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 91-303 (H.R.16516), enacted 07/02/1970

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PUBLIC LAW 91-301-JUNE 30, 1970 
Public Law 91-301 
[84 STAT. 
June 30, 1970 
^^ 
ACT 
[H. R. 17802] 
To increase the public debt limit set forth in section 21 of the Second Liberty 
Bond Act. 
Public debt 
limit. 
Increase* 
83 Stat. 7. 
Temporary 
increase. 
Effective date. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the first sen-
tence of section 21 of the Second Liberty Bond Act (31 U.S.C. 757b) 
is amended by striking out "$365,000,000,000" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "$380,000,000,000]'. 
SEC. 2. During the period ending on June 30, 1971, the public debt 
limit set forth in the first sentence of section 21 of the Second Liberty 
Bond Act shall be temporarily increased by $15,000,000,000. 
SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1,1970. 
Approved June 30, 1970. 
July 2, 1970 
[H. R. 16298] 
80 Stat. 1163; 
52 Stat. 170. 
Public Law 91-302 
AN ACT 
To amend section 703(b) of title 10, United States Code, to extend the authority 
to grant a special thirty-day leave for members of the uniformed services who 
voluntarily extend their tours of duty in hostile fire areas. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 703(b) 
of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking out "June 30, 
1970" and inserting in lieu thereof "June 30,1972". 
Approved July 2, 1970. 
July 2, 1970 
[H. R. 16516] 
National Aero-
nautics and Space 
Administration 
Authorization 
Act, 1971. 
Research and 
development. 
Public Law 91-303 
AN ACT 
To authorize appropriations to the National Aeronautics and Space Adminis-
tration for research and development, construction of facilities, and research 
and program management, 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: 
(a) For "Eesearch and development," for the following programs: 
(1) Apollo, $994,500,000; 
(2) Space flight operations, $565,200,000; 
(3) Advanced missions, $1,500,000; 
(4) Physics and astronomy, $116,000,000; 
(5) Lunar and planetary exploration, $144,900,000; 
(6) Bioscience, $12,900,000; 
(7) Space applications, $167,000,000; 
(8) Launch vehicle procurement, $124,900,000; 
(9) Space vehicle systems, $30,000,000; 
(10) Electronics systems, $23,900,000; 
(11) Human factor systems, $18,300,000; 
(12) Basic research, $18,000,000; 
(13) Space power and electric propulsion systems, $30,900,000; 
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(14) Nuclear rockets, $38,000,000; 
(15) Chemical propulsion, $20,300,000; 
(16) Aeronautical vehicles, $87,100,000; 
(17) Tracking and data acquisition, $295,200,000; 
(18) Technology utilization, $4,500,000; 
(b) For "Construction of facilities," including land acquisitions, as 
follows: 
Center, 
Moffett 
Field, 
Construction of 
facilities. 
Eesearch 
Flight Center, Greenbelt, 
Laboratory, 
Pasadena, 
California, 
Maryland, 
California, 
Research and 
program manage-
ment. 
Research and 
development. 
(1) Ames 
$1,525,000; 
(2) Goddard 
Space 
$1,928,000; 
(3) Jet 
Propulsion 
$1,950,000; 
(4) John F. Kennedy Space Center, NASA, Kennedy Space 
Center, Florida, $575,000; 
(5) Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Texas, $900,000; 
(6) Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama, 
$525,000; 
(7) Nuclear Rocket Development Station, Nevada, $3,500,000; 
(8) Various locations, $18,575,000; 
(9) Facility planning and design not otherwise provided for, 
$5,000,000. 
(c) For "Research and program management," $683,300,000, of 
which not to exceed $506,108,000 shall be available for personnel and 
related costs. 
(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. 
P^ach 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 development" 
pursuant to this Act may be used for construction of any major facility, 
the estimated cost of whichj including collateral equipment, exceeds °^ *^« senate, 
$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. 
Notice to 
Speaker of the 
House, President 
and congressional 
committees. 
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[84 STAT. 
Scientific 
consultations. 
Funds, limi-
tation and 
restriction. 
Grants, pro-
hibition. 
Report to 
Administrator. 
Experts and 
Consultants, 
compensation, 
limitation. 
Transfer of 
funds. 
(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 "Research and program manage-
ment" 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 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 
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 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 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 determines on the date of 
each such report are barring such recruiting personnel from premises 
or property of any such institution. 
(i) No funds appropriated pursuant to this section in excess of 
$500,000 shall be used for the payment of services, per diem, travel, 
and other expenses of experts and consultants. 
SEC. 2. Authorization is hereby granted whereby any of the amounts 
prescribed in paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7) and (8) 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 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 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 sub-
section 1(b) hereof (other than funds appropriated pursuant to para-
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371 
graph (9) of such subsection) shall be available for expenditure to 
constructj 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 development, 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 acquisitioUj site prepa-
ration, aj)purtenances, 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 des-
ignee 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 Com-
mittee 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, 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. (a) 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 pro-
posed to be taken and the facts and circumstances relied upon in sup-
port of such proposed action, or (B) each such committee before the 
expiration of such period has transmitted to the Administrator w^ritten 
notice to the effect that such committee has no objection to the proposed 
action. 
