An Act to authorize appropriations to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for research and development, construction of facilities, and research and program management, and for other purposes
PL 91-119 (H.R.11271), enacted 11/18/1969

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PUBLIC LAW 91-119-NOV. 18, 1969 
[83 STAT. 
Public Law 91-119 
November 18, 1969 
AN A C T 
[H.R. 11271] 
TQ authorize appropriations to the National Aeronautics and Space Administra-
tion for research and development, construction of facilities, and research 
and program management, and for other purposes. 
National Aero 
nautics and Space 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
^ 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That there is hereby 
Administration 
authorized to be appropriated to the National Aeronautics and Space 
Authorization Act, Administration: 
Research and 
(a) For "Rescarch and development," for the following pro-
development. 
DTaTTlS * 
(1) Apollo, $1,691,100,000; 
(2) Space flight operations, $225,627,000; 
(3) Advanced missions, $2,500,000; 
(4) Physics and astronomy, $117,600,000; 
(5) Lunar and planetary exploration, $138,800,000; 
(6) Bioscience, $20,400,000; 
(7 \ Space applications, $128,400,000; 
^8) Launch vehicle procurement, $112,600,000; 
(9) Sustaining university program, $9,000,000; 
(10) Space vehicle systems, $27,500,000; 
(11) Electronics systems, $33,550,000; 
(12) Human factor systems, $22,100,000; 
(13) Basic research, $20,250,000; 
(14) Space 
power 
and electric 
propulsion 
systems, 
$36,950,000; 
(15) Nuclear rockets, $50,000,000; 
(16) Chemical propulsion, $22,850,000; 
(17) Aeronautical vehicles, $77,700,000; 
(18) Tracking and data acquisition, $278,000,000; 
(19) Technology utilization, $5,000,000. 
Construction o
f 
(\,\ YoY "Construction of facilities," including land acquisi-
facilities. 
^ • 
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tions, as lollows: 
(1) Electronics Research Center, Cambridge, Massachu-
setts $8,088,000; 
(2) Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, 
$670,000; 
(3) John F. Kennedy Space Center, NASA, Kennedy 
Space Center, Florida, $12,500,000; 
(4) Langley 
Research 
Center, 
Hampton, 
Virginia, 
$4,767,000; 
(5) Manned 
Spacecraft 
Center, 
Houston, 
Texas, 
$1,750,000; 
(6) Wallops Station, Wallops Island, Virginia, $500,000; 
(7) Various locations, $26,425,000; 
(8) Facility planning and design not otherwise provided 
for, $3,500,000. 
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(*^) ^^^ "Research a n d program management," $637,400,000. 
me^nt." ^ ° "''" 
(d) Appropriations for "Research and development" may be 
f ^'^°^^^'" speci- 
used (1) 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 (2) for grants to nonprofit in-
stitutions of higher education, or to nc«i{)rofit 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 Adminis-
trator determines that the national program of aeronautical and 
Research and 
program manage-
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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 has notified the 
Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the 
Senate and 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, (1) any amount 
appropriated for "Research and development" or for "Construc-
tion of facilities" may remain available without fiscal year limita-
tion, and (2) maintenance and operation of facilities, and support 
services contracts may be entered into under the "Research and 
program management" appropriation for periods not in excess 
of twelve months beginning at any time during the fiscal year. 
(f) Appropriations made pursuant to subsection 1(c) may be 
used, but not to exceed $35,000, for scientific consultations or 
extraordinary 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) No part of the funds appropriated pursuant to subsection 
1 (c) for maintenance, repairs, alterations, and minor construction 
shall be used for the construction of any new facility the esti-
mated cost of which, including collateral equipment, exceeds 
$100,000. 
(h) No part of the funds appropriated pursuant to subsection 
(a) of this section may be used for grants to any nonprofit insti-
tution of higher learning unless the Administrator or his designee 
determines at the time of the grant that recruiting personnel of 
any of the Armed Forces of the United States are not being barred 
from the premises or property of such institution except that this 
subsection shall not apply if the Administrator or his designee 
determines that the grant is a continuation or renewal of a previ-
ous grant to such institution which is likely to make a significant 
contribution to the aeronautical and space activities of the United 
States. The Secretary of Defense shall furnish to the Administra-
tor or his designee within sixty days after the date of enactment 
of this Act and each January 30 and June 30 thereafter the 
names of any nonprofit institutions of higher learning which 
the Secretary of Defense determines on the date of each such 
report are barring such recruiting personnel from premises or 
property of any such institution. 
