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PUBLIC LAW87-584-AUG. 14, 1962

[76 STAT.

Public Law 87-584 August 14, 1962 [H. R. 11737]

National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act for the fiscal year 1963.

Research, development, and operation.

Report to coi>> gressional con>> mittees.

AN ACT To authorize appropriations to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for research, development, and operation; construction of facilities; and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration the sum of $3,744,115,250, as follows: (a) For "Research, development, and operation", $2,957,878,000. (b) For "Construction of facilities", $786,237,250, as follows: (1) Ames Research Center, Moffet Field, California, $14,439,000. (2) Atlantic Missile Range, Cape Canaveral, Florida, including land acquisition and relocation of inland w-aterway and bridge, $328,333,000. (3) Facility planning and design not otherwise provided for, $8,000,000. (4) Flight Research Center, Edwards, California, $1,807,000. (5) Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, $23,746,250. (6) Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, $10,347,000. (7) Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia, $8,081,000. (8) Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio, $44,833,000. (9) Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Texas, $30,755,000. (10) Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama, $33,431,500. (11) Michoud Plant, New Orleans,, Louisiana, $18,40(/,000. (12) Mississippi Test Facility, Mississippi, $92,500,000. (13) Nuclear Rocket Development Station, Nevada, $40,000,000. (14) Various locations, $127,278,750. (15) Wallops Station, Wallops Island, Virginia, $4,285,750. (c) Appropriations for "Research, development, and operation" may be used (i) for any items of a capital nature (other than acquisition of land) which may be required for the performance of research and development contracts, and (ii)* for grants to nonprofit institutions of higher education, or to nonprofit organizations whose primary purpose is the conduct of scientific research, for purchase or construction of additional research facilities; and title to such facilities shall be vested in the United States unless the Administrator determines that the national program of aeronautical and space activities will best be served by vesting title in any such grantee institution or organization. Each such grant shall be made under such conditions as the Administrator shall determine to be required to insure that the United States will receive therefrom benefit adequate to justify the making of that grant. None of the funds appropriated for "Research, development, and operation" pursuant to this Act may be used for construction of any major facility, the estimated cost of which, including collateral equipment, exceeds $250,000, unless the Administrator or his designee notifies the Committee on Science and Astronautics of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences of the Senate of the nature, location, and estimated cost of such facility. (d) When so specified in an appropriation Act any amount appropriated for "Research, development, and operation" and for "Construction of facilities" may remain available without fiscal year limitation.

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