An Act to authorize appropriations to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for research and development, construction of facilities, and research and program management, and for other purposes
PL 92-304 (H.R.14070), enacted 05/19/1972

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during the period from July 1, 1973 to December 31, 1973, shall be 
considered and determined in accordance with the procedures of this 
section. With respect to any such claim— 
"(1) Such claim shall be determined and, where appropriate 
under this part or section 424 of this title, benefits shall be paid 
83 stat. 798. 
with respect to such claim by the Secretary of Labor. 
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"(2) The manner and place of filing* such claim shall be in 
accordance with regulations issued jointly by the Secretary of 
Health, Education, and Welfare and the Secretary of Labor, 
which regulations shall provide, among other things, that such 
claims may be filed in district offices of the Social Security Admin-
istration and thereafter transferred to the jurisdiction of the 
Department of Labor for further consideration. 
"(3) The Secretary of Labor shall promptly notify any opera-
tor who he believes, on the basis of information contained in the 
claim, or any other information available to him, may be liable 
to pay benents to the claimant under part C of this title for any 
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month after December 31,1973. 
"(4) In determining such claims, the Secretary of Labor shall, 
to the extent appropriate, follow the procedures described in sec-
tions 19 (b), (c), and (d) of Public Law 803, 69th Congress (44 
Stat. 1424, approved March 4,1927), as amended. 
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"(5) Any operator who has been notified of the pendency of a 
claim under paragraph 4 of this subsection shall be bound by the 
determination of the Secretary of Labor on such claim as if the 
claim had been filed pursuant to part C of this title and section 
422 thereof had been applicable to such operator. Nothing in this 
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paragraph shall require any operator to i^ay any benefits for any 
montli prior to January 1,1974. 
"(b) The Secretary of Labor, after consultation with the Secretary 
Regulations. 
of Health, Education, and Welfare, may issue such regulations as are 
necessary or appropriate to carry out the purpose of this section." 
SEC. 8. Section 422(f) of title IV of the Federal Coal Mine Health 
claims, fiung. 
and Safety Act of 1969 is amended by inserting "(1)'' after "(f)'* and 
by adding a new paragraph (2) as follows: 
" (2) Any claim for benefits under this section in the case of a living 
miner filed on the basis of eligibility under section 411(c) (4) of this 
title, shall be filed within three years from the date of last exposed 
^"'e- P- is^. 
employment in a coal mine or, in the case of death from a respiratory 
or pulmonary impairment for which benefits would be payable under 
section 411(c) (4) of this title, incurred as the result of employment 
in a coal mine, shall be filed within fifteen years from the date of last 
exposed employment in a coal mine."' 
Approved May 19, 1972. 
Public Law 92-304 
AN ACT 
M
a
y 19, 1972 
To authorize appropriations to the National Aeronautics and Space Admin- 
[H. R. 14070] 
istration for research and development, construction of facilities, and research 
and program management, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate arid House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby 
authorized to be appropriated to the National Aeronautics and Space Adminrsrrauon 
A d m i n i s t r a t i o n : 
Authorization Act 
National Aero-
nautics and Space 
1973. 
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Research and 
(a) For "Researcli and development," for the following programs: 
development. 
( j ) 
A p o l l o , $128,700,000; 
(2) Space flight operations, $1,094,200,000; 
(3) Advanced missions, $1,500,000; 
(4) Physics and astronomy, $156,600,000; 
(5) Lunar and planetary exploration, $321,200,000; 
(6) Launch vehicle procurement, $191,600,000; 
(7) Space applications, $207,200,000; 
(8) Aeronautical research and technology, $187,440,000; 
(9) Space research and technology, $64,760,000; 
(10) Nuclear power and propulsion, $21,100,000; 
(11) Tracking and data acquisition, $259,100,000; 
(12) Techiiolog_7 utilization, $4,000,000. 
