An Act to amend the Rail Passenger Service Act of 1970 to provide financial assistance to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for the purpose of purchasing railroad equipment, and for other purposes
PL 92-316 (H.R.11417), enacted 06/22/1972

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SEC. 204. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this 
title II, there is included in subsection 101 (a) of this Act authorization 
of appropriations in the amount of $5,000,000. 
Appropriation. 
TITLE I I I 
SEC. 301. Section 161 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, yg^stat! eoe!^' 
is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: 
42 use 2201. 
"w. prescribe and collect from any other Government agency, re^"torT/ifc°^Ying 
which applies for or is issued a license for a utilization facility fees. 
designed to produce electrical or heat energy pursuant to section 
103 or 104b, any fee, charge, or price which it may require, in 
accordance with the provisions of section 483a of title 31 of the 
United States Code or any other law, of applicants for, or 
holders of, such licenses.". 
Approved June 16, 1972. 
42 u s e 2133, 
2134. 
65 Stat. 290. 
Public Law 92-315 
AN ACT 
T<» amend chapter 10 of title :^S of the United States Code, to extend foveraj>e 
under servicemen's group life insurance to cadets and midshipmen at the 
service academies of the Armed Forces. 
June 20, 1972 
[H. R. 9096] 
Be it enacted by the Senate mul Hoii^^c of liepre>ieiit<(t/rex of the 
ridted States of America in Congress assenihled. That section 765 of 
title 38, United States Code, is amended by— 
(1) striking from paragraph (B) of clause (1) "and": 
(2) striking the period at the end of paragraph (C) of clause 
(1) and inserting *'; and'" in place thereof; 
(3) adding the following new paragraph to clause (1) : 
•'(D) full-time duty as a cadet or midshipman at the Ignited 
States Military Academy, L'^nited States Xaval Academy, United 
States Air Force Academy, or the United States Coast Guard 
Academy."; and 
(4) adding immediately after "grade" and before the semicolon 
hi paragraph (A) of clause (5) the following: ", or as a cadet or 
midshipman at the United States Military Academy. United 
States Xaval Academy, United States Air Force Academy, or the 
Cnited States Coast Guard Academy". 
Approved June 20, 1972. 
Servicemen's 
group life insur-
ance. 
Cadets and mid-
shipmen. 
84 Stat. 326; 
85 Stat. 642. 
Public Law 92-316 
AN ACT 
To amend the Rail Passenger Service Act of 1970 in order to provide tinancial 
assistance to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, and for other 
purposes. 
June 22, 1972 
[H. R.11417] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatices 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That (a) section 
303(d) of the Kail Passenger Service Act of 1970 (45 U.S.C. 543(d)) 
is amended by inserting immediately after the second sentence thereof 
the following new sentence: "No officer of the Corporation shall receive 
compensation at a rate in excess of that prescribed for level I of the 
P'xecutive Schedule under section 5312 of title 5, Ignited States Code.". 
(b) No individual serving as an officer of the National Railroad 
Amtrak. 
Financial a s -
sistance. 
84 Stat. 1330. 
83 Stat. 864. 
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83 Stat. 864. 
5 u s e 5312 
note. 
84 Stat. 1332. 
24 Stat 
49 u s e 22 
387. 
Freedom of 
information. 
81 Stat. 54. 
Passenger Corporation on the date of enactment of this Act shall have 
his rate of compensation as such officer reduced solely by reason of the 
enactment of the amendment made by subsection (a) of this section: 
Provided^ however^ That compensation to any officer of the Corpora-
tion in excess of level I of the P^xecutive Schedule, shall be paid only 
from net profits of the Corporation. 
SEC. 2. Section 305 of the Rail Passenger Service Act of 1970 (45 
r.S.C. 545) is amended— 
(1) by inserting "(a)"" immediately before the first sentence 
thereof; 
(2) by inserting immediately after the second sentence thereof 
the following: "Insofar as practicable, the Corporation shall 
directly operate and control all aspects of its rail passenger 
service."; and 
(3) by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: 
"(b) The Corporation shall take such actions as may be necessary to 
increase its revenues from the carriage of mail and express. The 
(Corporation is authorized and directed to acquire the equipment or 
modify existing equipment for the efficient carriage of mail and 
express. Upon request by the Corporation, Federal departments and 
agencies shall, consistent with the provisions of existing law, provide 
such assistance as may be necessary in carrying out the purposes of this 
subsection.". 
