An Act to authorize appropriations for activities of the National Science Foundation, and for other purposes
PL 91-120 (S.1857), enacted 11/18/1969

83 STAT. 
PUBLIC LAW 91-120-NOV. 18, 1969 
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Public Law 91-120 
A N A C T 
November 18, 1969 
To authorize approitriations for activities of the National Science Foundation, 
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and for other purix)ses. 
Be If enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America In Congress assemhled^ That there is hereby 
authorized to be appropriated to the National Science Foundation for 
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970, to ienable it to carry out its powers 
and duties under the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as 
amended, and under title IX of the National Defense Education Act 
of 1958, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
$477,605,000. 
SEC. 2. Appropriations made pursuant to authority provided in sec-
tion 1 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. 3. Section 14 of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, 
as amended by Public Law 90-407 (82 Stat. 360), is amended by add-
ing at the end thereof the following new subsection : 
"(i) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the authorization 
of any appropriation to the Foundation shall expire (unless an earlier 
expiration is specifically provided) at the close of the second fiscal 
year following the fiscal year for which the authorization was enacted, 
to the extent that such appropriation has not theretofore actually been 
made." 
SEC. 4. Appropriations made pursuant to this Act may be used, 
but not to exceed $2,500, for official reception and representation 
expenses upon the approval or authority of the Director, 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 
hereof, not to exceed $3,000,000 is authorized to be appropriated 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. 
SEC. 6. Notwithstanding any provision of the National Science 
Foundation Act of 1950, or any other provision of law, the Director 
of the National Science Foundation shall keep the Committee on 
Science and Astronautics of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Labor and Public Welfare of the Senate fully and 
currently informed with respect to all of the activities of the National 
Science Foundation. 
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 
affter 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 w^as of a serious 
nature and contributed to a substantial disruption of the administra-
tion of the institution with respect to which such crime w^as 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 
National Sci-
ence Foundation 
Authorization Act, 
1970. 
64 Stat. 149. 
42 u s e 1861 
note. 
72 Stat. 1601. 
42 u s e 187(i-
1879. 
Expiration of 
authorization. 
42 u s e 1872a 
note, 1873. 
Foreign 
expenses. 
Information 
furnished to 
congressional 
committees. 
Financial 
assistance, 
denial t° con-
victed students. 
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[83 STAT. 
Refusal to obey 
regulations, 
suspension of 
payments. 
64 Stat. 149. 
42 u s e 1861 
note. 
72 Stat. 1601. 
42 u s e 1876-
1879. 
Independent 
disciplinary 
proceeding. 
Short title. 
in subsection (c). 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 speci-
fied 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 administra-
tion 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 prej-
udicing 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, 1970". 
Approved November 18, 1969. 
November 19, 1969 
[S.2546] 
Public Law 91-121 
AN ACT 
To authorize appropriations during the fiscal year 1970 for procurement of air-
craft, missiles, naval vessels, and tracked combat vehicles, and research, devel-
opment, test, and evaluation for the Armed Forces, and to authorize the con-
struction of test facilities at Kwajalein Missile Range, and to prescribe the 
authorized personnel strength of the Selected Reserve of each reserve compo-
nent of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes. 
Armed Forces. 
Appropriation 
aut ho ri z at io n, 
19 70. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of RepresentoHiyes of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ 
TITLE I—PROCUREMENT 
SEC. 101. Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated during the 
fiscal year 1970 for the use of the Armed Forces of the United States for