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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1870

To authorize appropriations for the activities of the Under Secretary of

Commerce for Technology, and for Scientific and Technical Research

Services and Construction of Research Facilities activities of the National

Institute of Standards and Technology, for fiscal year 1996, and for

other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JUNE 16, 1995

Mrs. MORELLA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the

Committee on Science

A BILL

To authorize appropriations for the activities of the Under

Secretary of Commerce for Technology, and for Scientific

and Technical Research Services and Construction of

Research Facilities activities of the National Institute

of Standards and Technology, for fiscal year 1996, and

for other purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘American Technology

5 Advancement Act of 1995’’.
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1 SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

2 (a) UNDER SECRETARY FOR TECHNOLOGY.—There

3 are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Com4 merce for the activities of the Under Secretary for Tech5 nology/Office of Technology Policy $5,066,000 for fiscal

6 year 1996.

7 (b) NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND

8 TECHNOLOGY.—There are authorized to be appropriated

9 to the Secretary of Commerce for the following activities

10 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology:

11 (1) For Scientific and Technical Research and

12 Services, $275,579,000 for fiscal year 1996, of

13 which—

14 (A) $39,628,000 shall be for Electronics

15 and Electrical Engineering;

16 (B) $19,565,000 shall be for Manufactur17 ing Engineering;

18 (C) $28,127,000 shall be for Chemical

19 Science and Technology;

20 (D) $28,082,000 shall be for Physics;

21 (E) $54,314,000 shall be for Material

22 Science and Engineering;

23 (F) $13,517,000 shall be for Building and

24 Fire Research;

25 (G) $30,704,000 shall be for Computer

26 Systems;
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1 (H) $10,964,000 shall be for Applied

2 Mathematics and Scientific Computing;

3 (I) $19,109,000 shall be for Technical As4 sistance;

5 (J) $28,169,000 shall be for Research

6 Support; and

7 (K) $3,400,000 shall be for the Malcolm

8 Baldrige National Quality Program under sec9 tion 17 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology In10 novation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3711a); and

11 (2) for Construction of Research Facilities,

12 $62,055,000 for fiscal year 1996.

13 SEC. 3. NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECH14 NOLOGY ACT AMENDMENTS.

15 The National Institute of Standards and Technology

16 Act (15 U.S.C. 271 et seq.) is amended—

17 (1) in section 10(a)—

18 (A) by striking ‘‘nine’’ and inserting in lieu

19 thereof ‘‘15’’; and

20 (B) by striking ‘‘five’’ and inserting in lieu

21 thereof ‘‘10’’;

22 (2) in section 15—

23 (A) by striking ‘‘Pay Act of 1945; and’’

24 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Pay Act of

25 1945;’’; and
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1 (B) by inserting ‘‘(h) the provision of

2 transportation services for employees of the In3 stitute between the facilities of the Institute

4 and nearby public transportation, notwithstand5 ing section 1344 of title 31, United States

6 Code,’’ after ‘‘interests of the Government’’;

7 and

8 (3) in section 19, by striking ‘‘nor more than

9 forty’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘nor more than

10 60’’.

11 SEC. 4. STEVENSON-WYDLER TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION

12 ACT OF 1980 AMENDMENTS.

13 The Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of

14 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3701 et seq.) is amended—

15 (1) in section 11(i) (15 U.S.C. 3710(i))—

16 (A) by inserting ‘‘loan, lease,’’ after ‘‘de17 partment, may’’; and

18 (B) by inserting ‘‘Actions taken under this

19 subsection shall not be subject to Federal re20 quirements on the disposal of property.’’ after

21 ‘‘education and research activities.’’; and

22 (2) in section 17(c) (15 U.S.C. 3711a(c))—

23 (A) by striking paragraph (2);

24 (B) by redesignating paragraph (3) as

25 paragraph (2); and
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1 (C) in paragraph (2), as so redesignated

2 by subparagraph (B) of this paragraph, by

3 striking ‘‘two’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

4 ‘‘4’’.

5 SEC. 5. PERSONNEL.

6 The personnel management demonstration project es7 tablished under section 10 of the National Bureau of

8 Standards Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1987 (15

9 U.S.C. 275 note) is extended indefinitely.

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