Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 42


   

U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Chapter 16 - Notes
    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.                                 
    1862n.       Mathematics and science education partnerships.      
                  (a)  Program authorized.                            
                  (b)  Selection process.                             
                  (c)  Accountability and dissemination.              
    1862n-1.    Robert Noyce Scholarship Program.                     
                  (a)  Scholarship program.                           
                  (b)  Selection process.                             
                  (c)  Scholarship requirements.                      
                  (d)  Stipends.                                      
                  (e)  Conditions of support.                         
                  (f)  Collection for noncompliance.                  
                  (g)  Failure to complete service obligation.        
                  (h)  Data collection.                               
                  (i)  Definitions.                                   
    1862n-2.    Establishment of centers for research on mathematics
                 and science learning and education improvement.      
                  (a)  Establishment.                                 
                  (b)  Selection process.                             
                  (c)  Annual conference.                             
                  (d)  Coordination.                                  
    1862n-3.    Duplication of programs.                              
                  (a)  In general.                                    
                  (b)  Implementation.                                
                  (c)  Report.                                        
    1862n-4.    Major research equipment and facilities construction
                 plan.                                                
                  (a)  Prioritization of proposed major research
                        equipment and facilities construction.        
                  (b)  Omitted.                                       
                  (c)  Project management.                            
                  (d)  Board approval of major research equipment and
                        facilities projects.                          
                  (e)  National Academy of Sciences study on major
                        research equipment and facilities
                        construction.                                 
    1862n-5.    Board meetings; audits; reports; scholarship
                 eligibility.                                         
                  (a)  Board meetings.                                
                  (b),
                   (c) Omitted.                                       
                  (d)  Scholarship eligibility.                       
    1862n-6.    Undergraduate education reform.                       
                  (a)  In general.                                    
                  (b)  Uses of funds.                                 
                  (c)  Selection process.                             
    1862n-7.    Reports.                                              
                  (a)  Grant size and duration.                       
                  (b)  Faculty.                                       
                  (c)  Grant funding.                                 
                  (d)  Study of broadband network access for schools
                        and libraries.                                
                  (e)  Minority-serving institution funding.          
    1862n-8.    Evaluations.                                          
                  (a)  Education.                                     
                  (b)  Awards.                                        
                  (c)  Dissemination.                                 
    1862n-9.    Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee.        
                  (a)  Establishment.                                 
                  (b)  Duties.                                        
                  (c)  Membership.                                    
                  (d)  Selection process.                             
                  (e)  Chairperson.                                   
                  (f)  Coordination.                                  
                  (g)  Compensation.                                  
                  (h)  Meetings.                                      
                  (i)  Quorum.                                        
                  (j)  Duration.                                      
    1862n-10.   Minority-serving institutions undergraduate program.  
                  (a)  In general.                                    
                  (b)  Program components.                            
                  (c)  Program coordination.                          
                  (d)  Instrumentation.                               
    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.            
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                   CHAPTER REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS               
      This chapter is referred to in title 15 section 3707; title 20
    section 3444.
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