(i) Notwithstanding any other provision of law^, authorizations 
to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, enacted 
for fiscal years 1967, 1968, and 1969, for which appropriations 
have not been made, totaling $327,070,000, are hereby canceled, 
effective June 30, 1969, or the date of this Act, whichever is later. 
SEC. 2. Authorization is hereby granted whereby any of the amounts 
prescribed in paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), and (7) of 
subsection 1(b) may, in the discretion of the Administrator of the 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, be varied upward 
Notice to 
congressional 
committees. 
Scientific 
consultations. 
Funds, 
limitation. 
Grants, 
prohibition. 
Report to 
Administrator, 
Previous au-
thorizations, 
cancellation. 
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Transfer of 
fund s. 
Report to 
congressional 
committees. 
Use of funds, 
restrictions. 
Notice to 
congressional 
committees. 
0 per centum to meet unusual cost variations, but the total cost of all 
work authorized under such paragraphs shall not exceed the total 
of the amounts specified in such paragraphs. 
SEC. 3. Not to exceed one-half of 1 per centum of the funds 
appropriated pursuant to subsection 1(a) hereof may be transferred 
to the "Construction of facilities" appropriation, and, when so trans-
ferred, together with $10,000,000 of the funds appropriated pursuant 
to subsection 1(b) hereof (other than funds appropriated pursuant 
to paragraph (8) of such subsection) shall be available for expenditure 
to construct, expand, or modify laboratories and other installations 
at any location (including locations specified in subsection 1(b)), 
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 authorization Act would be inconsistent wath the interest 
of the Nation in aeronautical and space activities. The funds so 
made available may be expended to acquire, construct, convert, 
rehabilitate, or install permanent or temporary public works, including 
land acquisition, site preparation, appurtenances, utilities, and equip-
ment. No portion of such sums may be obligated for expenditure or 
expended to construct, expand, or modify laboratories and other 
installations unless (A) a period of thirty days has passed after 
the Administrator or his designee has transmitted to the Speaker 
of the House of Representatives and to the President of the Senate 
and to the Committee on Science and Astronautics of the House of 
Representatives 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 construc-
tion, expansion, or modification is necessary in the national interest, 
or (B) each such committee before the expiration of such period has 
transmitted to the Administrator written notice to the eifect that 
such committee has no objection to the proposed action. 
SEC. 4. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act— 
(1) no amount appropriated pursuant to this Act may be used 
for any program deleted by the Congress from requests as origi-
nally made to either the House Committee on Science and Astro-
nautics or the Senate Committee on Aeronautical and Space 
Sciences, 
(2) no amount appropriated pursuant to this Act may be used 
for any program in excess of the amount actually authorized for 
that particular program by sections 1(a) and 1(c), and 
(3) no amount appropriated pursuant to this Act may be used 
for any program which has not been presented to or requested of 
either such committee, 
unless (A) a period of thirty days has passed after the receipt by the 
Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Sen-
ate and each such committee of notice given by the Administrator or 
his designee containing a full and complete statement of the action 
proposed to be taken and the facts and circumstances relied upon in 
support of such proposed action, or (B) each such committee before 
the expiration of such period has transmitted to the Administrator 
written notice to the effect that such committee has no objection to 
the proposed action. 
SEC. 5. It is the sense of the Congress that it is in the national interest 
that consideration be given to geographical distribution of Federal 
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research funds whenever feasible, and that the National Aeronautics 
and Space Administration should explore ways and means of distrib-
uting its research and development funds whenever feasible. 
SEC. 6. (a) As used in this section— 
Definitions. 
(1) The term "aerospace contractor" means any individual, 
firm, corporation, partnership, association, or other legal entity, 
which provides services and materials to or for the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration in connection with any aero-
space system. 
(2) The term "services and materials" means either services or 
materials or services and materials which are provided as a part of 
or in connection with any aerospace system. 
(3) The term "aerospace system" includes, but is not limited to, 
any rocket, launch vehicle, rocket engine, propellant, spacecraft, 
command module, service module, lancling module, tracking device, 
communications device, or any part or component thereof, which is 
used in either manned or unmanned spaceflight operations. 
