“Taken from House Conference Report 104-863
FY 1997 House Report…”

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

TECHNOLOGY ADMINISTRATION

UNDER SECRETARY FOR TECHNOLOGY/OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY POLICY

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conference agreement includes $9,500,000 for the Technology Administration, instead of $5,000,000 proposed in the House bill and $7,500,000 as proposed in the Senate-reported bill. The conference agreement adopts the recommendations included in the House and Senate reports with the following exception. The conference agreement designates $2,500,000 of the amounts provided to be used to fund the U.S.- Israel Science and Technology Commission as proposed in the Senatereported bill. The conference agreement retains the heading proposed for this account in the House bill, instead of the heading included in the Senatereported bill.