National Science Foundation Authorization Act Amendments of 1991

Summary

National Science Foundation Authorization Act Amendments of 1991 - Amends the National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 1988 to authorize appropriations to the National Science Foundation (NSF) for: (1) research and related activities (including these subcategories: mathematical and physical sciences; engineering; biological, behavioral, and social sciences; geosciences; computer and information science and engineering; and scientific, technological, and international affairs); (2) education and human resources; (3) U.S. Antarctic Program; (4) academic research facilities modernization; (5) Academic Research Instrumentation Program; (6) salaries and expenses; and (7) Office of the Inspector General. Prohibits funds authorized under this Act for FY 1992 from being available for construction of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory. Amends the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 to remove provisions declaring ineffective, after the end of FY 1989, provisions: (1) allowing the National Science Foundation Board to delegate authority to the NSF Director to make grants, contracts, and other arrangements, and allowing the Board to impose conditions on such delegation; and (2) limiting any such delegations and conditions to two years.

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Timeline

1. 9 May 1991

   Introduced

   Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 9 May 1991

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 9 May 1991

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 22 May 1991

   Committee

   Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

   Source: Committee

5. 22 May 1991

   Reported

   Ordered to be Reported (Amended).

   Source: Committee

6. 25 June 1991

   Calendars

   Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 88.

   Source: Calendars

7. 25 June 1991

   Reported

   Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Science, Space and Technology. H. Rept. 102-131.

   Source: Committee

8. 25 June 1991

   Reported

   Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Science, Space and Technology. H. Rept. 102-131.

   Source: Committee

9. 10 July 1991

   Reported

   Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 190 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2282 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Providing for the consideration of the bill in the Committee of the Whole under an open rule. Measure will be read by section. It shall be in order to consider the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology now printed in the bill as original bill for the purpose of amendment.

   Source: Floor

10. 11 July 1991

    Passed

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

    Source: Floor

11. 11 July 1991

    Passed

    On passage Passed by voice vote.

    Source: Floor

12. 11 July 1991

    Passed

    Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by voice vote.

    Source: Floor

13. 11 July 1991

    Passed

    The House adopted the amendment in the nature of a substitute as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.

    Source: Floor

14. 11 July 1991

    Floor

    The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.

    Source: Floor

15. 11 July 1991

    Floor

    The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 2282.

    Source: Floor

16. 11 July 1991

    Floor

    The Speaker designated the Honorable Louise McIntosh Slaughter to act as Chairwoman of the Committee.

    Source: Floor

17. 11 July 1991

    Floor

    House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 190 and Rule XXIII.

    Source: Floor

18. 11 July 1991

    Floor

    Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2282 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Providing for the consideration of the bill in the Committee of the Whole under an open rule. Measure will be read by section. Bill is open to amendments. It shall be in order to consider the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology now printed in the bill as original bill for the purpose of amendment.

    Source: Floor

19. 11 July 1991

    Floor

    Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 190.

    Source: Floor

20. 11 July 1991

    Passed

    Rule H. Res. 190 passed House.

    Source: Floor

21. 15 July 1991

    Introduced

    Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources pursuant to the order of March 3, 1988, with instructions that if and when reported, the bill be referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation for a period of not to exceed 30 calendar days, not to include days when the Senate is not in session, for the purpose of such committee considering certain matters within its jurisdiction.

    Source: IntroReferral

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Related records

• related to → Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 2282) to amend the National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 1988, and for other purposes.
• amends ← Amendment requires universities to certify that all claims for indirect cost recovery are appropriate and allowable expenditures; and permits the director of the National Science Foundation to grant universities a 1-year delay in the 26 percent cap for administrative costs that is contained in the bill.