(b) Any former employee of the National Aeronautics and Space 
Former NASA 
Administration who at any time during the five-year period imme- port requirements. 
diately preceding his termination of employment with the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration was directly engaged in the 
procurement of any aerospace system or directly engaged in the 
negotiation, renegotiation, approval, or disapproval of any contract 
for the procurement of services or materials for or in connection 
with any aerospace system; or who served during the five-year period 
immediately preceding his termination of employment with the 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration at the factory or 
plant of an aerospace contractor in connection with work performed 
by such contractor or any aerospace system; or who was employed 
by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration during the 
five-year period preceding the termination of his employment at an 
annual salary rate of GS-lo or higher, and who 
(1) was employed for any period of time during any calendar 
year by an aerospace contractor, 
(2) represented any aerospace contractor during any calendar 
year at any hearing, trial, appeal, or other action in which the 
United States was a party and which involved services and mate-
rials provided or to be provided to the United States by such 
contractor, or 
(8) represented any such contractor in any transaction with 
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration involving 
services or materials provided or to be provided by such contractor 
to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 
shall file with the Administrator, in such form and manner as the 
Administrator may prescribe, not later than March 1 of the next 
succeeding calendar 
year, 
a report 
containing 
the 
following 
information: 
(1) His name and address. 
(2) The name and address of the aerospace contractor by whom 
he was employed or whom he represented. 
(3) The title of the position held by him with the aerospace 
contractor. 
(4) A brief description of his duties with the aerospace 
contractor. 
(5) A brief description of his duties while employed by the 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration during the 
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Employees 
formerly em-
ployed by aero-
space con-
tractor, report 
requirements. 
Report require-
ments, excep-
tions. 
three-year period immediately preceding his termination of 
employment. 
(6) A description of any work performed by him in connection 
with any aerospace system while employed by the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration, if the aerospace con-
tractor by whom he is employed is providing substantial services 
or materials for such aerospace system, or is negotiating or 
bidding to provide substantial services or materials for such 
aerospace system. 
(7) The date of the termination of his employment with the 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the date 
on which his employment with the aerospace contractor began 
and, if no longer employed by such aerospace contractor, the 
date on which his employment with such aerospace contractor 
terminated. 
(8) Such other pertinent information as the Administrator 
may fequire. 
(c) Any employee of the National Aeronautics and Space Admin-
istration who was previously employed by an aerospace contractor in 
any calendar year and— 
(1) who is directly engaged in the procurement of any aero-
space system or is directly engaged in the negotiation, renegotia-
tion, approval, or disapproval of any contract for the procure-
ment of services or materials for or in connection with any 
aerospace system, or 
(2) who is serving or has served as a representative of the 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration at the factory 
or plant of an aerospace contractor in connection with work 
being performed by such contractor on any aerospace system, 
shall file with the Administrator, in such form and manner as the 
Administrator may prescribe, not later than March 1 of the next 
succeeding calendar year, a report 
containing the 
following 
information: 
(1) His name and address. 
(2) The title of his position with the National Aeronautics 
and Space Administration. 
(3) A brief description of his duties with the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration. 
(4) The name and address of the aerospace contractor by whom 
he was employed. 
(5) The title of his position with such aerospace contractor. 
(6) A brief description of his duties at the time he was em-
ployed by such aerospace contractor. 
(7) A description of any work performed by him in connection 
with any aerospace system while he was employed by the aero-
space contractor or while performing any legal services for such 
contractor, if such contractor is providing substantial services or 
materials tor such aerospace system or is negotiating or bidding 
to provide substantial services or materials for such aerospace 
system. 
(8) The date on which his employment with such contractor 
terminated and the date on which his employment with the 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration began there-
after. 
(9) Such other pertinent information as the Administrator 
may require. 
(d) (1) No former employee of the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration shall be required to file a report under this section for 
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any year in which he was employed by an aerospace contractor if the 
total cost to the United States of services and materials provided the 
United States by such contractor during such year was less than 
$lO,00§^(i)6§; and »& employee oi the-Natioiaal Aeronauties and Space 
Administration shall be required to file a report under this section if 
the total cost to the United States of services and materials provided 
the United States by the aerospace contractor by whom such employee 
was employed was less than $10,000,000 in each of the applicable cal-
endar years that he was employed by such contractor. 
(2) No former National Aeronautics and Space Administration 
employee shall be required to file a report under this section for any 
calendar year on account of employment with the National Aeronau-
tics and Space Administration if such active duty or employment was 
terminated three years or more prior to the beginning of such calendar 
year; and no employee of the National Aeronautics and Space Admin-
istration shall be required to file a report under this section for any 
calendar year on account of employment with or services performed 
for an aerospace contractor if such employment was terminated or 
such services were performed three years or more prior to the begin-
ning of such calendar year. 
