Research and Development Authorization Estimates Act

Summary

Research and Development Authorization Estimates Act - Amends the Presidential Science and Technology Advisory Organization of 1976 to require the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to submit to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget not later than December 15 of each even-numbered calendar year an estimate of the appropriate funding levels for research and development in the budgets of all Federal departments, agencies, and instrumentalities for the following fiscal year. Declares that such estimate need not include an estimate of funding to defray the costs of development, demonstration, testing, or evaluation of the Department of Defense. Requires the President to transmit such estimate to Congress as part of the annual budget submission in each odd-numbered calendar year. Requires the President to transmit to Congress, from time to time as appropriate (previously annually), a Science and Technology Report which shall be prepared by the Office of Science and Technology Policy with such assistance from the Federal departments, agencies, and instrumentalities as the Director of such Office may find necessary. Amends the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 to require the National Science Foundation to submit annually to the President for transmittal to the Congress an analysis of all Federal research and development funding by function.

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 15 June 1979

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