1992 NASA Authorization: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Budget Request for Fiscal Year 1992 : Summary

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Page 65 - Act and that would be a trade secret or commercial or financial information that is privileged or confidential if the information had been obtained from a non-Federal party...
Page 54 - ... title to such facilities shall be vested in the United States unless the Administrator determines that the national program of aeronautical and space activities will best be served by vesting title in any such grantee institution or organization.
Page 47 - National Aeronautics and Space Administration for research and development, space flight, control and data communications, construction of facilities, research and program management, and Inspector General, and for other purposes.
Page 57 - ... the Secretary of Defense determines that deferral of such construction for Inclusion in the next military construction authorization Act would be inconsistent with interests of national security, and in connection therewith to acquire, construct, convert, rehabilitate, or install permanent or temporary public works, including land acquisition, site preparation, appurtenances...
Page 25 - Clause 2(1) (4) of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the Committee Is required to Include In the report accompanying the NASA authorization bill an assessment of the impact of the legislation on Inflation. Please provide the Committee with any information or reports which would be useful to the Committee in fulfilling this requirement.
Page 26 - There could be some specific cases of Industrial and regional employment and price changes Influenced by NASA expenditures. The most significant economic effects of NASA spending is the long-run productivity advance from new technologies developed for the space and aeronautics programs. Many NASA-sponsored advances in air and space transportation, communications...
Page 26 - Rule of the House of Representatives this legislation is assessed to have no adverse long-run inflationary effects on prices and cost in the operation of the national economy. NASA expenditures are labor intensive, with approximately 80 percent of spending directly for jobs and the remainder for materials.
Page 55 - Provided, That contracts may be entered Into under this appropriation for maintenance and operation of facilities, and for other services, to be provided during the next fiscal year...
Page 64 - This is the opening sentence in the Office of Technology Assessments' June 1988 report summary entitled, "Advanced Materials by Design". This assessment was in response to a joint request from the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation.
Page 47 - USC 2460), provides that no appropriation may be made to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration unless previously authorized by legislation. It is...

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