(e) The Administrator shall, not later than May 1 of each year, 
file with the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of 
Representatives a report containing a list of the names of persons who 
have filed reports with him for the preceding calendar year pursuant 
to subsections (b) and (c) of this section. The Administrator shall 
include after each name so much information as he deems appropriate, 
and shall list the names of such persons under the aerospace contractor 
for whom they worked or for whom they performed services. 
(f) Any former employee of the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration whose employment with an aerospace contractor 
terminated during any calendar year shall be required to file a re-
port pursuant to subsection (b) of this section for such year if he 
would otherwise be required to file under such subsection; and any 
person whose employment with the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration terminated during any calendar year shall be re-
quired to file a report pursuant to subsection (c) of this section for 
such year if he would otherwise be required to file under such sub-
section. 
(g) The Administrator shall maintain a file containing the informa-
tion filed with him pursuant to subsections (b) and (c) of this section 
and such file shall 1be open for public inspection at all times during 
the regular workday. 
(h) Any person who fails to comply with the filing requirements of 
this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon convic-
tion thereof,''be punished by not more than six months in prison or a 
fine of not more than $1,000, or both. 
(i) No person shall be required to file a report pursuant to this 
section for any year prior to- the calendar year 1970. 
SEC. 7. (a) If an institution of higher education determines, after 
affording notice and opportunity for hearing to an individual attend-
ing, or employed by, such institution, that such individual has been 
convicted by any court of record of any crime which was committed 
after the date of enactment of this Act and which involved the 
use of (or assistance to others in the use of) force, disruption, or 
Report to 
President of 
the Senate and 
Speaker of the 
House. 
Recordkeeping, 
Availability of 
information. 
Penalty. 
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STAT. 
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42 u s e 2451 
note. 
Refusal to 
obey regula-
tions, denial of 
payment. 
U.S. flag, 
implantation on 
moon or planet. 
Short title. 
the seizure of property under control of any institution of higher 
education to prevent officials or students in such institution from 
engaging in their duties or pursuing their studies, and that such 
crime was of a serious nature and contributed to a substantial 
disruption of the administration of the institution with respect to 
which such crime was committed, then the institution which such 
individual attends, or is employed by, shall deny for a period of 
tw^o years any further payment to, or for the direct benefit of, such 
individual under any of the programs authorized by the National 
Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958, the funds for which are authorized 
pursuant to this Act. If an institution denies an individual assistance 
under the authority of the preceding sentence of this subsection, 
then any institution which such individual subsequently attends shall 
deny for the remainder of the two-year period any further payment 
to, or for the direct benefit of, such individual under any of the 
programs authorized by the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 
1958, the funds for which are authorized pursuant to this Act. 
(b) If an institution of higher education determines, after affording 
notice and opportunity for hearing to an individual attending, or 
employed by, such institution, that such individual has willfully 
refused to obey a lawful regulation or order of such institution after 
the date of enactment of this Act, and that such refusal was of a 
serious nature and contributed to a substantial disruption of the 
administration of such institution, then such institution shall deny, 
for a period of two years, any further payment to, or for the direct 
benefit of, such individual under any of the programs authorized by 
the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958, the funds for w^hich 
are authorized pursuant to this Act. 
(c) (1) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prohibit any insti-
tution of higher education from refusing to award, continue, or extend 
any financial assistance under any such Act to any individual because 
of any misconduct which in its judgment bears adversely on his fitness 
for such assistance. 
(2) Nothing in this section shall be construed as limiting or prej-
udicing the rights and prerogatives of any institution of higher educa-
tion to institute and carry out an independent, disciplinary proceeding 
pursuant to existing authority, practice, and law. 
(3) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the freedom 
of any student to verbal expression of individual views or opinions. 
SEC. 8. The flag of the United States, and no other flag, shall be 
implanted or otherwise placed on the surface of the moon, or on the 
surface of any planet, by the members of the crew of any spacecraft 
making a lunar or planetary landing as a part of a mission under the 
Apollo program or as a part of a mission under any subsequent pro-
gram, the funds for which are provided entirely by the Government 
of the United States. This act is intended as a symbolic gesture of 
national pride in achievement and is not to be construed as a declara-
tion of national appropriation by claim of sovereignty. 
SEC. 9. This Act may be cited as the "National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration Authorization Act, 1970". 
Approved November 18, 1969.