105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1273
AN ACT
To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1998
and 1999 for the National Science Foundation,
and for other purposes.
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1273
AN ACT
To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1998 and 1999
for the National Science Foundation, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Science
Foundation Authorization Act of 1997’’.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this Act—
(1) the term ‘‘Director’’ means the Director of
the Foundation;
(2) the term ‘‘Foundation’’ means the National
Science Foundation;
(3) the term ‘‘institution of higher education’’
has the meaning given such term in section 1201(a)
of the Higher Education Act of 1965;
(4) the term ‘‘national research facility’’ means
a research facility funded by the Foundation which
is available, subject to appropriate policies allocating
access, for use by all scientists and engineers affili-
ated with research institutions located in the United
States; and
(5) the term ‘‘United States’’ means the several
States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth
of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American
Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands, and any other territory or possession of the
United States.
TITLE I—NATIONAL SCIENCE
FOUNDATION AUTHORIZATION
SEC. 101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that—
(1) the programs of the Foundation are impor-
tant for the Nation to strengthen basic research and
develop human resources in science and engineering,
and that those programs should be funded at an
adequate level;
(2) the primary mission of the Foundation con-
tinues to be the support of basic scientific research
and science education and the support of research
fundamental to the engineering process and engi-
neering education; and
(3) the Foundation’s efforts to contribute to the
economic competitiveness of the United States
should be in accord with that primary mission.
(b) FISCAL YEAR 1998.—There are authorized to be
appropriated to the Foundation $3,505,630,000 for fiscal
year 1998, which shall be available for the following cat-
egories:
(1) 
Research 
and 
Related 
Activities,
$2,563,330,000, of which—
(A) $330,820,000 shall be for Biological
Sciences;
(B) $289,170,000 shall be for Computer
and Information Science and Engineering;
(C) $360,470,000 shall be for Engineering;
(D) $452,610,000 shall be for Geosciences;
(E) $715,710,000 shall be for Mathemati-
cal and Physical Sciences;
(F) $130,660,000 shall be for Social, Be-
havioral, and Economic Sciences, including
$1,000,000 for the United States-Mexico Foun-
dation for Science;
(G) $165,930,000 shall be for United
States Polar Research Programs;
(H) $62,600,000 shall be for United
States Antarctic Logistical Support Activities;
and
(I) $2,730,000 shall be for the Critical
Technologies Institute.
(2) Education and Human Resources Activities,
$625,500,000.
(3) Major Research Equipment, $175,000,000.
(4) Salaries and Expenses, $136,950,000, of
which $5,200,000 shall be for Headquarters Reloca-
tion.
(5) Office of Inspector General, $4,850,000.