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PUBLIC LAW 92.77-AUG. 10, 1971
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RESEARCH A N D T E C H N I C A L SERVICES (SPECIAL FOREIGN C U R R E N C Y PROGRAM)
For payments in foreign currencies which the Treasury Department determines to be excess to the normal requirements of the United states, for necessary expenses of the National Bureau of Standards, as authorized by law, $500,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available, in addition to other appropriations to the Bureau, for payments in the foregoing currencies. PLANT AND FACILITIES
For expenses incurred, as authorized by law (15 LT.S.C. 278c-278e), in the acquisition, construction, improvement, alteration, or emergency repair of buildings, grounds, and other facilities; and procurement and installation of special research equipment and facilities therefor; $575,000, to remain available until expended.
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OFFICE OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, ANALYSIS, AND TECHNICAL SERVICES
For expenses necessary for the conduct of telecommunications functions assigned to the Secretary of Commerce pursuant to Executive Order 11556 of September 4, 1970, including activities authorized by '*'^ "sc 3os 15 U.S.C. 272(f) (12) and (13), $4,907,000, to remain available until ""etstat. 371. expended. MARITIME ADMINISTRATION SHIP C O N S T R U C T I O N
For construction-differential subsidy and cost of national-defense features incident to construction of ships for operation in foreign commerce (46 U.S.C. 1152, 1154); for construction-differential subsidy and cost of national-defense features incident to the reconstruction and reconditioning of ships under title V of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended (46 U.S.C. 1154); and for acquisition of used ships pursuant to section 510 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended (46 U.S.C. 1160); to remain available until expended, $229,687,000. OPERATING - D I F F E R E N T I A L SUBSIDIES
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For the payment of obligations incurred for operating-differential subsidies granted on or after January 1, 1947, as authorized by the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, and in appropriations heretofore made to the United States Maritime Commission, $239,145,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That no contracts shall be executed during the current fiscal year by the Secretary of Commerce which will obligate the Government to pay operating-differential subsidy on more than one thousand seven hundred voyages in any one calendar year, including voyages covered by contracts in effect at the beginning of the current fiscal year. '
RESEARCH A N D DEVELOPMENT
For expenses necessary for research, development, fabrication, and test operation of experimental facilities and equipment; collection and dissemination of maritime technical and engineering information; studies to improve water transportation systems; $23,750,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That transfers may be 75-432 O - 72 - 19
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