SEC. 3. (a) Section 306(a) of the Rail Passenger Service Act of 
1970 (45 U.S.C. 546(a)) is amended by striking out "all provisions of 
the Interstate Commerce Act" and inserting in lieu thereof "all provi-
sions, including the provisions of section 22(1), of the Interstate 
Commerce Act . 
(b) Section 306 of the Rail Passenger Service Act of 1970 (45 U.S.C. 
546) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new 
subsections: 
"(f) All departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the Federal 
(xovernment shall, in authorizing travel in the continental United 
States for their employees or for members of the Armed Forces or 
commissioned services, treat travel by train (whether or not extra fare 
trains) on the same basis as travel by other authorized modes. 
" (g) The Corporation shall be subject to the provisions of section 
552 of title 5, United States Code.". 
SEC. 4. Section 308 of the Rail Passenger Service Act of 1970 (45 
U.S.C. 548) is amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 308. REPORTS TO THE CONGRESS. 
"(a) (1) Not later than the eightieth day following the end of each 
calendar month, the Corporation shall transmit to the Congress and 
release to the public the following information applicable to its opera-
tions for such calendar month: 
" (A) Total itemized revenues and expenses. 
"(B) Revenues and expenses of each train operated. 
"(C) Revenues and total expenses attributable to each railroad 
over w^hich service is provided. 
" (2) Not later than the fifteenth day following the end of each calen-
dar month, the Corporation shall transmit to the Congress and release 
to the public the following information applicable to its operations for 
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such calendar month: 
" (A) The average number of passengers per day on board each 
train operated. 
"(B) The on-time performance at the final destination of each 
train operated, by route and by railroad. 
'"(b) The Corporation shall transmit to the President and to the 
Report to 
Congress by January 15 of each year (beginning with 1973), and at Jongt?s?. ^"'^ 
such other times as it deems desirable, a comprehensive and detailed 
report of its operations, activities, and accomplishments under this 
Act, including a statement of receipts and expenditures for the preced-
ing year. At the time of its annual report, the Corporation shall submit 
such legislative recommendations as it deems desirable, including the 
amount of financial assistance needed for operations and for capital 
improA^ements, the manner and form in which the amount of such 
assistance should be computed, and the sources from which such assist-
ance should be derived. 
"(c) The Secretary and the Commission shall transmit to the 
President and to the Congress by March 15 of each year (beginning 
with 1974) reports (or, in their discretion, a joint report) on the 
effectiveness of this Act in meeting the requirements for a balanced 
national 
transportation 
system, together 
with 
any 
legislative 
recommendations.". 
SEC. 5. Section 402 of the Rail Passenger Service Act of 1970 
(45 ILS.C. 562) is amended— 
84 stat. 1335. 
(1) by inserting "within ninety days after application by the 
Corporation," immediately after "Interstate Commerce Commis-
sion shall," in the second sentence of subsection (a); and 
(2) by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: 
"(c) To facilitate such operations by the Corporation as may be 
Emergency 
deemed by it to be necessary in an emergency, the Commission shall, '"^^^"'•^S' 
upon application by the Corporation, require a railroad to make 
immediately available tracks and other facilities for the duration of 
such emergency. The Commission shall thereafter promptly proceed to 
fix such terms and conditions as are just and reasonable including 
indemnification of the railroad by the Corporation against any 
casualty risk to which it may be exposed.". 