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(b) For "Construction of facilities," including land acquisitions, 
as follows: 
(1) Rehabilitation and modification of aeronautical airborne 
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science, and support facilities, Ames Research Center, $1,065,000; 
(2) Rehabilitation of Unitary Plan wdnd tunnel model sup-
ports, control systems, and model preparation areas, Ames 
Research Center, $760,000; 
(3) Rehabilitation and modification of utility systems, God-
da,rd Space Flight Center, $590,000; 
(4) Rehabilitation and modification of roadway system, Jet 
Propulsion Laboratory, $610,000; 
(5) Modifijcations of, and additions to, spacecraft assembly 
facilities, Kennedy Space Center, $8,100,000; 
(6) Modification of Titan Centaur facilities, Kennedy Space 
Center, $2,040,000; 
(7) Rehabilitation of full-scale wind tunnel, Langley Research 
Centej, $2,465,000; 
(8) Modification 
of central air supply system, Langley 
Research Center, $1,175,000; 
(9) Environmental modifications for utility operations, Lang-
ley Research Center, $650,000; 
(10) Modification of high temperature and high pressure tur-
bine and combustor research facility, Lewis Research Center, 
$9,710,000; 
(11) Modification of fire protection system, Manned Spacecraft 
Center, $585,000; 
(12^ Warehouse replacement, Wallops Station, $350,000; 
(13) Space shuttle facilities, as follows: 
(A) Modification of Altitude Test Facilities, Arnold 
Engineering Development Center, $6,800,000, 
(B) Rehabilitation of Propellant and High Pressure 
Gaseous Systems, Mississippi Test Facility, $1,160,000, 
(C) Modification of the Entry Structures Facility, Lang-
ley Research Center, $1,635,000, 
(D) Addition for Systems Integration and Mockup Lab-
oratory, Manned Spacecraft Center, $2,545,000, 
(E) Modification of the Vibration and Acoustic Test 
Facility, Manned Spacecraft Center, $2,770,000, 
(F) Modification of the Structures and Mechanics Labora-
tory, Marshall Space Flight Center, $4,700,000, 
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(G) Addition for Electrical Power Laboratory, Marshall 
Space Flight Center, $320,000, 
(H) Modification of Acoustic Model Engine Test Facility, 
Marshall Space Flight Center, $2,430,000, 
(I) Modification of Manufacturing and Final Assembly 
Facilities, Undesignated Locations, $5,540,000; 
(14) Rehabilitation and modification of facilities at various 
locations, not in excess of $500,000 per project, $11,580,000; 
(15) Minor construction of new facilities and additions to 
existing facilities at various locations, not in excess of $250,000 
per project, $1,720,000; 
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(16) Facility planning and design not otherwise provided for, 
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$8,000,000. 
(c) For "Research and program management," $729,450,000, of 
Research and 
which not to exceed $572,237,000 to be available for personnel and ^'e°nt?"' '"""*^''" 
related costs. 
(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 1 (g), appropria- , Program speci-
tions for "Research and development" may be used (1) for any items '*'°**°"** 
of a capital nature (other than acquisition of land) which may be 
required at locations other than installations of the Administration 
for the performance of research and development contracts, and (2) 
for grants to nonprofit institutions of higher education, or to nonprofit 
organizations whose primary purpose is the conduct of scientific 
research, for purchase or construction of additional research facilities; 
and title to such facilities shall be vested in the United States unless the 
Administrator determines that the national program of aeronautical 
and space activities will best be served by vesting title in any such 
grantee institution or organization. Each such grant shall be made 
under such conditions as the Administrator shall determine to be 
required to insure that the United States will receive therefrom benefit 
adequate to justify the making of that grant. None of the funds appro- ^,^°*^*'* *° ^''"" 
priated for "Research and development" 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 equip-
ment, exceeds $250,000, unless the Administrator or his designee has 
notified the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President 
of the Senate and the Committee on Science and Astronautics of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Aeronautical and 
Space Sciences of the Senate of the nature, location, and estimated 
cost of such facility. 
(e) When so specified in an appropriation Act, (1) any amount 
appropriated for "Research and development" or for "Construction 
of facilities" may remain available without fiscal year limitation, and 
(2) maintenance and operation of facilities, and support services con-
tracts may be entered into under the "Research and program manage-
ment" appropriation for periods not in excess of twelve months 
beginning at any time during the fiscal year. 
(f) Appropriations made pursuant to subsection 1 (c) may be used, 
but not to exceed $35,000, for scientific consultations or extraordinary 
expenses upon the approval or authority of the Administrator and 
his determination shall be final and conclusive upon the accounting 
officers of the Government. 
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Limitations. 
Campuses bar-
ring military re-
cruiters, grants 
prohibition. 
Construction 
cost variations. 
Transfer of 
funds. 
Report to 
Congress. 
