L. 96–44, § 9, Aug. 2, 1979, 93 Stat. 335

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 96–44, § 9, Aug. 2, 1979, 93 Stat. 335

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 9. Notwithstanding any other provision of this or any other 42 USC 1882. Act, the Director of the National Science Foundation shall keep the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Science and Technology of the House of Representatives fully and currently informed with respect to all of the activities of the National Science Foundation.

  2. National Science Foundation Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1986

    Pub. L. 99–159 title I § 109(i) · 99 Stat. 887

    Inserted · 42 U.S.C. § 1882

    Pub. L. 99–159 inserted “and the National Science Board”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 99–159 inserted “and the National Science Board”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (i) Section 9 of the National Science Foundation Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1980 (42 U.S.C. 1882) is amended by inserting “and the National Science Board” after “the Director of the National Science Foundation”.

  3. Pub. L. 103–437 § 15(c)(2) · 108 Stat. 4581

    Substituted · 42 U.S.C. § 1882

    Pub. L. 103–437 substituted “Science, Space, and Technology” for “Science and Technology”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 103–437 substituted “Science, Space, and Technology” for “Science and Technology”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (2) section 9 of the National Science Foundation Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1980 (42 U.S.C. 1882).

3 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This Act, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 96–44, known as the National Science Foundation Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1980. For classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.

Codification

Section was enacted as part of the authorization act cited as the credit to this section, and not as part of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 which comprises this chapter.

Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to this section were contained in the following prior authorization acts:

Pub. L. 95–434, § 7, , 92 Stat. 1050.

Pub. L. 95–99, § 11, formerly § 13, , 91 Stat. 835, renumbered § 11, Pub. L. 99–159, title I, § 109(h), , 99 Stat. 890.

Pub. L. 94–471, § 11, , 90 Stat. 2058.

Pub. L. 94–86, § 11, , 89 Stat. 431.

Pub. L. 93–413, § 7, , 88 Stat. 1095.

Pub. L. 93–96, § 9, , 87 Stat. 317.

Pub. L. 91–120, § 6, , 83 Stat. 203.

Amendments1985–1994 · 2 rounds

1994

Pub. L. 103–437 substituted “Science, Space, and Technology” for “Science and Technology”.

1985

Pub. L. 99–159 inserted “and the National Science Board”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

Committee on Labor and Human Resources of Senate changed to Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of Senate by Senate Resolution No. 20, One Hundred Sixth Congress, .

Credits

1979–1994 · 3 acts
  1. 1979Pub. L. 96–44, § 9, , 93 Stat. 335
  2. 1985Pub. L. 99–159, title I, § 109(i), , 99 Stat. 890
  3. 1994Pub. L. 103–437, § 15(c)(2), , 108 Stat. 4591.
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(Pub. L. 96–44, § 9, , 93 Stat. 335; Pub. L. 99–159, title I, § 109(i), , 99 Stat. 890; Pub. L. 103–437, § 15(c)(2), , 108 Stat. 4591.)

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