An act to authorize appropriations for activities for the National Science Foundation for fiscal year 1980, and for other purposes.

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] National Science Foundation Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1980 - Authorizes appropriations for activities of the National Science Foundation for fiscal year 1980, including the following categories: (1) mathematical and physical sciences and engineering; (2) astronomical, atmospheric, earth, and ocean sciences; (3) United States Antarctic Program; (4) biological, behavioral, and social sciences; (5) science education programs; (6) applied science and research applications; (7) scientific, technological, and international affairs; and (8) program development and management. Limits the transfer of funds from one category to another. Directs the National Science Foundation to develop indices, correlates, or other suitable measures or indicators of the status of scientific instrumentation in the United States and of the current and projected need for scientific and technological instrumentation. Directs the Foundation to conduct a Flood Hazard Mitigation Study and report to Congress, before the 1981 budget submission, specific program recommendations.…