16 1 individuals in the United States or foreign countries, includ2 ing Government agencies of the United States and of foreign 3 countries, qualified by training and experience to achieve 4 the results desired, (2) strengthening the research staff of 5 organizations, particularly nonprofit organizations, in the 6 United States, (3) aiding institutions, agencies, or orga7 nizations which, if aided, will advance scientific research, 8 and (4) encouraging independent scientific research by 9 individuals. 10 "(g) Funds available to any department or agency of 11 the Government for scientific or technical research, or the 12 provision of facilities therefor, shall be available for transfer, 13 with the approval of the head of the department or agency 14 involved, in whole or in part, to the Foundation for such 15 use as is consistent with the purposes for which such funds 16 were provided, and funds so transferred shall be expendable 17 by the Foundation for the purposes for which the transfer 18 was made. 19 "(h) For purposes of this Act, the term 'United States' 20 when used in a geographical sense means the States, the 21 District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 22 and all territories and possessions of the United States." 23 SEC. 14. Sections 16 and 17 of the National Science 24 Foundation Act of 1950 are redesignated as sections 15 and 25 16, respectively. Subsection (a) of the section redesignated 17 1 as section 15 is amended by striking out "1946" each place 2 it appears and inserting in lieu thereof "1954". Subsection 3 (b) of the section redesignated as section 15 is amended by 4 striking out "section 15 (h)" in paragraph (1) and inserting 5 in lieu thereof "section 14 (g)". 6 SEC. 15. (a) (1) Section 5313 of title 5, United States 7 Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the follow8 ing new paragraph: 9 10 "(19) Director of the National Science Foundation." (2) Section 5314 of such title is amended by striking 11 out paragraph 40, and by inserting in lieu thereof the fol12 lowing new paragraph: 13 "(40) Deputy Director, National Science Foundation." 14 (3) Section 5316 of such title is amended by striking 15 out paragraph (66), and by inserting in lieu thereof the 16 following new paragraph: 17 "(66) Assistant Director, National Science Foundation 18 (4)." 19 (4) The amendments made by this subsection (and the 20 amendments made by sections 3 and 4 of this Act insofar as 21 they relate to rates of basic pay) shall take effect on the 22 first day of the first calendar month which begins on or after 23 the date of the enactment of this Act. 24 (b) Section 902 (c) of the National Defense Education 18 1 Act of 1958 is amended by striking out "$50" and inserting 3 SEC. 16. Except as otherwise specifically provided 4 therein, the amendments made by this Act are intended to 5 continue in effect under the National Science Foundation 6 Act of 1950 the existing offices, procedures, and organiza7 tion of the National Science Foundation as provided by such 8 Act, part II of Reorganization Plan Numbered 2 of 1962, 9 and Reorganization Plan Numbered 5 of 1965. From and 10 after the date of the enactment of this Act, part II of 11 Reorganization Plan Numbered 2 of 1962, and Reorgani12 zation Plan Numbered 5 of 1965, shall be of no force or 13 effect; but nothing in this Act shall alter or affect any 14 transfers of functions made by part I of such Reorganization 15 Plan Numbered 2 of 1962. NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION WASHINGTON 25, D.C. November 29, 1967 Honorable Lister Hill Chairman, Committee on Labor and Public Welfare United States Senate Washington, D. C. 20510 Dear Mr. Chairman: In reply to your letter of October 31, 1967, we are pleased to submit the following report from the National Science Foundation on S. 2598. The National Science Foundation (The National Science Board, and the Director) wishes heartily to endorse the general purposes of the bill and virtually all of its provisions. We are gratified that the changes proposed by the Foundation (in our report to you dated April 24, 1967) with respect to those Sections of H.R. 5404 which would become Sections 3(a)6, 3(d), 4(h), 5(e) and 6(b) of the National Science Foundation Act have been adopted in S. 2598. With respect to the language of S. 2598 we have only a few suggested changes and comments. First, we note that there is a difference between the language proposed for Section 4(a) in S. 2598 and that proposed for Section 4(a) in H. R. 5404, with the Senate version providing that the National Science Board "shall establish policies to guide the Foundation", where the House version reads that the Board "shall establish and be responsible for the policies of the Foundation." We believe that the words "to guide" in this context appear to weaken the policy functions of the Board rather than to strengthen them. In our view, it would be preferable to delete these words entirely and amend the language of Section 4(a) to provide simply that the Board "shall establish the policies of the Foundation." This language has the endorsement of the National Science Board and was also recommended by the President's Science Advisor, Dr. Donald F. Hornig, in his recent testimony before Senator Kennedy's Subcommittee. With respect to the general authority of the Foundation, we are pleased to note that both the Senate and House versions include social science as one of the disciplines to be specifically enumerated in Section 3(a)(1). We would also like to suggest that the list be further expanded by the addition of the word "environmental." As explained in the testimony of the Director of the National Science Foundation on November 15, 1967 before Senator Kennedy's Subcommittee, it would be advantageous to give express recognition in the National Science Foundation Act to that branch of the natural sciences which under the general heading of environmental science includes oceanography, geology and other earth sciences, atmospheric sciences, and related disciplines. An additional comment relates to the provision contained in proposed Section 3(b) which provides that, "When requested by the Secretary of State or the Secretary of Defense, the Foundation is authorized to initiate and support specific scientific activities in connection with matters relating to international cooperation or national security..." (underscoring ours). As you know, this provision would enable the National Science Foundation to support certain international scientific activities in the interests of United States foreign policy objectives even though the advantages to United States science might be marginal. We are concerned that some of the testimony at the recent hearings may have inadvertently created the impression that this provision is in some way designed to circumvent existing Congressional limitations, monetary or otherwise, relating to the scope of United States foreign aid programs. This is emphatically not the case. The Foundation is in no way required to undertake the support of any activity specified in proposed Section 3(b). Its purpose, rather, is to remove an implied restriction on the Foundation's authority, dating from a period when its resources and goals were far more limited, so as to enable it to support foreign or international scientific projects principally in those countries which are not highly advanced in science and technology, when such scientific projects would be of value to the attainment of United States foreign policy objectives. With respect to the wording of proposed Section 3(b), we recommend that the term ", respectively," be inserted at page 3, line 22, between "security" and "by" in order to make the |