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105th Congress - 1st Session - 1997
P.L. 105-18 - H.R. 1871, 1997 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Recovery from Natural Disasters, and for Overseas Peacekeeping Efforts, Including Those in Bosnia, signed into law on June 12, 1997. The Act includes the following funding directions for ATP: not to exceed $35M in new competitions and a $7M rescission.
P.L. 105-47 - S. 910, to Reauthorize the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act for Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999, signed into law on October 1, 1997. The Act extends authorization of funding for the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program for: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), $20.9M in FY98 and $21.5M in FY99; National Science Foundation (NSF), $30.4M in FY98 and $31.3M in FY99; U.S. Geological Survey, about $52.5M in FY98 and about $54.0M in FY99; and NIST, about $2M each year from FY98 to FY99.
P.L. 105-56 - H.R. 2266, Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1998, signed into law on October 8, 1997. The Act allows in Section 8076 the Naval shipyards of the U.S. to be eligible to participate in any manufacturing extension program financed by funds appropriated in this or any other Act.
P. L. 105-83 - H.R. 2107, Department of the Interior Appropriations and Related Agencies, 1998, signed into law on November 14, 1997. In the Conference Report H. Rept. 105-337 to accompany H.R. 2107, language is included that decreases, by $200,000 the House-recommended increase (of $400,000 over the President's Budget Request of $4.760M) for the Inventions and Innovations Program.
P. L. 105-85 - H.R. 1119, National Defense Authorization Act for FY98, signed into law on November 18, 1997. Included in the Conference Report H. Rept. 105-340 to accompany the bill is language in Section 850, Use of Electronic Commerce in Federal Procurement that streamlines electronic commerce in Federal procurement and requires the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy to consult with Federal agencies with applicable technical and functional expertise, including the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, NIST, GSA and DOD. Also in Section 1073, Technical and Clerical Amendments, language is included that changes the title of the Information Technology Management Reform Act of 1996 to the Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996.
P. L. 105-108 - S. 1231, United States Fire Administration Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999, signed into law on November 20, 1997. The Act amends the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act and extends authorization of appropriations through FY99. For FY98 the funding level for the U.S. Fire Administration is $29,664,000, a 3.5 percent increase of the President's request and for FY99, $30,554,000 which represents a 3 percent increase over the FY98 levels.
P. L. 105-119 - H. R. 2267, Commerce, State, Justice Appropriations for FY98, signed into law on November 26, 1997. For NIST the Conference Report H. Rept. 105-405 provided:
P. L. 105-153 - H.R. 2977, Federal Advisory Committee Act Amendments of 1997, signed into law on December 17, 1997. The Act excludes the National Academy of Science (NAS) and the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) from the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) and ensures that certain public sunshine and accountability measures apply to NAS and NAPA committees.
Continuing Resolutions for 1997
P. L. 105-46 - H. J. Res. 94, FY98 Continuing Resolution, signed into law on September 30, 1997. The Act provided an extension of funding at FY97 levels for NIST through October 23, 1997.
P. L. 105-64 - H. J. Res. 97, Second FY98 Continuing Resolution, signed into law on October 23, 1997. The Act provided an extension of funding at FY97 levels for NIST through November 7, 1997.
P. L. 105-68 - H. J. Res. 101, Third FY98 Continuing Resolution, signed into law on November 7, 1997. The Act provided an extension of funding at FY97 levels for NIST through November 9, 1997.
P. L. 105-69 - H.J. Res. 104, Fourth FY98 Continuing Resolution, signed into law on November 9, 1997. The Act provided an extension of funding at FY97 levels for NIST through November 10, 1997.
P. L. 105-71 - H. J. Res. 105, Fifth FY98 Continuing Resolution, signed into law on November 10, 1997. The Act provided an extension of funding at FY97 levels for NIST through November 14, 1997.
P. L. 105-84 - H. J. Res. 106, Sixth FY98 Continuing Resolution, signed into law on November 14, 1997. The Act provided an extension of funding at FY97 levels for NIST through November 26, 1997.
Budget Resolution for 1997
On June 5, 1997,
the House and Senate agreed to the Conference
Report H. Rept. 105-116 to accompany H.
Con. Res. 84, FY98 Budget Resolution that sets targets to reach a balanced
federal budget by cutting $204.3B off the deficit between fiscal 1998 and
fiscal 2002. The Conference Report contains the following language:
"In certain areas such as new technology standards and measurement development
and fundamental technical competence, the government does play an important
role. ...The Budget Committee majority again urges the committees
of jurisdiction to once again examine the next means of terminating the
Department of Commerce and reallocating those functions that need to be
maintained. ...Protected Domestic Discretionary Priorities (Funded at levels
proposed in the President's FY 1998 budget.)--Department of Commerce, National
Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)."
105th Congress - 2nd Session - 1998
P. L. 105-178 - H. R. 2400, Building Efficient Surface Transportation and Equity Act of 1997 (BESTEA), signed into law on June 9, 1998. The Act requires NIST to develop standardized estimates of useful life under various conditions for advanced materials of use in surface transportation.
