An Act to authorize appropriations for activities of the National Science Foundation, and for other purposes
PL 92-86 (H.R.7960), enacted 08/11/1971

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PUBLIC LAW 92-86-AUG. 11, 1971 
[85 STAT. 
Public Law 92-86 
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To authorize appropriations for activities of the National Science Foundation, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
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National Science United States of Amevica in Congress assembled, That there is hereby 
t^horiS:io°n ^cVof authorized to be appropriated to the National Science Foundation for 
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the fiscal year ending June 30,1972. for the following categories: 
(I) Scientific Kesearch Project Support, $271,000,000. 
(2^ Specialized Research Facilities and Equipment, $9,300,000. 
(3) National and Special Research Programs, $144,600,000. 
(4) National Research Centers, $40,200,000. 
(5) Computing Activities, $17,500,000. 
(6) Science Information Activities, $9,800,000. 
(7) International Cooperative Scientific Activities, $4,000,000. 
(8) Intergovernmental Science Programs, $1,000,000. 
(9) Institutional Support for Science, $28,800,000. 
(10) Science Education Support, $99,300,000. 
(II) Planning and Policy Studies, $2,700,000. 
(12) Program Development and Management, $24,300,000. 
SEC. 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act— 
(1) not less than $2,000,000 of the sum stipulated in section 1 for 
Science Education Support shall be available for the "Student Science 
Training" program; 
(2) not less than $4,000,000 of the sum stipulated in section 1 for 
Science Education Support shall be available for the "Undergraduate 
Research Participation" program; 
(3) not to exceed $59,000,000 of the sum stipulated in section 1 for 
National and Special Research Programs shall be available for the 
"Research Applied to National Needs" program. 
SEC. 3. Appropriations made pursuant to authority provided in sec-
tions 1 and 5 shall remain available for obligation, for expenditure, or 
for obligation and expenditure, for such period or periods as may be 
specified in Acts making such appropriations. 
SEC. 4. Appropriations made pursuant to this Act may be used, but 
not to exceed $5,000, for official consultation, representation, or other 
extraordinary expenses upon the approval or autnority of the Director 
of the National Science Foundation, and his determination shall be 
final and conclusive upon the accounting officers of the Government. 
SEC. 5. In addition to such sums as are authorized by section 1, not to 
exceed $3,000,000 is authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 
ending June 30,1972, for expenses of the National Science Foundation 
incurred outside the United States to be paid for in foreign currencies 
which the Treasury Department determines to be excess to the normal 
requirements of the United States. 
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gjjQ^ Q^ j^o funds may be transferred from any particular category 
listed in section 1 to any other category or categories listed in such 
section if the total of the funds so transferred from that particular 
category would exceed 10 per centum thereof, and no funds may be 
transferred to any particular category listed in section 1 from any 
other category or categories listed in such section if the total of the 
funds so transferred to that particular category would exceed 10 per 
centum thereof, unless— 
Report to 
(^) a period of thirty days has passed after the Director or 
Congress. 
j^^^ desi^ee has transmitted to the Speaker of the House of Rep-
resentatives and to the President of the Senate and to the 
Committee on Science and Astronautics of the House of Repre-
sentatives and to the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare of 
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the Senate a written report containing a full and complete state-
ment concerning the nature of the transfer and the reason therefor, 
or 
(B) each such committee before the expiration of such period 
has transmitted to the Director written notice to the effect that 
such committee has no objection to the proposed action. 
SEC. 7. (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 or 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 which 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 
specified in subsection (c). If an institution denies an individual assist-
ance 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 payments 
to, or for the direct benefit of, such individual under any of the pro-
grams specified in subsection (c). 
(b) If an institution of higher education determines, after affording 
notice and opportunity for hearing to an individual attending, or 
employed by, 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 
administration of such institution, then such institution 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 specified in 
subsection (c). 
(c) The programs referred to in subsections (a) and (b) are as 
follows: 
(1) The programs authorized by the National Science Founda-
tion Act of 1950; and 
(2) The programs authorized under title I X of the National 
Defense Education Act of 1958 relating to establishing the 
Science Information Service. 
(d) (1) Nothing in this Act, or any Act amended by 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 preju-
dicing the rights and prerogatives of any institution of higher educa-
tion 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 expression of individual views or opinions. 
SEC. 8. This Act may be cited as the "National Science Foundation 
Authorization Act of 1972". 
Approved August 11, 1971. 
Campus dis-
rupters, denial of 
payment. 
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72 Stat. 1601. 
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