Jul 12 1974
From The Space Library
Ninety-three research teams in the U.S. and foreign countries had been selected for Earth Resources Technology Satellite follow-on investigations, NASA announced. The studies, selected from 669 proposals, included work in agriculture, forestry, environment, interpretive techniques, land use, marine resources, meteorology, mineral resources, oil, civil works, hazards, and water resources. The investigators would use data from ERTS 1, launched 23 July 1972, and ERTS-B, scheduled for early 1975 launch. NASA would fund the domestic studies at a cost of nearly $5.9 million. ( NASA Release 74-193)
President Nixon signed into Public Law 93-344 the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974, H.R. 7130, which strengthened congressional control over the budgetary process. Major provisions of the legislation would establish House and Senate Budget Committees and a Congressional Budget Office, establish a tight timetable for congressional action on authorization and appropriations bills, change the fiscal year from 1 July to 1 Oct. beginning in FY 1976 (with a transitional three-month period from 1 July 1976 through 30 Sept. 1976) , provide for a congressional process to bring appropriation bills into conformance with overall budget totals, increase the flow of budgetary information from the Executive Branch to the Congress, and require congressional agreement on deferred use of funds and reductions in funding levels. (CR, 16 July, S12585; PD, 15 July 74, 799-801)
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