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Nothing in this section shall alter or modify any 

 services or responsibilities, other than those per- 

 formed for the Office, which the Congressional Re- 

 search Service under law performs for or on behalf 

 of the Congress. The Librarian is, however, author- 

 ized to establish within the Congressional Research 

 Service such additional divisions, groups, or other 

 organizational entities as may be necessary to carry 

 out the purpose of this chapter. 



(d) Reimbursement for services and assistance. 



Services and assistance made available to the Of- 

 fice by the Congressional Research Service in accord- 

 ance with this section may be provided with or with- 

 out reimbursement from funds of the Office, as 

 agreed upon by the Board and the Librarian of 

 Congress. (Pub. L. 92^84, § 8, Oct. 13, 1972, 86 Stat. 

 801.) 



§478. Utilization of services of General Accounting 

 Offices. 



(a) Authority of General Accounting Office to furnish 

 financial and administrative services. 



Financial and administrative services (including 

 those related to budgeting, accoimting, financial re- 

 porting, personnel, and procurement) and such other 

 services as may be appropriate shall be provided 

 the OfiRce by the General Accounting Office. 



(b) Scope of services and assistance. 



Such services and assistance to the Office shall in- 

 clude, but not be limited to, all of the services and 

 assistance which the General Accounting OfiBce is 

 otherwise authorized to provide to the Congress. 



(c) Services or responsibilities performed by General 

 Accounting Office for Congress not altered or 

 modified. 



Nothing in this section shall alter or modify any 

 services or responsibilities, other than those per- 

 formed for the Office, which the General Accounting 

 Office under law performs for or on behalf of the 

 Congress. 



(d) Reimbursement for services and assistance. 

 Services and assistance made available to the 



Office by the General Accounting Office in accord- 

 ance with this section may be provided with or with- 



out reimbursement from funds of the Office, as 

 agreed upion by the Board and the Comptroller Gen- 

 eral. (Pub. L. 92-484, § 9, Oct. 13, 1972, 86 Stat. 802.) 



§ 479. Coordination of activities with National Science 

 Foundation. 



The Office shall maintain a continuing liaison 

 with the National Science Foundation with respect 

 to— 



(1) grants and contracts formulated or acti- 

 vated by the Foundation which are for purposes 

 of technology assessment; and 



(2) the promotion of coordination in areas of 

 technology assessment, and the avoidance of un- 

 necessary duplication or overlapping of research 

 activities in the development of technology as- 

 sessment techniques and programs. 



(Pub. L. 92-484, § 10(a), Oct. 13, 1972, 86 Stat. 802.) . 



§ 480. Annual report to Congress. 



The Office shall submit to the Congress an an- 

 nual report which shall include, but not be limited to, 

 an evaluation of technology assessment technique 

 and identification, insofar as may be feasible, of 

 technological areas and programs requiring future 

 analysis. Such report shall be submitted not later 

 than March 15 of each year. (Pub. L. 92-484, § 11, 

 Oct. 13. 1972, 86 Stat. 802.) 



§481. Authorization of appropriations; availability of 

 appropriations. 



(a) To enable the Office to carry out Its powers 

 and duties, there is hereby authorized to be appro- 

 priated to the Office, out of any money in the Treas- 

 ury not otherwise appropriated, not to exceed $5,000,- 

 000 in the aggregate for the two fiscal years ending 

 June 30, 1973, and June 30, 1974, and thereafter such 

 sums as may be necessary. 



(b) Appropriations made pursuant to the author- 

 ity provided in subsection (a) of this section shall 

 remain available for obligation, for expenditure, or 

 for obligation and expenditure for such period or 

 periods as may be specified in the Act making such 

 appropriations. (Pub. L. 92-484, § 12, Oct. 13, 1972, 

 86 Stat. 803.) 



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