SEC. 6. Section 403(a) of the Rail Passenger Service Act of 1970 
Experimental 
(45 U.S.C. 563(a)) is amended to read as follows: 
"(a) The Corporation may provide intercity rail passenger service 
in excess of that prescribed for the basic system, either within or 
outside the basic system, where the Corporation, based on its own or 
available marketing studies or other similar reports or information, 
determines that experimental or expanded service would be justified, 
if consistent with prudent management. In determining the establish-
ment of the additional routes, the Corporation shall take into account 
the current and the estimated future population and economic condi-
tions of the points to be served, the adequacy of alternative modes of 
transportation available to those points, and the cost of adding the 
service. The Corporation shall cooperate with State, regional, and 
local agencies to encourage the use of trains established under this 
subsection and shall make reasonable efforts to assure high quality of 
customer services. Any intercity rail passenger service provided under 
this subsection for a continuous period of two years shall be designated 
by the Secretary as a part of the basic system.". 
service. 
"Discontinuance 
of intercity rail 
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SEC. 7. (a) Sectioii 405(a) of the Rail Passenger Service Act of 
'VIl'l'. 
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1970 (46 U.S.C. 565(a)) is amended to read as follows: 
84 Stat. 1337. 
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(a) A railroad shall provide lair and equitable arrangements to 
protect the interests of employees, including employees of terminal 
companies, affected by a discontinuance of intercity rail passenger 
service whether occurring before, on, or after January 1,1975. A 'dis-
pas'senger'^s'e^v- 
continuauce of intercity rail passenger service' shall include any 
discontinuance of service performed by railroad under any facility or 
service agreement under sections 305 and 402 of this Act pursuant to 
any modification or termination thereof or an assumption of opera-
tions by the Corporation.". 
(b) Section 405(b) of the Rail Passenger Service Act of 1970 
(45 U.S.C. 565 (b)) is amended by inserting the following words after 
the words "affected employees" in the last sentence thereof: ", includ-
ing affected terminal employees,". 
(c) Section 405(c) of the Rail Passenger Service Act of 1970 
(45 U.S.C. 565(c)) is amended to read as follows: 
"(c) Upon commencement of operations in the basic system, the 
substantive requirements of subsections (a) and (b) of this section 
shall apply to the Corporation and its employees in order to insure 
the maintenance of the protective arrangements specified in such 
subsections, except that nothing in this subsection shall be construed 
to impose upon the Corporation any obligation of a railroad with 
respect to any right, privilege, or benefit earned by any employee as a 
result of prior service performed for such railroad. The Secretary of 
Labor shall certify that affected employees of the Corporation have 
been provided fair and equitable protection as required by this section 
within one hundred and eighty days after assumption of operations 
by the Corporation.". 
Free or reduced- 
g^c. 8. Sectiou 405 of the Rail Passenger Service Act of 1970 
(45 U.S.C. 565) is further amended by adding at the end thereof the 
following new^ subsection: 
"(f) The Corporation shall take such action as may be necessary to 
assure that, to tlie maximum extent practicable, any railroad employee 
eligible to receive free or reduced-rate transportation by railroad on 
April 30,1971, under the terms of any policy or agreement in effect on 
such date will be eligible to receive, provided space is available, free or 
reduced-rate transportation on any intercity rail passenger service 
provided by the Corporation under this Act, on terms similar to those 
available on such date to such railroad employee under such policy 
or agreement. However, the Corporation may apply to all railroad 
employees eligible to receive free or reduced-rate transportation under 
such policies or agreements, a single systemwide schedule of terms 
determined by the Corporation to reflect terms applicable to the 
majority of such employees under those policies or agreements in effect 
on April 30, 1971. The Corporation shall be reimbursed by the rail-
roads by way of payment or offset for such costs as may be incurred 
in providing transportation services to railroad employees under any 
policy or agreement referred to in the first sentence of this subsection, 
including the costs of implementing and administering this section. 
Within ninety days after the enactment of this sentence, each railroad 
shall enter into an agreement with the Corporation for the payment 
rate privileges. 
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of such expenses. If the Corporation and a railroad are unable to agree 
as to the amount of any payment owed by the railroad under this 
subsection, the matter shall be referred to the Commission for decision. 
