National Policy and Priorities for Science and Technology Act, 1975: Joint Hearings Before the Special Subcommittee on the National Science Foundation of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, and the Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Commerce of the Committee on Commerce, and the Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences, United States Senate, Ninety-fourth Congress, First Session, on S. 32 ... October 28, November 4 and 12, 1975 |
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Page 469 - CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW In compliance with subsection (4) of rule XXIX of the Standing Rules of the Senate, changes in existing law made by the bill, as reported, are shown as follows (existing law proposed to be omitted is enclosed in black brackets, new matter is printed in italic, existing law in which no change is proposed is shown in roman...
Page 441 - Congress hereby declares that it is the CONTINUING policy AND responsibility of the Federal Government TO USE ALL PRACTICABLE MEANS consistent with its needs and obligations and other essential considerations of national policy WITH THE ASSISTANCE AND COOPERATION OF industry, agriculture, labor, and State and local governments, TO COORDINATE AND UTILIZE ALL ITS PLANS, FUNCTIONS, AND RESOURCES FOR THE PURPOSE...
Page 246 - We recommend that the bill be revised to include language similar to the following: "(a) Each recipient of assistance under this Act pursuant to grants or contracts entered into under other than competitive bidding procedures shall keep such records as the Secretary shall prescribe, including records which fully disclose the amount and disposition by such recipient of the proceeds of such assistance, the total cost of the project or undertaking in connection with which such assistance is given or...
Page 441 - Council shall be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in the same manner as persons employed intermittently in the Government service are allowed expenses under section 5703 (b) of title 5 of the United States Code.
Page 369 - Mancur Olson, The Logic of Collective Action (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1965); William A.
Page 469 - Director. The Director shall be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and shall receive compensation at the rate of $22,500 per annum.
Page 450 - Report of the Committee on Public Engineering Policy of the National Academy of Engineering...
Page 441 - Chairman shall have the power to — (1) appoint and fix the compensation of an Executive Director, and such additional staff personnel as he deems necessary, without regard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing appointments in the competitive service...
Page 198 - Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) in the Executive Office of the President of the United States; he was the first person to hold the position at cabinet-level rank.
Page 219 - Science, by itself, provides no panacea for individual, social, and economic ills. It can be effective in the national welfare only as a member of a team, whether the conditions be peace or war. But without scientific progress no amount of achievement in other directions can insure our health, prosperity, and security as a nation in the modern world.