98 STAT. 424
42 USC 2459a.
Report.
PUBLIC LAW 98-361—JULY 16, 1984 communications" pursuant to this Act may be used in accordance with this subsection for the construction of any major facility, the estimated cost of which, including collateral equipment, exceeds $500,000, unless the Administrator or the Administrator's designee has notified the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate and the Committee on Science and Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate of the nature, location, and estimated cost of such facility. (f) When so specified and to the extent provided in an appropriation Act, (1) any amount appropriated for "Research and development," for "Space flight, control and data communications" or for "Construction of facilities" may remain available without fiscal year limitation, and (2) maintenance and operation of facilities, and support services contracts may be entered into under the "Research and program management" appropriation for periods not in excess of twelve months beginning at any time during the fiscal year. (g) Appropriations made pursuant to subsection (d) may be used, but not to exceed $35,000, for scientific consultations or extraordinary expenses upon the approval or authority of the Administrator and the Administrator's determination shall be final and conclusive upon the accounting officers of the Government. (h) Of the funds appropriated pursuant to subsections (a), (b), and (d), not in excess of $100,000 for each project, including collateral equipment, may be used for construction of new facilities and additions to existing facilities, and for repair, rehabilitation, or modification of facilities: Provided, That, of the funds appropriated pursuant to subsection (a) or (b), not in excess of $500,000 for each project, including collateral equipment, may be used for any of the foregoing for unforeseen programmatic needs. SEC. 102. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 101(c) of the title, the total amount authorized to be appropriated by such section shall be $5,000,000 less than the sum of the amounts contained in paragraphs (1) through (13) of such section for individual projects. Qa) After the reduction specified in subsection (a) of this section is made, authorization is granted whereby any of the amounts prescribed in paragraphs (1) through (12) inclusive, of section 101(c)— (1) in the discretion of the Administrator or the Administrator's designee, may be varied upward 10 per centum, or (2) following a report by the Administrator or the Administrator's designee to the Committee on Science and Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate on the circumstances of such action, may be varied upward 25 per centum, to meet unusual cost variations, but the total cost of all work authorized under such paragraphs shall not exceed the total of the amounts specified in such paragraphs. SEC. 103. Not to exceed one-half of 1 per centum of the funds appropriated pursuant to section 101(a) or 101(b) hereof may be transferred to and merged with the "Construction of facilities" appropriation, and, when so transferred, together with $10,000,000 of funds appropriated pursuant to section 101(c) hereof (other than funds appropriated pursuant to paragraph (13) of such section) shall be available for expenditure to construct, expand, and modify laboratories and other installation at any location (including locations specified in section 101(c)), if (1) the Administrator determines such action to be necessary because of changes in the national program of
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