An Act to authorize appropriations to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for research and development, construction of facilities, and administrative operations, and for other purposes
PL 90-373 (H.R.15856), enacted 07/03/1968

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PUBLIC LAW 90-371-JULY 1, 1968 
[82 STAT. 
Public Law 90-371 
July 1,1968 
[H. R. 15216] 
Bureau of 
Prisons. 
Assistance to 
State and local 
governments. 
62 Stat. 849. 
A
x
N ACT 
To authorize tht^ Bureau of Prisons to assist State and local governments in 
the improvement of their correctional systems. 
Be it enacted by the Senate <md House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled. Tliat section 4042 of 
title 18, Ignited States Code, is amended by striking out the period and 
inserting a semicolon and by adding the following at the end of the 
first paragraph: 
"(4) Provide technical assistance to State and local govern-
ments in the improvement of their correctional systems." 
Approved July 1, 1968. 
Public Law 90-372 
July 2, 1968 
[S.3363] 
John E. Fogarty 
Federal Building. 
Designation. 
AN ACT 
To name the United States customhouse, Providence, Rhode Island, the 
"John E. Fogarty Federal Building". 
Be it enacted iy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the United 
States customhouse. Providence, Ehode Island, shall, from and after 
the date of enactment of this Act, be known and designated as the 
"John E. Fogarty Federal Building". Any reference in a law, map, 
regulation, document, record, or other paper of the United States to 
such United States customhouse shall be held to be a reference to the 
"John E. Fogarty Federal Building". 
Approved July 2, 1968. 
July 3, 1968 
[H. R. 15856] 
Public Law 90-373 
AN ACT 
To authorize appropriations to the National Aeronautics and Space Adminis-
tration for research and development, construction of facilities, and adminis-
trative operations, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
^j^ationai Aero- ^ JJnitcd Stotcs of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby 
Adminfstr'Ltion "^ autliorizcd to be appropriated to the National Aeronautics and Space 
Authorization Act, Administration: 
^^Research and 
C^) For "Researcli and development," for the following programs: 
development. 
( 1 ) 
A p o l l o , $ 2 , 0 2 5 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 ; 
(2) Apollo applications, $253,200,000; 
(3) Advanced missions, $2,500,000; 
(4) Physics and astronomy, $136,900,000; 
(5) Lunar and planetary exploration, $92,300,000; 
(6) Biosoience, $33,000,000; 
(7) Space applications, $98,700,000.; 
(8) Launch vehicle procurement, $115,700,000; 
(9) Sustaining university program, $9,000,000; 
(10) Space vehicle systems, $31,800,000; 
(11) Electronics systems, $35,500,000; 
(12) Human factor systems, $19,700,000; 
(13) Basic research, $21,000,000; 
(14) Space power and electric propulsion systems, $42,300,000; 
(15) Nuclear rockets, $55,000,000; 
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(16) Chemical propulsion, $30,200,000; 
(17) Aeronautical vehicles, $74,900,000; 
(18) Tracking and data acquisition, $289,800,000; 
(19) Technology utilization, $3,800,000. 
(b) For "Construction of facilities," including land acquisitions, as 
follows: 
(1) Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, $386,000; 
(2) John F. Kennedy Space Center, NASA, Kennedy Space 
Center, Florida, $12,109,000; 
(3) Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Texas, $1,500,000; 
(4) Michoud Assembly Facility, New Orleans and Slidell, 
Tx)uisiana, $400,000; 
(5) Wallops Station, Wallops Island, Virginia, $500,000; 
(6) Various locations, $23,705,000; 
(7) Facility planning and design not otherwise provided for, 
$1,000,000. 
(c) For "Administrative operations," $603,173,000. 