(g) Of the funds appropriated pursuant to subsections 1(a) and 
1(c), not in excess of $10,000 for each project, including collateral 
equipment, may be used for construction of new facilities and addi-
tions to existing facilities, and not in excess of $25,000 for each project, 
including collateral equipment, may be used for rehabilitation or 
modification of facilities: Provided^ That of the funds appropriated 
pursuant to subsection 1(a), not in excess of $250,000 for each project, 
including collateral equipment, may be used for any of the foregoing 
for unforeseen programmatic needs. 
(h) No part of the funds appropriated pursuant to subsection (a) 
of this section may be used for grants to any nonprofit institution of 
higher learning unless the Administrator or his designee determines 
at the time of the grant that recruiting personnel of any of the Armed 
Forces of the LTnited States are not being barred from the premises or 
property of such institution except that this subsection shall not apply 
if the Administrator or his designee determines that the grant is a 
continuation or renewal of a previous grant to such institution which 
is likely to make a significant contribution to the aeronautical and 
space activities of the United States. The Secretary of Defense shall 
furnish to the Administrator or his designee within sixty days after 
the date of enactment of this Act and each January 30 and June 30 
thereafter the names of any nonprofit institutions of higher learning 
which the Secretary of Defense determines on the date of each such 
report are barring such recruiting personnel from premises or property 
of any such institution. 
SEC. 2. Authorization is hereby granted whereby any of the amounts 
prescribed in paragraphs (1) through (15), inclusive, of subsection 
1(b) may, in the discretion of the Administrator of the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration, be varied upward 5 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. 3. Not to exceed one-half of 1 per centum of the funds appro-
priated pursuant to subsection 1(a) hereof may be transferred to the 
"'Construction of facilities" appropriation, and, when so transferred, 
together with $10,000,000 of the funds appropriated pursuant to sub-
section 1(b) hereof (other than funds appropriated pursuant to 
paragraph (16) of such subsection) shall be available for expenditure 
to construct, expand, or modify laboratories and other installations 
at any location (including locations specified in subsection 1(b)), if (1) 
the Administrator determines such action to be necessary because of 
changes in the national program of aeronautical and space activities 
or new scientific or engineering developments, and (2) he determines 
that deferral of such action until the enactment of the next authoriza-
tion Act would be inconsistent with the interest of the Nation in 
aeronautical and space activities. The funds so made available may 
be expended to acquire, construct, convert, rehabilitate, or install 
permanent or temporary public works, including land acquisition, site 
preparation, appurtenances, utilities, and equipment. No portion of 
such sums may be obligated for expenditure or expended to construct, 
expand, or modify laboratories and other installations unless (A) a 
period of thirty days has passed after the Administrator or hia 
designee has transmitted to the Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives and to the President of the Senate and to the Committee on 
Science and Astronautics of the House of Representatives and to the 
Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences of the Senate a 
written report containing a full and complete statement concerning 
(1) the nature of such construction, expansion, or modification, (2) 
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Use of funds, 
restrictions. 
Notice to 
Congress. 
the cost thereof including the cost of any real estate action pertaining 
thereto, and (3) the reason why such construction, expansion, or 
modification is necessary in the national interest, or (B) each such 
committee before the expiration of such period has transmitted to the 
Administrator written notice to the effect that such committee has no 
objection to the proposed action. 
SEC. 4. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act— 
(1) no amount appropriated pursuant to this Act may be used 
for any program deleted by the Congress from requests as origin-
ally made to either the House Committee on Science and Astro-
nautics or the Senate Committee on Aeronautical and Space 
Sciences, 
(2) no amount appropriated pursuant to this Act may be used 
for any program m excess of the amount actually authorized 
for that particular program by sections 1(a) and 1(c), and 
(3) no amount appropriated pursuant to this Act may be used 
for any program which has not been presented to or requested 
of either such committee, 
unless (A) a period of thirty days has passed after the receipt by the 
Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the 
Senate and each such committee of notice given by the Administrator 
or his designee containing a full and complete statement of the action 
proposed to be taken and the facts and circumstances relied upon in 
support of such proposed action, or (B) each such committee before 
the expiration of sich period has transmitted to the Administrator 
written notice to the effect that such committee has no objection to 
the proposed action. 
(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize the 
expenditure of amounts for personnel and related costs pursuant to 
section 1(c) to exceed amounts authorized for such costs. 