The Commission, upon investigation, shall decide the issue within 
ninety days following the date of referral, and its decision shall be 
binding on both parties. If any railroad company which operates 
intercity passenger service not under contract with the Corporation 
notifies the Corporation and railroads which have entered nito the 
agreement specified above that it will accept the terms of the system-
wide schedule of terms and the compensation specified in the agree-
ments, such railroad company shall be reimbursed for services to 
railroad employees in accordance with the agreements. As used in this 
subsection, the term 'railroad employee' means (1) an active full-time 
employee, including any such employee during a period of furlough 
or while on leave of absence, of a railroad or terminal company, (2) 
a retired employee of a railroad or terminal company, and {'\) the 
dependents of any employee referred to in clause (1) or (2) of this 
sentence.'". 
SE€. 9. Section 601 of the Rail Passenger Service Act of 1970 (45 
U.S.C. 601) is amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 601. FEDERAL GRANTS. 
" (a) There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary in fiscal 
year 1971, $40,000,000, and in subsequent fiscal years a total of 
$225,000,000, these amounts to remain available until expended, for 
payment, pursuant to terms and conditions prescribed by the Secre-
tary, to the (Corporation for the purpose of assisting in— 
" (1) the mitial organization and operation of the Corporation; 
"(2) the establishment of improved reservations systems and 
advertising; 
"(3) servicing, maintenance, repair, and rehabilitation of rail-
road passenger equipment; 
"(4) the conduct of research and development and demonstra-
tion programs respecting new rail passenger services; 
"(5) the development and demonstration of improved rolling 
stock; 
''(6) essential fixed facilities for the operation of passenger 
trains on lines and routes included in the basic system over 
which no through passenger trains are being operated at the time 
of enactment of this Act, including necessary track connections 
between lines of the same or different railroads; 
"(7) the purchase or lease by the Corporation of railroad roll-
ing stock; and 
" (8) other corporate purposes, 
"•(b) There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary 
$2,000,000 annually, for payment, pursuant to terms and conditions 
prescribed by the Secretary, to the Corporation for the purpose of 
assisting in the development and operation of international rail pas-
senger services between the United States and Canada and between 
the United States and Mexico. Such international rail passenger serv-
ices shall include intercity rail passenger service between points within 
the United States and— 
" (1) Montreal, Canada; 
" (2) Vancouver, Canada; and 
" (3) Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. 
For the purposes of section 404(b) of this Act, international rail pas-
senger services provided under this subsection shall be deemed to 
be included within the basic system.'". 
SEC. 10. (a) Section 602 of the Rail Passenger Service Act of 1970 
(45 I^.S.C. 602) is amended to read as follows: 
84 Stat. 1338. 
Appropriation. 
Appropriation. 
45 u s e 564. 
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"SEC. 602. GUARANTEE OF LOANS. 
"(a) The Secretary is authorized, on such terms and conditions as 
he may prescribe, to guarantee any lender against loss of principal and 
interest on securities, obligations, or loans (including refinancings 
thereof) issued to finance the upgrading of roadbeds and the purchase 
by the Corporation or an agency of new rolling stock, rehabilitation 
of existing rolling stock, reservation systems, switch and signal sys-
tems, and other capital equipment and facilities necessary for the 
improvement of rail passenger service. The maturity date of such 
securities, obligations, or loans, including all extensions and renewals 
thereof, shall not be later than twenty years from their date of 
issuance. 
"(b) All guarantees entered into by the Secretary under this section 
shall constitute general obligations of the United States of America 
backed by the full faith and credit of the Government of the United 
States of America. 
"(c) Any guarantee made by the Secretary under this section shall 
not be terminated, canceled or otherwise revoked; shall be conclusive 
evidence that such guarantee complies fully with the provisions of 
this Act and of the approval and legality of the principal amount, 
interest rate, and all other terms of the securities, obligations, or 
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loans and of the guarantee; and shall be valid and incontestable in 
the hands of a holder of a guaranteed security, obligation, or loan, 
except for fraud or material misrepresentation on the part of such 
holder. 
