[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5105 Received in Senate (RDS)]

  2d Session
                                H. R. 5105


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 30, 2004

                                Received

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                                 AN ACT


 
  To authorize the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution to 
    carry out construction and related activities in support of the 
 collaborative Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System 
          (VERITAS) project on Kitt Peak near Tucson, Arizona.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. AUTHORIZING BOARD OF REGENTS OF SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION TO 
              CARRY OUT CONSTRUCTION AND RELATED ACTIVITIES IN SUPPORT 
              OF VERITAS ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY PROJECT.

    The Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution is authorized 
to carry out construction and related activities in support of the 
collaborative Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System 
(VERITAS) project on Kitt Peak near Tucson, Arizona.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There is authorized to be appropriated $1,000,000 for fiscal year 
2005 to carry out section 1.

            Passed the House of Representatives September 29, 2004.

            Attest:

                                                 JEFF TRANDAHL,

                                                                 Clerk.