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PUBLIC LAW 94-000—MMMM. DD, 1975

89 STAT. 430 Submittal to congressional committees. Comprehensive plan, submittal to congressional committees.

42 USC 1864 note.

42 USC 5820 note.

Alan T. Waterman Award. Establishment. 42 USC 1881a.

Appropriation authorization.

Funds transfer, limitation.

Report to Speaker of the House, President of the Senate and congressional committees.

PUBLIC LAW 94-86—AUG. 9, 1975 The comprehensive plan provided for in this section shall be submitted to the Committee on Science and Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare of the Senate within six months from the date of enactment of this Act. SEC. 4. The Director of the National Science Foundation is authorized and directed to prepare a comprehensive plan to facilitate the participation of members of the public in the formulation, development, and conduct of the National Science Foundation's programs, policies, and priorities and to submit the resulting recommendations, plans, and other findings to the Committee on Science and Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare of the Senate within one hundred and twenty days from the date of enactment of this Act. SEC. 5. In the conduct of the energy research and development activities under the "Research Applied to National Needs" category, the National Science Foundation shall coordinate all new project awards with the Administrator of the Energy Research and Development Administration or his designee. SEC. 6. (a) The National Science Foundation is authorized to establish the Alan T. Waterman Award for research or advanced study in the mathematical, physical, medical, biological, engineering, social, or other sciences. The award authorized by this section shall consist of a suitable medal and a grant not to exceed $50,000 per year for a period not to exceed three years to support further research or study by the recipient. (b) Awards under this section shall be made to recognize and encourage the work of younger scientists whose capabilities and accomplishments show exceptional promise of significant future achievement. (c) No more than one award shall be made under this section in any one fiscal year. SEC. 7. Appropriations made pursuant to this Act may be used, but not to exceed $5,000, for official consultation, representation, or other extraordinary expenses upon the approval or authorit}^ of the Director of the National Science Foundation, and his determination shall be final and conclusive upon the accounting officers of the Government. SEC. 8. In addition to such sums as are authorized by section 1, not to exceed $4,000,000 is authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976, for expenses of the National Science Foundation incurred outside the United States to be paid for in foreign currencies which the Treasury Department determines to be excess to the normal requirements of the United States. SEC. 9. Appropriations made pursuant to authority provided in sections 1 and 8 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. SEC. 10. No funds may be transferred from any particular category listed in section 1 to any other category or categories listed in such section if the total of the funds so transferred from that particular category would exceed 10 per centum thereof, and no funds may be transferred to any particular category listed in section 1 from any other category or categories listed in such section if the total of the funds so transferred to that particular category would exceed 10 per centum thereof, unless— (A) a period of thirty legislative days has passed after the Director of the National Science Foundation or his designee has