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  "title": "42 U.S.C. Chapter 16 (NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION), § 1862: Functions",
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  "bluf": "42 U.S.C. § 1862(a): \"(a) Initiation and support of studies and programs; scholarships; current register of scientific and engineering personnel The Foundation is authorized and directed- (1) to initiate and support basic scientific…",
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    "42 U.S.C. 1862(a) (United States Code, Title 42, Chapter 16, current through Pub. L. 119-138): \"(a) Initiation and support of studies and programs; scholarships; current register of scientific and engineering personnel The Foundation is authorized and directed- (1) to initiate and support basic scientific research and programs to strengthen scientific research potential and science education programs at all levels in the mathematical, physical, medical, biological, social, and other sciences, and to initiate and support research fundamental to the engineering process and programs to strengthen engineering research potential and engineering education programs at all levels in the various fields of engineering, by making contracts or other arrangements (including grants, loans, and other forms of assistance) to support such scientific, engineering, and educational activities and to appraise the impact of research upon industrial development and upon the general welfare;\"",
    "42 U.S.C. 1862(b) (United States Code, Title 42, Chapter 16, current through Pub. L. 119-138): \"(b) Contracts, grants, loans, etc., for scientific and engineering activities; financing of programs The Foundation is authorized to initiate and support specific scientific and engineering activities in connection with matters relating to international cooperation, national security, and the effects of scientific and engineering applications upon society by making contracts or other arrangements (including grants, loans, and other forms of assistance) for the conduct of such activities.\""
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