• y')-^^:^*:^iy^';;f!0^L "-•' PUBLIC LAW 101-144 —NOV. 9, 1989 103 STAT. 863 would be inconsistent with the interest of the Nation in aeronautical and space activities: Provided further, That up to $152,000,000 of the funds provided by this paragraph may be transferred to and merged with sums appropriated for "Space flight, control and data commu- nications" and/or "Research and program management": Provided further. That of the amounts transferred under the authority of the foregoing proviso, not to exceed $85,000,000 may be for "Space flight, control and data communications", and not to exceed $67,000,000 may be for "Research and program management": Provided further, That in addition to the foregoing transfers, up to $25,000,000 of the funds provided by this paragraph may be transferred to and merged with sums appropriated for Research and development". RESEARCH AND PROGRAM MANAGEMENT For necessary expenses of research in Government laboratories, management of programs and other activities of the National Aero- nautics and Space Administration, not otherwise provided for, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902); awards; lease, hire, purchase of one aircraft for replacement only (for which partial payment may be made by exchange of at least one existing administrative aircraft and such other existing aircraft as may be considered appropriate), mainte- nance and operation of administrative aircraft; purchase (not to exceed thirty-three for replacement only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and maintenance and repair of real and personal property, and not in excess of $100,000 per project for construction of new facilities and additions to existing facilities, repairs, and re- habilitation and modification of facilities; $1,982,200,000: Provided, That contracts may be entered into under this appropriation for maintenance and operation of facilities, and for other services, to be provided during the next fiscal year: Provided further, That not to exceed $35,000 of the foregoing amount shall be available for sci- entific consultations or extraordinary expense, to be expended upon the approval or authority of the Administrator and his determina- tion shall be final and conclusive: Provided further, That of the funds made available under this heading, up to $195,000 may be transferred to the "Office of Inspector CJeneral": Provided further. That the grade retention provisions of 5 U.S.C. 5362 shall remain available to Goddard Space Flight Onter employees of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, displaced by the conversion on September 3, 1989, of their civil service positions to private sector positions, from the time an affected employee is placed in a lower graded position until one or more of the conditions of 5 U.S.C. 5362(d) is met. OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, $8,795,000. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS Government organization and employees. SMALL AND DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS The NASA Administrator shall annually establish a goal of at least 8 per centum of the total value of prime and subcontracts awarded in support of authorized programs, including the space Minorities. 42 USC 2473b.
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