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PUBLIC LAW 87-98-JULY 21, 1961
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Public Law 87-98 July 21. 1961 [H. R. 6874]
AN ACT To authorize appropriations to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for salaries and expenses, research and development, construction of facilities, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the App^opri ation ^^*^^^ States of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby authorization, authorized to be appropriated to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for the fiscal year 1962 the sum of $1,784,300,000, as follows: (a) For "Salaries and expenses", $226,686,000. (b) For "Research and development", $1,305,539,000. (c) For "Construction of facilities", $252,075,000, as follows: (1) Langley Eesearch Center, Hampton, Virginia, $3,980,000. (2) Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, $5,680,000. ^3) Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio, $3,590,000. (4) Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, $9,212,000. (5) Wallops Station, Wallops Island, Virginia, $6,313,000. (6) J e t Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, $3,642,000. (7) Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama, $12,891,000. (8) Atlantic Missile Range, Cape Canaveral, Florida, $49,583,000. (9) Pacific Missile Range, Point Arguello, California, $998,000. (10) A t various locations, including those specified in subsection 1(c)(1)-1(c)(9), and including land acquisitions therefor, $146,186,000. (11) Facility planning and design not otherwise provided for, $10,000,000. (d) Appropriations for "Research and development" 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 and development" 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. (e) When so specified in an appropriation Act any amount appropriated for "Research and development" and for "Construction of facilities" may remain available without fiscal year limitation.
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