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B-157985 1 (1972-07-18)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaagik0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 0 COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 B -157985 JUL 1 a 1972 LM096494 Dear Mr. Price: In your letter dated February 3, 1972, you noted that I the National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded several grants // to educational institutions in Yugoslavia. Because o---fhe U.S. balance-of-payments deficit and the demand for funds among educational institutions in the United States, you re- quested that we examine into (1) the advisability of these grants, (2) why these grants had not been awarded to educa- tional institutions in the United States, and (3) who in NSF had responsibility for authorizing such grants to the foreign institutions. The National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861) authorizes and directs NSF to (1) initiate and support scientific research and programs to strengthen scientific re- search potential, (2) foster the interchange of scientific information among scientists in the United States and foreign countries, and (3) initiate and support specific scientific activities relating to international cooperation or national security by making contracts or other arrangements for con- ducting such scientific activities. In addition, the act authorizes NSF to provide support, within the limits of available appropriations, to organiza- tions and individuals in the United States and foreign coun- tries for such scientific activities as NSF deems necessary to carry out the purposes of the act and to support specific scientific activities at the request of the Secretary of State or Secretary of Defense. NSF supports certain international activities through an- nual appropriation of U.S.-owned foreign currencies which the Department of the Treasury has determined to be excess to the normal requirements of the United States. The appropriation may be used for conducting research and for supporting scien- tific activities in foreign countries, including programs and projects of scientific cooperation between the United States and other countries. Foreign currency appropriations to NSF for fiscal years 1971 and 1972 totaled $5 million. NSF's 016ql

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