An Act to authorize appropriations for activities of the National Science Foundation, and for other purposes
PL 92-372 (H.R.14108), enacted 08/10/1972

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PUBLIC LAW 92.372-AUG. 10, 1972 
[86 STAT. 
Public Law 92-372 
August 10, 1972 
AN A C T 
—I^H. R. I'* 108]— To authorize appropriations for activities of the National SrU'ience Fonnrlation. 
and for other purposes. 
National Science 
Foundation Au' 
Be it enacted hy the Seriate and House of Representatives 
of the 
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United /States of America in Congress assembled^ That there is hereby 
thoTizItion Act 
authorized to be appropriated to the National Science Foundation for 
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the fiscal year ending June 30,1973, for the following categories: 
(1) Scientific Research Project Support, $275,300,000; 
(2) National and Special Eesearch Programs, $108,600,000; 
(3) National Research Centers, $42,300,000; 
(4) Computing 
Activities 
in 
Education 
and 
Research. 
$19,500,000; 
(5) Science Information Activities, $9,500,000; 
(6) International Cooperative Scientific Activities, $4,700,000: 
(7) Research Applied to National Needs, $87,500,000; 
(8) Intergovernmental Science Program, $1,700,000; 
(9) Institutional Improvement for Science, $18,500,000; 
(10) Graduate Student Support, $21,200,000; 
(11) Science Education Improvement, $76,000,000; 
(12) Planning and Policy Studies, $2,800,000; 
(13) Program Development and Management, $29,300,000. 
SEC. 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act— 
(a) of the amount stipulated for the purpose of "National and 
Special Research Programs" in categoiy (2) of section 1, not less 
than $4,500,000 shall be available for the oceanographic ship con-
struction/conversion program; 
(b) of the amount stipulated for the purpose of "Research 
Applied to National Needs" in category (7) of section 1, not less 
than $19,500,000 shall be available for energy research and tech-
nology programs, including but not limited to solar, geothermal, 
and other nonconventional energy sources, and not less than 
$8,000,000 shall be available for earthquake engineering programs. 
(c) not less than $13,000,000 of the amount stipulated for the 
purpose of "Institutional Improvement for Science" in category 
(9) of section 1 shall be available for that purpose, and of such 
amount not more than $4,000,000 shall be available for institu-
tional grants for research management improvement; 
(d) not less than $16,500,000 of the amount stipulated for the 
purpose of "Graduate Student Support" in category (10) of sec-
tion 1 shall be available for that purpose, and of such amount 
not less than $13,000,000 shall be available for graduate fellow-
ships and not less than $3,500,000 for postdoctoral fellowships; 
(e) not less than $74,000,000 of the amount stipulated for the 
purpose of "Science Education Improvement" in category (11) 
of section 1 shall be available for that purpose, and of such 
amount not more than $1,500,000 shall be available for experi-
mental projects to encourage initiatives in science education. 
SEC. 3. 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 authority of the Director 
of the National Science Foundation, and his determination shall be 
final and conclusive upon the accounting officers of the Government. 
SEC. 4. In addition to such sums as are authorized by section 1, not to 
exceed $7,000,000 is authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 
ending June 30, 1973, for expenses of the National Science Founda-
tion incurred outside the United States to be paid in foreign currencies 
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which the Treasury Department determines to be excess to the normal 
requirements of the United States. 
SEC. 5. Appropriations made pursuant to authority provided in 
sections 1, 3, and 4 shall remain available for obligation, for expendi-
ture, or for obligation and expenditure, for such period or periods as 
may be specified in Acts making such appropriations. 
SEC. 6. No 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— 
(A) a period of thirty legislative days (or forty-five calendar 
days, when Congress is in adjournment sine die) has passed after 
the Director or his designee has transmitted to the Speaker of the 
House of Representatives and the President of the Senate and to 
the Committee on Science and Astronautics of the House of Rep-
resentatives and to the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare 
of the Senate a written report containing a full and complete 
statement 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 sei-^ure 
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 speci-
fied 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 
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 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: 
Transfer of 
funds, limitation. 
Report to Con-
gress. 
Payment to con-
victed criminals., 
prohibition. 
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64 Stat. 149. 
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note. 
72 Stat. 1601. 
42 u s e 1876. 
82 Stat. 360. 
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Short title. 
August 10, 1972 
[S.3463] 
U.S. Courts. 
Congressional 
Record, copies. 
82 Stat. 1256. 
(1) The programs authorized by the National Science Founda-
tion Act of 1950; and 
(2) The pro-ams authorized under title IX 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 sucn 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 pro-
ceeding 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. Section 3(a) (1) of the National Science Foundation Act of 
1950 is amended— 
(1) by inserting "and science education programs at all levels" 
after "scientific research potential"; and 
(2) by striking out "scientific activities" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "scientific and educational activities". 
SEC. 9. This Act may be cited as the "National Science Foundation 
Authorization Act of 1973". 
Approved August 10, 1972. 
Public Law 92-373 
AN ACT 
To amend section 906 of title 44, United States Code, to provide copies of tlie 
daily and semimonthly Congressional Record to libraries of certain United 
States courts. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and Home of Re2)rese7itative8 of the 
United Statjes of America in Congress OHHenibJed, That that clause of 
section 906 of title 44. United States Code, relating to the furnishing 
of bound copies of the Congiessional Record to libraries of the United 
States courts of appeals and ceitain other coui-ts, is amended by insert-
ing immediately l)efore "one bound copy" the following: "one copy 
of the daily, one semimonthly copy, and". 
Approved August 10, 1972. 
August 10, 1972 
[S.2684] 
Public Law 92-374 
AN ACT 
To amend section r>09 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended. 
High speed 
vessels. 
49 Stat. 2000, 
66 Stat. 761; 
81 Stat. 660. 
46 u s e 1159. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and Houm of Representatives of tlie 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 509 of 
the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, is amended by inserting in the fourth 
sentence thereof after the words, "oceangoing barge of more than 
two thousand five hmidred gross tons" a comma and the words, "or in 
the case of a vessel of more than two thousand five hundred horsepower 
designed to be capable of sustained speed of not less than forty knots". 
Approved August 10, 1972. 
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