P. L. 105-234 - H.R. 3824, Anti-Duplicative Regulations Act, signed into law on August 14, 1998. The Act amends the Fastener Quality Act (FQA) to exempt from its coverage certain fasteners approved by the Federal Aviation Administration for use in aircraft. The Act delays implementation of the FQA until June 1, 1999 during which time the DOC will review and report to Congress on the need for the FQA including an analysis of other regulatory programs which cover fasteners and the extent to which there may be duplication between the FQA and those programs.
P. L. 105-251 - S. 2022, Crime Identification Technology Act of 1998, signed into law on October 9, 1998. The Act authorizes $250M each year through FY2003 for grants to states to develop or upgrade their criminal forensics and communications systems. Grants may be used for programs to establish or upgrade automated fingerprint identification systems that are compatible with standards established by NIST and interoperable with the Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS) of the FBI and finger imaging, live scan, and other automated systems to digitize fingerprints and to communicate prints in a manner that is compatible with standards established by NIST and interoperable with systems operated by States and by the FBI.
P. L. 105-255 - H.R. 3007, Commission on the Advancement of Women in Science, Engineering, and Technology Development Act, signed into law on October 14, 1998. The bill establishes an 18-member commission to study employment barriers that women face in fields like science, engineering and technology and to identify the number of women in those fields and the specific occupations where they are underrepresented. The commission would also describe employers' practices and policies relating to the recruitment and advancement of women in those fields, determine if these policies are similar to those applied to male counterparts and issue recommendations to government, academia and the private sector based on successful programs. The Act directs the commission to submit a report of its findings to the President, Congress and the highest executive official of each state within one year of the bill's enactment. The Act also directs NSF to study the educational opportunities available to women who want to enter these fields.
P. L. 105-262 - H.R. 4103, DOD FY99 Appropriations, signed into law on October 17, 1998. In the Conference Report (H. Rept. 105-746) the following language in Section 8070 reads as follows: "Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Naval shipyards of the United States shall be eligible to participate in any manufacturing extension program financed by funds appropriated in this or any other Act."
P. L. 105-264 - H.R. 930, Travel and Transportation Reform Act of 1997, signed into law on October 19, 1998. The Act requires Federal workers traveling on official business to use a government credit card or voucher and ensures that the government can track accumulating travel expenses and can benefit from group rates and frequent-flier miles. The Act provides certain exemptions including for employees for whom using the Federal charge card is impractical and is not in the best interests of the nation or for certain military personnel.
P. L. 105-266 - H.R. 1836, Federal Employees Health Care Protection Act of 1997, signed into law on October 19, 1998. The Act revises the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) and directs OPM to bar or fine health care providers that engage in fraudulent practices like billing for excessive charges or that lack competence, financial integrity or professional performance. The Act allows Federal employees who have discontinued participation to rejoin the plan and it extends FEHBP coverage to employees of FDIC and FRB.
P. L. 105-270 - S. 314, Federal Activities Inventory Reform Act of 1998, signed into law on October 19, 1998. The Act would provide a process for identifying and reviewing the functions of the Federal government that are not inherently governmental functions and would require each agency to submit such list to OMB annually.
P. L. 105-271 - S. 2392, Year 2000 Information and Readiness Disclosure Act, signed into law on October 19, 1998. The Act provides for GSA to create and maintain, until July 14, 2002, a national year 2000 website and promote its availability designed to assist consumers, small business, and local governments in obtaining information from other governmental websites, hotlines or information clearinghouses about year 2000 processing of computers systems, products and services including websites maintained by independent agencies and other departments. In creating the national year 2000 website, GSA is required to consult with OMB, SBA, the Consumer Product Safety Commission, the Department of State and local governments, NIST and representatives of consumer, industry and other groups as appropriate.
P.
L. 105-277 - H.R. 4328, Making Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental
Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1999,
signed into law on October 21,1998. The conference agreement (H.
Rept. 105-825) includes a provision making funds under the Departments
of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary and Related Agencies Appropriations
Act, 1999, available through June 15, 1999. The Conference Report
includes the following:
The conference
agreement includes full funding for base activities for the internal research
programs of NIST and includes program increases as follows:
1) $1,800,000
for semiconductor metrology;
2) $1,200,000
to continue the disaster research program on effects of windstorms on protective
structures and other technologies begun in FY98;
3) $2,500,000
for increased support for international standards activities; and 4) $1,800,000
to expand the Malcolm Baldrige Quality Awards program to healthcare and
education.
ITS - $310,300,000 for NIST external research. The conference agreement includes $106,800,000 for the Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program (MEP). NIST is to provide a report regarding an independent evaluation of the MEP program and provide this report to the Congress. Language is also included waiving the statutory six-year limitation on Federal funding for MEP Regional Centers. The conference agreement includes $203,500,000 for the Advanced Technology Program (ATP), including $66,000,000 for new awards in FY99 and $41,100,000 for administration, internal NIST lab support and Small Business Innovation Research requirements; and a rescission of $6,000,000 from prior year unobligated balances.
