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
PL 87-98 (H.R.6874), enacted 07/21/1961

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PUBLIC LAW 87-98-JULY 21, 1961 
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Public Law 87-98 
July 21. 1961 
AN ACT 
[H. R. 6874] 
To authorize appropriations to the National Aeronautics and Space Adminis-
tration for salaries and expenses, research and development, construction of 
facilities, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy 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) Jet 
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) At various locations, including those specified in subsec-
tion 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 develop-
ment 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 re-
ceive therefrom benefit adequate to justify the making of that grant. 
None of the funds appropriated for "Research and development" pur-
suant 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 Commit-
tee 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 appro-
priated for "Research and development" and for "Construction of 
facilities" may remain available without fiscal year limitation. 
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(f) Appropriations other than "Construction of facilities" may be suft a"""*!!s*^ e2^ 
used, but not to exceed $20,000, for scientific consultations or extraor- penses. 
dinary expenses upon the approval or authority of the Administrator 
and his determination shall be final and conclusive upon the accounting 
officers of the Government. 
(g) The amount included for personnel security investigations in Hty*'in™e8U*gaI 
the sum authorized by section 1(a) in the discretion of the Administra- tions. 
tor may be increased by not more than $2,000,000, but the aggregate 
sum provided by section 1(a) for salaries and expenses may not be 
exceeded by reason of any such increase. 
SEC. 2. Authorization is hereby granted whereby any of the amounts 
prescribed in subparagraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), (5)j (6), (7), (8), 
(9), (10), or (11) of subsection 1(c) may, in the discretion of the 
Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administra-
tion, be varied upward 5 per centum to meet unusual cost variations, 
but the total cost of all work authorized under such subparagraphs 
shall not exceed a total of $252,075,000. 
SEC. 3. Not to exceed 3 per centum of the funds appropriated pur- ubor^twuV^etc!' 
suant to subsections 1(a) and 1(b) hereof may be transferred to the 
"Construction of facilities" appropriation, and, when so transferred, 
together with $30,000,000 of the funds appropriated 
pursuant 
to subsection 1(c) hereof, shall be available for expenditure to con-
struct, expand, or modify laboratories and other installations at any 
location (including locations specified in subsection 1(c)), if (1) the 
Administrator determines such action to be necessary because of 
changes in the national program of aeronautical and space activities 
or new scientific or engineering developments, and (2) he determines 
that deferral of such action until the enactment of the next authoriza-
tion Act would be inconsistent with the interest of the Nation in aero-
nautical and space activities. The funds so made available may be 
expended to acquire, construct, convert, rehabilitate, or install per-
manent or temporary public works, including land acquisition, site 
preparation, appurtenances, utilities, and equipment. 
No portion of ^^1^"°^ o° cV^ 
such sums may be obligated for expenditure or expended to construct, gress. 
expand, or modify laboratories and other installations until the Ad-
ministrator or his designee has transmitted to the Committee on Sci-
ence and Astronautics of the House of Kepresentatives and to the 
Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences of the Senate a written 
report containing a full and complete statement concerning (1) the 
nature of such construction, expansion, or modification, (2) the cost 
thereof, including the cost of any real estate action pertaining thereto, 
and (3) the reason why such construction, expansion, or modification 
is necessary in the national interest. 
No such funds may be used for 
any construction, expansion, or modification if authorization for such 
construction, expansion, or modification previously has been denied 
by the Congress. 
SEC. 4. The Administrator is hereby authorized to transfer, with other agVncIes ^° 
the approval of the Bureaui of the Budget, funds appropriated pursu-
ant to this Act, to any other agency of the Government whenever the 
Administrator determines such transfer necessary for the efficient 
accomplishment of the objectives for which the funds have been ap-
propriated. 
Not more than $20,000,000 of the funds authorized by J^te*'e°s'* o° c o^ 
this Act may be transferred by the Administrator under this section, gress. 
and no transfer in excess of $250,000 shall be made under this section 
unless the Administrator has transmitted to the Committee on Aero-
nautical and Space Sciences of the Senate and to the Committee on 
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Science and Astronautics of the House of Representatives a "written 
statement conceming the amount and purpose of, and the reason for, 
such transfer, and (1) each such committee has transmitted to the 
Administrator written notice to the effect that such committee has 
no objection to that transfer, or (2) thirty days have passed after the 
transmittal by the Administrator of such statement to those com-
mittees. 
Approved July 21, 1961, 12:00 a.m. 
July 21, 1961 
[H. R. 7148] 
Public Law 87-99 
AN ACT 
To equalize the provisions of title 38, United States Code, relating to the trans-
portation of the remains of veterans who die in Veterans' Administration 
facilities to the place of burial. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Repr'esentatives 
of the 
Veterans. 
United States of America in Conqress assembled. That section 903 (b) 
Deceased 
mem- . 
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bers. 
IS amended to read as follows: 
72 Stat. 1170. 
"(b) IJ^ addition to the foregoing, when such a death occurs in a 
State, the Administrator shall transport the body to the place of burial 
in the same, or any other State. 
For the purposes of this subsection 
"State." 
^\^Q term 'State' includes the Canal Zone." 
Approved July 21, 1961. 
July 21, 1961 
[H. R. 4349] 
Public Law 87-100 
AN ACT 
To place Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps graduates (Regulars) in a status 
comparable with United States Naval Academy graduates. 
Navy. 
R e s e r v e offi-* 
ers, status. 
70A Stat. 424. 
Repeal. 
Be it eTiacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That title 10, United 
States Code, is amended as follows: 
(1) Section 6907 is repealed. 
(2) The analysis of chapter 601 is amended by striking out the 
following item: 
"6907. Officer candidate training program: 
retention or transfer to reserve." 
officers other than naval aviators; 
Approved July 21, 1961. 
July 21, 1961 
[H. R. 2953] 
Public Law 87-101 
AN ACT 
To amend section 521 of title 38, United States Code, to provide that certain 
service shall be creditable for pension purposes. 
Veterans. 
Service credit. 
73 Stat. 433. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 521(f) 
of title 38, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking out the word "or" at the end of paragraph (2); 
(2) by striking out the period at the end of paragraph (3) and 
inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon followed by the word "or"; 
and 
(3) by adding a new paragraph (4) to read as follows: 
"(4) for an aggregate of ninety days or more in two or more 
separate periods of service during more than one period of war."