SEC. 5. It is the sense of the Congress that it is in the national interes"*" e^^rr°Mcai"difs-' 
that consideration be given to geographical distribution of Federal tribution. 
research funds whenever feasible, and that the National Aeronautics 
and Space Administration should explore ways and means of distri-
buting its research and development funds whenever feasible. 
SEC. 6. (a) If an institution of higher education determines, after 
affording notice and opportunity for hearing to an individual attend-
ing, or employed by, such institution, that such individual has been 
convicted by any court of record of any crime which was committed 
after the date of enactment of this Act and which involved the use of 
(or assistance to others in the use of) force, disruption, or the seizure 
of property under control of any institution of higher education to 
prevent officials or students in such institution from engaging in their 
duties of pursuing their studies, and that such crime was of a serious 
nature and contributed to a substantial disruption of the administra-
tion of the institution with respect to which such crime was committed, 
then the institution w^hich such individual attends, or is employed by, 
shall deny for a period of two years any further payment to, or for 
the direct benefit of, such individual under any of the programs 
authorized by the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958, the 
funds for which are authorized pursuant to this Act. If an institution 
denies an individual assistance under the authority of the preceding 
sentence of this subsection, then any institution which such individual 
subsequently attends shall deny for the remainder of the two-year 
period any further payment to, or for the direct benefit of, such 
individual under any of the programs authorized by the National 
Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958, the funds for which are authorized 
pursuant to this Act. 
Campus dis-
rupters, denial of 
payment. 
72 Stat. 426. 
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note. 
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STAT. 
72 Stat. 426. 
42 u s e 2451 
note. 
Freedom of 
speech. 
Short title. 
(b) If an institution of higher education determines, after affording 
notice and opportunity for hearing to an individual attending, or 
employed bv, such institution, that such individual has willfully 
refused to obey a lawful regulation or order of such institution after 
the date of enactment of this Act, and that such refusal was of a serious 
nature and contributed to a substantial disruption of the administra-
tion of such institution, then such institution shall deny, for a {)eriod 
of two years, any further payment to, or for the direct benefit of, 
such individual under any ot the programs authorized by the National 
Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958, the funds for which are authorized 
pursuant to this Act. 
(c)(1) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prohibit any 
institution of higher education from refusing to award, continue, or 
extend any financial assistance under any such Act to any individual 
because of any misconduct which in its judgment bears adversely 
on his fitness for such assistance. 
(2) Nothing in this section shall be construed as limiting or prej-
udicing the rights and prerogatives of any institution of higher 
education to institute and carry out an independent, disciplinary 
proceeding pursuant to existing authority, practice, and law. 
(3) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the freedom 
of any student to verbal expressions of individual views or opinions. 
SEC. 7. This Act may be cited as the "National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration Authorization Act, 1973". 
Approved May 19, 1972. 
May 19, 1972 
[H. R. 13591] 
Public Law 92-305 
AN ACT 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to designate the National Institute of 
Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases as the National Institute of Arthritis, Metab-
olism, and Digestive Diseases, and for other purposes. 
Research Insti-
tute and Advisory 
Council on Arthri-
tis and Metabolic 
Diseases. 
Redesignation. 
64 Stat. 445. 
42 u s e 289c. 
42 u s e 289a. 
42 u s e 289b. 
Associate Direc-
tor for Digestive 
Diseases. 
Committee. 
Membership. 
Be it eimcted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) part D of 
title IV of the Public Health Service Act is amended by adding after 
section 433 the following new section: 
"NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS, METABOLISM, AND DIGESTIVE DISEASES 
"SEC. 434. (a) The Research Institute on Arthritis, Rheumatism, 
and Metabolic Diseases established under section 431(a) is designated 
the 'National Institute of Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Dis-
eases', and the Advisory Council established under section 432 to 
advise the Secretary with respect to the activities of the Institute is 
designated the 'National Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Dis-
eases Advisory Council'. There shall be in the Institute an Associate 
Director for Digestive Diseases. 
"(b) There is established in the National Arthritis, Metabolism, 
and Digestive Diseases Advisory Council a committee to advise the 
Director of the Institute respecting the activities of the Institute 
concerning digestive diseases. The committee shall be composed of 
those members of the Advisory Council who are outstanding in the 
diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of digestive diseases. The com-
mittee shall review applications made to the Director for grants for 
research projects relating to the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment 
of digestive diseases and shall recommend to the Director for approval 
those applications and contracts which the committee determines will 
best carry out the purposes of this part.