"(d) The aggregate unpaid principal amount of securities, obliga-
tions, or loans outstanding at any one time which are guaranteed by 
the Secretary under this section— 
"(1) may not exceed $150,000,000 before July 1, 1973, and 
"(2) may not exceed $200,000,000 after June 30,1973. 
The Secretary shall prescribe and collect a reasonable annual guarajity 
fee. 
Appropriation. 
ii ^^^ There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary such 
amounts, to remain available until expended, as are necessary to 
discharge all his responsibilities under this section. 
"(f) If at any time the moneys available to the Secretary are 
insufficient to enable him to discharge his responsibilities under guar-
antees issued by him under subsection (a) of this section, he shall issue 
to the Secretary of the Treasury notes or other obligations in such 
forms and denominations, bearing such maturities and subject to 
such terms and conditions, as may be prescribed by the Secretary 
of the Treasury. Eedemption of such notes or obligations shall be 
made by the Secretary from appropriations available under subsection 
(e) of this section. Such notes or other obligations shall bear interest 
at a rate determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, taking into 
consideration the current average market yield on outstanding mar-
ketable obligations of the United States of comparable maturities 
during the month preceding the issuance of such notes or other obliga-
tions. The Secretary of the Treasury shall purchase any notes or other 
obligations issued hereunder and for that purpose he is authorized 
to use as a public debt transaction the proceeds from the sale of any 
4osta^288. 
sccurities issued under the Second Liberty Bond Act, as amended, 
and the purposes for which securities may be issued under that Act, 
as amended, are extended to include any purchase of such notes or 
obligations. The Secretary of the Treasury may at any time sell any 
of the notes or other obligations as acquired by him under this sub-
section. All redemptions, purchases, and sales by the Secretary of 
the Treasury of such notes or other obligations shall be treated as 
public debt transactions of the United States.". 
31 u s e 774. 
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(b) Section 602 (b), (c), (d), (e), and (f) of the Rail Passenger 
Service Act of 1970, as amended by subsection (a) of this section 
Ante, p. 232. 
shall also apply to guarantees made by the Secretary prior to the 
enactment of this Act. The amendment of section 602(a) shall not 
affect the legality of guarantees made by the Secretary prior to the 
enactment of this Act, but such guarantees shall continue in effect 
until discharged by payment of the loan guaranteed, together with 
interest, after such date. 
SEC. 11. Section 805 of the Rail Passenger Service Act of 1970 
(45 U.S.C. 644) is amended— 
84 stat. 1340. 
(1) by inserting "AND CERTAIN RAILROADS'" immediately 
before uie period at the end of the section heading; and 
(2) by redesignating paragraph (B) of subsection (2) as 
paragraph (C) and inserting immediately after paragraph (A) 
the following new paragraph: 
"(B) To the extent the Comptroller General deems necessary in 
GAG audit. 
connection with audits as he may make of the financial transactions 
of the Corporation pursuant to paragraph (A) of this subsection, his 
representatives shall have access to all books, accounts, records, 
reports, files, and other papers, things, or property belonging to or in 
use by any railroad with which the Corporation has entered into a 
contract for the performance of intercity rail passenger service, per-
taining to such railroad's financial transactions and necessary to 
facilitate the audit, and such representatives shall be afforded full 
facilities for verifying transactions with the balances or securities 
held by depositories, fiscal agents, and custodians. All such books, 
accounts, records, reports, files, papers, and property of such railroad 
shall remain in the possession and custody of the railroad.". 
SEC. 12. Title VIII of the Rail Passenger Service Act of 1970 
(45 U.S.C. 641-644) is amended by adding at the end thereof the 
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following new section: 
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"SEC. 
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REPORT 
BY 
SECRETARY 
OF 
TRANSPORTATION. 
"(a) The Secretary shall, on or before March 15, 1973. transmit to 
the Congress a comprehensive report on the effectiveness of this Act 
in achieving and promoting intercity rail passenger service and on 
the effectiveness of the Corporation in implementing the purposes of 
this Act. Such report shall include an evaluation by the Secretary of 
the intercity rail passenger service operations assumed by the Cor- 
5. 
poration including, but not limited to, adequacy and effectiveness of 
services, on-time performance, reservations and ticketing, scheduling, 
equipment, fare structures, routes, and immediate and long-term 
financial needs. 