Construction of Research Facilities Account - $56,714,000 for construction, renovation and maintenance of NIST facilities including making $40,000,000 of the funds provided in this account available upon submission of a spending plan.
The Omnibus Appropriations Act contains S. 2107, the Government Paperwork Elimination Act, which amends the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980 to allow for the use of electronic submission of Federal forms to the Federal government with the use of an electronic signature within five years from the date of enactment. The legislation mandates that regulations promulgated by OMB and NTIA be compatible with standards and technologies used commercially in order to ensure that no one industry or technology receives favorable consideration.
The Conference Report includes the following language: "The conferees agree to a new provision to amend permanent law to make Senior Executive Service Presidential Awards based upon base salary percentages of 20 percent (for "Meritorious Awards") and 35 percent (for "Distinguished Awards") rather than the current dollar amounts."
P. L. 105-303 - H. R. 1702, Commercial Space Act, signed into law on October 28, 1998. The Act revises the role of NASA to encourage private-sector involvement and competition in the development of industrial space products and gives the Office of Commercial Space Transportation (OCST) the authority to issue licenses to private companies.
P. L. 105-305 - H.R. 3332, Next Generation Internet Research Act of 1998, signed into law on October 28, 1998. The Act amends a 1991 law (P.L. 102-194) that directs the Federal government to establish advanced computer networking and researching programs and authorizes $110M in FY 1999 and $115M in the FY2000 for research to improve Internet capabilities, including for DOE, $22,000,000 for FY99 and $25,000,000 in FY2000; for NSF, $25,000,000 for FY99 and $25,000,000 for FY2000; for NIH, $5,000,000 for FY99 and $7,500,000 for FY2000; for NASA, $10,000,000 for FY99 and $10,000,000 for FY2000; and for NIST, $5,000,000 for FY99 and $7,500,000 for FY2000. The Act authorizes additional research into high-end computing, human-centered systems, high-confidence systems and education and training. The Act aims to create a stronger network infrastructure and promote connectivity among Federal agencies and departments and establishes an advisory panel to monitor the agencies' progress. The Act authorizes test networks to develop advanced network technologies and demonstrate how they could be used.
P. L. 105-309 - H.R. 1274, the Technology Administration Act of 1998, signed into law on October 30, 1998. The Act provides for the elimination of the six-year sunset on Federal funding for Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) centers, the expansion of the Malcolm Baldrige Quality Awards program into the fields of healthcare and education and a program to make NIST labs and scientists more accessible to elementary and secondary school math and science teachers. The Act includes the creation of the Office of Space Commercialization at the Technology Administration (TA), requires that the Commerce Department consult with Congress before reprogramming funds or conducting a major reorganization for NIST or TA programs and includes a Sense of Congress on the Year 2000 computer problem (Y2K). A copy of the Statement by the President is attached and can also be found at http://library.whitehouse.gov/Week.cgi on October 30, the second "Statement by the President," directly above "1:49 p.m. EST press briefing by Joe Lockhart."
P.
L. 105-311 - H.R. 2675, Federal Employees Life Insurance Improvement Act,
signed into law on October 30, 1998. The Act would require OPM to
revise life insurance plans for Federal employees to make group life insurance,
group variable life insurance and additional voluntary accidental death
and dismemberment insurance policies available to all Federal employees.
The Act allows employees at the age of 65 the option to continue their
additional optional insurance and makes the group life insurance portable
at the employees' full cost when the employee leaves the government's employ.
The Act also allows Federal employees to increase the amount of life insurance
they can buy for their spouses, from $5,000 to $25,000 and for children,
from $2,500 to $12,500.
Continuing Resolutions for 1998
P. L. 105-240 - H.J.Res. 128, Making Further Continuing Appropriations for FY99, signed into law on September 25, 1998. The Act provided an extension of funding at FY97 levels for NIST through October 9, 1998.
P. L. 105-249 - H.J. Res. 133, Making Further Continuing Appropriations for FY99, signed into law on October 9, 1998. The Act provided an extension of funding at FY97 levels for NIST through October 12, 1998.
P. L. 105-254 - H.J. Res. 134, Making Further Continuing Appropriations for FY99, signed into law on October 12, 1998. The Act provided an extension of funding at FY97 levels for NIST through October 14, 1998.
P. L. 105-257 - H.J. Res. 135, Making Further Continuing Appropriations for FY99, signed into law on October 14. 1998. The Act provided an extension of funding at FY97 levels for NIST through October 16, 1998.
P. L. 105-260 - H.J.Res. 136, Making Further Continuing Appropriations for FY 99, signed into law on October 16, 1998. The Act provided an extension of funding at FY97 levels for NIST through October 20, 1998.
P.
L. 105-273 - H.J. Res. 137, Making Further Continuing Appropriations for
FY 99,
signed into law on October 20, 1998. The Act provided an extension
of funding at FY97 levels for NIST through October 21, 1998.
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