The National Science Policy and Organization Act of 1975

1 (b) There are hereby transferred to and vested in the

2 Executive Director all the functions, powers, and duties

(1) of the Secretary of Commerce under the Act

of September 9, 1950, as amended;

(2) of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution with respect to the Smithsonian Science Information Exchange, Incorporated, a wholly controlled nonprofit corporation; and

(3) of the National Science Foundation under sections 901 through 904 of the National Defense Education Act of 1958 (42 U.S.C. 1876-1879).

(c) The personnel, assets, liabilities, contracts, prop13 erty, and records of, and unexpended balances of appro14 priations, authorizations, and allocations to and other funds 15 employed, held, or used by, arising from, available to, or to 16 be made available to, the entities specified in subsection 17 (a) of this section as a consequence of their inclusion in, or interaction with, the Department of Commerce, the 19 Smithsonian Institution, or the National Science Founda20 tion, are hereby transferred to the Corporation. The Execu21 tive Director shall assign such personnel, assets, liabilities, 22 contracts, property, records, balances, and funds to the 23 entity from which it was transferred, for use in carrying 24 out the functions, duties, and powers vested by this section.

in the Corporation and the Executive Director, where and to the extent feasible.

(d) The Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution shall

take all actions within his power as are necessary to attain the purposes of this section with regard to the transfer of the Smithsonian Science Information Exchange, Incorporated, including negotiation or direction of amendment of the

articles of incorporation, bylaws, contracts, and other in

SEC. 406. There are authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 1976, and for each succeeding fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary to carry out this title. TITLE V-MISCELLANEOUS AND TECHNICAL SEC. 501. The National Science Foundation Act of 16 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.) is amended

(1) by inserting after "Director" in section 2 the following: "and shall be administratively located in the Department of Research and Technology Operations, as provided in the National Science Policy and Organiza

tion Act of 1975"; and

(2) by striking out subsection 4(g) and by redesignating subsections 4 (h), (i), and (j) as sub

sections 4 (g), (h), and (i), respectively.

SEC. 502. Section 902 of the National Defense Educa

2 tion Act of 1958 (42 U.S.C. 1877) is amended

(1) by inserting after "Department of Agriculture library," in subsection (a) the following: "the director of the National Technical Information Service, the president of the Smithsonian Science Information Exchange, Incorporated,";

(2) by striking out "appointed by the Director of the National Science Foundation" in subsection (a) and inserting in lieu thereof "appointed by the Chairmen of the Board of the Science and Technology Information and Utilization Corporation";

(3) by striking out "the head of the Science Information Service" in subsection (b) and inserting in lieu thereof "the Board of the Science and Technology Information and Utilization Corporation"; and

(4) by striking out "the National Science Foundation" in subsection (c) and inserting in lieu thereof "the Chairman of the Board of the Science and Tech20 nology Information and Utilization Corporation".

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SEC. 503. Section 2 of Reorganization Plan Numbered 1 22 of 1973, transmitted to the Senate and House of Representa23 tives in Congress assembled, January 26, 1973, pursuant to

24 the provisions of chapter 9 of title 5 of the United States 25 Code, is repealed.

1 SEC. 504. Section 202 (a) of the National Aeronautics 2 and Space Act of 1958 (42 U.S.C. 2472 (a)) is amended by 3 inserting after "(hereinafter called the 'Administration')" 4 the following: "which shall be administratively located in the 5 Department of Research and Technology Operations, as pro6 vided in the National Science Policy and Organization Act 7 of 1975".

SEC. 505. (a) The Act of March 3, 1901 (15 U.S.C. 9 271 et seq.) is amended

(1) by striking out "Secretary of Commerce" in sections 2 and 16 and inserting in lieu thereof "Director

of the National Bureau of Standards";

(2) by striking out "referred to as the 'Secretary'" in sections 2 and 16, and inserting in lieu thereof "referred to as the 'Director'";

(3) by striking out "in this section, Secretary is authorized" in section 2 and inserting in lieu thereof "in

this section, Director is authorized";

(4) by striking out "Secretary of Commerce" in section 5 and inserting in lieu thereof "Secretary of Research and Technology Operations";

(5) by striking out "Secretary of Commerce" wherever it appears in sections 6, 9, 10, and 13 through

15, and inserting in lieu thereof "Director";

(6) by striking out "Secretary" wherever it ap

pears in sections 7 and 17 and inserting in lieu thereof "Director"; and

(7) by striking out "Department of Commerce" in

sections 8 and 12 and inserting in lieu thereof "National

(b) The Act of March 4, 1911 (15 U.S.C. 279), is

7 amended by striking out "Secretary of Commerce" in sec8 tion 1 and inserting in lieu thereof "Secretary of Research 9 and Technology Operations".

12 of Commerce".

SEC. 506. Section 101 of the National Security Act of 14 1947 (50 U.S.C. 402) is amended by redesignating para15 graphs (5), (6), and (7) as paragraphs (6), (7), and 16 (8), respectively, and inserting after paragraph (4) the 17 following:

"(5) the Chairman of the Council of Advisers on Science and Technology;".

SEC. 507. The Chairman of the Council of Advisers

on Science and Technology, the Secretary of the Depart22 ment of Research and Technology Operations, and the 23 Executive Director of the Science and Technology Informa24 tion and Utilization. Corporation, shall, within six months 25 of the date of enactment of this Act, each submit to the

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