" (b) In addition to the general evaluation and assessment required 
under subsection (a) of this section, the report by the Secretary shall 
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include— 
"(1) recommendations for the orderly assumption by the 
Corporation of the operation and control of all aspects of its 
intercity rail passenger service, including the performance by 
the Corporation of all full-time functions solely related to the 
intercity rail passenger service provided by it un^er this x\ct; 
"(2) an assessment of whether the board of directors of the 
Corporation adequately and fairly represents the members of the 
public who utilize intercity rail passenger services and, if neces-
sary, recommendations for appropriate changes in the composi-
tion of such board of directors; 
"(3) estimates of potential revenues for the Corporation from 
the transportation of mail and express on intercity passenger 
trains; 
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Effective date. 
" (4) a detailed analysis of the on-time j^erformance of intercity 
rail passenger service operations assumed by the Corporation, 
together with such recommendations as the Secretary may deem 
advisable to eliminate delays in such intercity rail passenger 
service operations caused by freight train operations; 
"(5) recommendations v^ith respect to the establishment of the 
optimum intercity rail passenger service system as soon as possible 
after July 1, 1973, taking into account economic feasibility, 
requirements as to public convenience and necessity, and the abil-
ity of the Corporation to provide adequate service over the total 
system, which optimum system shall include recommended routes 
and discontinuances; and 
"(6) recommendations with respect to the improvement of 
tracks and roadbeds on routes over which the Corporation oper-
ates intercity passenger trains. 
"(c) Such report shall contain such additional recommendations as 
the Secretary may deem advisable to assist the Corporation in carry-
ing out the purposes of this Act, including recommendations for legis-
lative enactments or administrative actions which would enable the 
Corporation, after July 1, 1973, to discontinue more rapidly and effi-
ciently those routes which do not meet the criteria recommended b^-
the Secretary for the establisliment of the optimum intercity rail 
passenger service system. 
" (d) In carrying out the provisions of this section,, the Secretary may 
use available services and facilities of other departments, agencies, and 
instrumentalities of the Federal Government with their consent and on 
a reimbursable basis. 
•'(e) Departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the Federal 
Government shall exercise their powers, duties, and functions in such 
manner as will assist in carrying out the provisions of this section.-'. 
SEC. 13. The amendments made by this Act shall be effective upon 
enactment. 
Approved June 22, 1972. 
June 22, 1972 
[H. R. 13034] 
National Bu-
reau of Standards. 
Certain pro-
grams. 
Appropriation 
authorization. 
15 u s e 278f 
note. 
Public Law 92-317 
AN ACT 
To mithorizt' apitroiu'intions to tarry out tln' Fire Kesranli JUHI Safety Act of 
1968 and tlie Standard Reference Data Act. and to amend the Act of March H, 
1901 (31 Stat. 1449), to make improvements in fiscal and 
administrative 
practices for more eftet'tive conduct of certain functions of the National Bureau 
of Standard.s. 
Be it enacted by the Semite (tml Hoiuse of Hepre^ientdtirex of tlit-
I 'nited States of Amenca in Congress assembled. That there is aiithoi-
ized to be appropriated to the Department of Commerce not io 
exceed $5,()0(),000 for fiscal year 1973, not to exceed $9,()()(),()()() for 
fiscal year 1974, and not to exceed $10,5()0,()(){) for fiscal year 1975 to 
carry out the purposes of the Fire Eesearch and Safetv Act of 19tis 
( Public Ivaw 90-259; 82 Stat. 34). 
SEC. 2. There is authorized to be appropriated to the Department 
of Commerce not to exceed $3,()()0,00() for- fiscal yeai- 1973, not to 
exceed $4,500,000 for fiscal year 1974, and not to exceed $5,500,000 
for fiscal year 1975 to carry out the purposes of the Standard Reference 
1 )ata Act (15 U.S.C. 290-29()f; 82 Stat. 339).