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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
Op
Calendar No. 215
105TH CONGRESS SEAEREPORT
1st Session SENATE 105-110
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION AUTHORIZATION ACT OF
1997
OCTOBER 15, 1997.-Ordered to be printed
Filed under authority of the order of the Senate of October 9, 1997
Mr. JEFFORDS, from the Committee on Labor and Human
Resources, submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany S. 1046]
The Committee on Labor and Human Resources, to which was
referred the bill (S. 1046) to authorize appropriations for fiscal
years 1998 and 1999 for the National Science Foundation, and for
other purposes, having considered the same, reports favorably
thereon and recommends that the bill do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
I. In trodu ction .................................................................................................. .. 1
II. Purpose and sum m ary .................................................................................. 3
III. Background and need for legislation ........................................................... 3
IV. Legislative history and committee action ................................................... 4
V. Explanation of bill and committee views ..................................................... 4
V I. C ost estim ate ................................................................................................. . 11
VII. Regulatory im pact statem ent ........................................................................ 12
VIII. Application of law to the legislative branch ............................................... 12
IX . Section-by-section analysis ............................................................................ 13
X . Changes in existing law ................................................................................ 15
I. INTRODUCTION
The prominent role that science played during World War II
firmly established the importance of government funded basic re-
search in strengthening and preserving economic and military se-
curity. Federally funded research provided the American war effort
with radar, sonar, the proximity fuse, blood plasma, sulfanilamide,
penicillin, and the atomic bomb.
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