42 USC Ch. 16: Front Matter
From Title 42-THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARECHAPTER 16-NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
CHAPTER 16-NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Sec.
1861.
Establishment; composition.
1862.
Functions.
(a)
Initiation and support of studies and programs; scholarships; current register of scientific and engineering personnel.
(b)
Contracts, grants, loans, etc., for scientific and engineering activities; financing of programs.
(c)
Scientific and engineering research programs at academic and other nonprofit institutions; applied scientific and engineering research programs by Presidential directive; employment of consulting services; coordination of activities.
(d)
Promotion of research and education in science and engineering.
(e)
Balancing of research and educational activities in the sciences and engineering.
(f)
Annual report to the President and Congress.
(g)
Support of access to computer networks.
1862a.
Findings and purpose.
1862b.
Establishment of Program.
(a)
Establishment; purpose.
(b)
Improvement projects; maximum amounts.
(c)
Criteria for award of funds.
1862c.
Procedures, guidelines, and planning activities.
(a)
Procedures.
(b)
Comprehensive planning activities.
(c)
Guidelines.
(d)
Comprehensive plan.
(e)
Report.
(f)
Final guidelines.
(g)
Amount available for this section.
(h)
Consultation with Secretary of Education and heads of other agencies.
1862d.
Set-aside for certain institutions.
1862e.
Evaluations of research centers.
1862f.
Research center consortia.
1862g.
Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research.
1862h.
Congressional statement of findings and declaration of purposes respecting scientific and technical education and training.
(a)
Findings.
(b)
Purposes.
1862i.
Scientific and technical education.
(a)
National advanced scientific and technical education program.
(b)
National centers of scientific and technical education.
(c)
Articulation partnerships.
(d)
Coordination with other Federal departments.
(e)
Limitation on funding.
(f)
Functions of Director.
(g)
Definitions.
1862j.
Authorization of appropriations.
1862k.
Findings; core strategies.
(a)
Findings.
(b)
Core strategies.
1862l.
National research facilities.
(a)
Facilities plan.
(b)
Status of facilities under construction.
1862m.
Financial disclosure.
1863.
National Science Board.
(a)
Composition; appointment; establishment of policies of the Foundation.
(b)
Executive Committee; delegation of powers and functions.
(c)
Meetings; nominations; quorum; notice.
(d)
Term of office; reappointment.
(e)
Meetings; quorum; notice.
(f)
Election of Chairman and Vice Chairman; vacancy.
(g)
Appointment and assignment of staff; compensation; security requirements.
(h)
Special commissions.
(i)
Committees; survey and advisory functions.
(j)
Report to President; submittal to Congress.
(k)
Closed meetings.
(l)
Financial disclosure report for Board members.
1864.
Director of Foundation.
(a)
Appointment; compensation; term of office.
(b)
Exercise of authority of Foundation; actions as final and binding upon the Foundation.
(c)
Delegation and redelegation of functions.
(d)
Formulation of programs.
(e)
Authority to grant, contract, etc.; delegation of authority or imposition of conditions; reporting requirement.
(f)
Status; power to vote and hold office.
1864a.
Deputy Director of the Foundation.
1865.
Executive Committee.
(a)
Composition; powers and functions; membership; chairman.
(b)
Election to membership; term of office; eligibility for reelection.
(c)
Term of vacancy appointment.
(d)
Reports; minority views.
1866.
Divisions within Foundation.
1867.
Repealed.
1868.
Special commissions.
1869.
Scholarships and graduate fellowships.
1869a.
Contracts for precollege science or engineering curriculum development activities; inspection of materials by parent or guardian.
1869b.
Issuance of instructions to grantees of pre-college curriculum projects.
1869c.
Low-income scholarship program.
(1)
Establishment.
(2)
Eligibility.
(3)
Limitation.
(4)
Funding.
1870.
General authority of Foundation.
1870a.
Buy-American requirements.
(a)
Award of contracts.
(b)
Report.
(c)
Definitions.
1871.
Disposition of inventions produced under contracts or other arrangements.
1872.
International cooperation and coordination with foreign policy.
1872a.
Repealed.
1873.
Employment of personnel.
(a)
Appointment; compensation; application of civil service provisions; technical and professional personnel; members of special commissions; temporary appointments; travel expenses.
(b)
Operation of laboratories and pilot plants.
(c)
Compensation of members of Board and special commissions.
(d)
Federal officers as members of special commissions; compensation.
(e)
Utilization of appropriations in making contracts.
(f)
Transfer of research and education funds of other Government departments or agencies.
(g)
"United States" defined.
(h)
Expiration of authorization.
(i)
Public disclosure of information.
1873a.
Repealed.
1874.
Security provisions.
(a)
Nuclear energy research and development.
(b)
Research relating to national defense.
1875.
Appropriations.
1876 to 1879. Repealed.
1880.
National Medal of Science.
1881.
Award of National Medal of Science.
(a)
Recommendations.
(b)
Number.
(c)
Citizenship.
(d)
Ceremonies.
1881a.
Alan T. Waterman Award.
(a)
Establishment; amounts; terms.
(b)
Purpose.
(c)
Number.
1881b.
Presidential awards for teaching excellence.
1882.
Information furnished to Congressional committees.
1883.
Office of Small Business Research and Development.
1884.
Repealed.
1885.
Congressional statement of findings and declaration of policy respecting equal opportunities in science and engineering.
1885a.
Women in science and engineering; support of activities by Foundation for promotion, etc.
1885b.
Participation in science and engineering of minorities and persons with disabilities.
1885c.
Committee on Equal Opportunities in Science and Engineering.
(a)
Establishment; purposes.
(b)
Membership; Chairperson; term of members.
(c)
Responsibilities of Committee.
(d)
Standing or ad hoc subcommittees.
(e)
Biennial report.
1885d.
Biennial reports.
1886.
Data collection and analysis.
1887.
Indemnification of grantees, contractors, and subcontractors under ocean drilling program; approvals and certifications by Director.
Chapter Referred to in Other Sections
This chapter is referred to in title 15 section 3707; title 20 section 3444.