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# 15 U.S.C. § 5205 - National Science Foundation

## Text

The National Science Foundation shall promote fundamental research in pursuance of the goals of this chapter.

(Pub. L. 100–697, § 6, Nov. 19, 1988, 102 Stat. 4615.)