(d) Appropriations for "Research and development" may be used 
(1) 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 (2) 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 addi-
tional 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 Adminis-
trator 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 develop-
ment" 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 "Construction of 
facilities" may remain available without fiscal year limitation, and 
(2) maintenance and operation of facilities, and support services con-
tracts may be entered into under the "Administrative operations" 
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 appi-oval 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 consti-uction shall be 
used for the construction of any new facility the estimated 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 institution of 
higher learning unless the Administrator or his designee determines 
at the time of the grant that recruiting personnel of any of the Armed 
Construction of 
facilities. 
Administrative 
expenses. 
Program speci-
fications. 
Notice to con-
gressional com-
mittees. 
Scientific con-
sultations. 
Restriction. 
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[82 STAT. 
Report to Ad-
ministrator. 
Transfer of 
funds. 
Report to con-
gressional com-
mittees. 
Use of funds, 
restrictions. 
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 previous giant 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 Administrator 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 detemines on the date of each such report are 
barring such recruiting personnel from premises or property of any 
such institution. 
SEC. 2. Authorization is hereby granted whereby any of the amounts 
prescribed in paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), and v6) of subsection 
1(b) may, in the discretion of the Administrator of the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration, be varied upward 5 per centum 
to meet unusual cost variations, but the total cost of all work author-
ized 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 appro-
priated pursuant to subsection 1(a) hereof may be transferred to the 
"Construction of facilities" appropriation, and, when so transferred, 
together with $10,000,000 of the funds appropriated pursuant to 
subsection 1(b) hereof (other than funds appropriated pursuant to 
paragraph (7) 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 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 perma-
nent or temporary public works, including land acquisition^ site prepa-
ration, appurtenances, utilities, and equipment. 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 w^ritten report con-
taining 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, 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. 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 thi.s Act may be used 
for any program in excess of the amount actually authorized for 
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that particular program hj 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. (a) No part of the funds appropriated pursuant to this Act 
shall be available for the payment of any salary of an individual con-
victed by any Federal, State, or local court of competent jurisdiction 
of— 
(1) inciting a riot or civil disorder; 
(2) organizing, promoting, encouraging, or particpating in a 
riot or civil disorder; 
(3) aiding or abetting any person in committing any offense 
specified in clause (1) or (2); or 
(4) any offense determined by the Administrator of the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration to have been committed in 
furtherance of, or while participating in, a riot or civil disorder; 
if the offense for which he is convicted is a felony. Any such individual 
holding a position in the National Aeronautics and Space Administra-
tion on the date his conviction becomes final shall be removed from 
such position. 
(b) For the purposes of this section, "felony" means any offense 
for which imprisonment is authorized for a term exceeding one year. 
(c) The provisions of subsection (a) shall apply only with respect 
to acts referred to in clauses (l)-(4) which are committed after the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC". 6. It is the sense of the Congress that it is in the national interest 
that consideration be given to geographical distribution of Federal re-
search funds whene\er feasible, and that the National Aeronautics 
and Space Administration should explore ways and means of dis-
tributing its research and development funds whenever feasible. 
SEC. 7. This Act may be cited as the "National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration Authorization Act, 1969". 
Approved July 3, 1968. 
Notice to con-
gressional com-
mittees. 
Salary pay-
ments to con-
victed rioters, 
prohibition. 
'Felony." 
Applicability. 
Funds, geograph-
ical distribution. 
Short title. 
Public Law 90-374 
AN ACT 
j^ly 5^ 1963 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to increase the number of congressional 
[H. R. 13593] 
alternates authorized to be nominated for each vacancy at the Military, Naval, 
and Air Force Academies. 
Be it enacted hy the Seiiate and Houne of Representatives 
of the 
LTnited States of America in Congress assembled, That sections 4342(a) . ^'T^^'^. P°'''=^= 
(last sentence), 6954(a) (last sentence), 6956(a), and 9342(a) (last 
Mtemates, in-
sentence) of title 10, United States Code, are each amended by strik- crease. 
ing out "five" and inserting in place thereof "nine". 
Approved July 5, 1968. 
78 Stat. 
151. 
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