(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize the ex-
penditure of amounts for personnel and related costs pursuant to sec-
tion 1(c) to exceed amounts authorized for such costs, except that a 
transfer in the manner prescribed by this section of funds not to exceed 
1 per centum of such amounts authorized may be made whenever the 
Administrator determines that such transfer is necessary for the safety 
of any mission. 
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 
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. 
Report to 
Speaker of the 
House, President 
of the Senate, 
and congressional 
committees. 
Funds, re-
strictions. 
Notice to 
Speaker of the 
House, President 
of the Senate, 
and congressional 
committees. 
Excess cost 
restriction, 
exception. 
Research funds, 
geographical 
distribution. 
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[84 STAT. 
Campus dis-
rupters, denial of 
payment. 
72 Stat. 426. 
42 u s e 2451 
note. 
Freedom of 
speech. 
Definitions. 
42 u s e 2462. 
SEC. 6. (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 
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 disrup-
tion 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 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 1968, the funds for which are authorized pursuant to this 
Act. If an institution denies an individual assistance under the author-
ity of the preceding sentence of this subsection, then any institution 
which such individual subsequently attends shall deny for the remain-
der 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 em-
ployed 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 which 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 preju-
dicing 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. 7. Section 6 of the NASA Authorization Act, 1970 (83 Stat. 
196), is amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 6. (a) As used in this section— 
"(1) The term 'former employee' means any former officer or 
employee of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 
including consultants or part-time employees, whose salary rate at 
any time during; the three-year period immediately preceding the 
termination of his last employment with the National Aeronautics 
and Space Administration was equal to or greater than the minimum 
salary rate at such time for positions in grade GS-18. 
"(2) The term 'aerospace contractor means any iii'^lividual, firm, 
corporation, partnership, association, or other legal entity, which pro-
vides services and materials to or for the National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration in connection with any aerospace system under 
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a contract directly with the National Aeronautics and Space Adminis-
tration. 
"(3) 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. 
" (4) The term 'aerospace system' includes, but is not limited to, any 
rocket, launch vehicle, rocket engine, propellant, spacecraft, command 
module, service module, landing module, tracking device, communica-
tions device, or any part or component thereof, which is used in either 
manned or unmanned spaceflight operations. 
"(5) The term 'contracts awarded' means contracts awarded by 
negotiation and includes the net amount of modifications to, and the 
exercise of options under, such contracts. It excludes all transactions 
amounting to less than $10,000 each. 
"(6) The term 'fiscal year' means a year beginning on 1 July and 
ending on 30 June of the next succeeding year. 
"(b) Under regulations to be prescribed by the Administrator: 
" (1) Any former employee who during any fiscal year, 
" (A) was employed by or served as a consultant or otherwise to 
an aerospace contractor for any period of time, 
"(B) represented any aerospace contractor at any hearing, trial, 
appeal, or other action m which the United States was a party and 
which involved services and materials provided or to be provided 
to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration by such 
contractor, or 
"(C) 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 November 15 of the next 
succeeding fiscal 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 served as a consultant or otherwise. 
"(3) The title of the position held by him with the aerospace 
contractor. 
"(4) A brief description of his duties and the work performed 
by him for the aerospace contractor. 
"(5) His gross salary rate while employed by the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration. 
"(6) A brief description of his duties and the work performed 
by him while employed by the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration during the three-year period immediately preced-
ing his termination of employment. 
(7) The date of the termination of his employment with the 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the date on 
which his employment, as an employee, consultant or otherwise, 
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 require. 
"(2) Any employee of the National Aeronautics and Space Admin-
istration, including consultants or part-time employees, who was previ-
ously employed by or served as a consultant or otherwise to an 
aerospace contractor in any fiscal year, and whose salary rate in the 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration is equal to or greater 
than the minimum salary rate for positions in grade GS-13 shall file 
Former NASA 
employees, report 
requirements. 
Former consult-
ants to aerospace 
contractors, re-
port requirements. 
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[84 STAT. 
Report re-
quirements, ex-
ceptions. 
Report to 
President of the 
Senate and 
Speaker of the 
House. 
with the Administrator, in such form and manner and at such times as 
the Administrator may prescribe, a report containing the following 
information: 
"(A) His name and address. 
"(B) The title of his position with the National Aeronautics 
and Space Administration. 
"(C) A brief description of his duties with the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration. 
"(D) The name and address of the aerospace contractor by 
whom he was employed or whom he served as a consultant or 
otherwise. 
"(E) The title of his position with such aerospace contractor. 
"(F) A brief description of his duties and the work performed 
by him for the aerospace contractor. 
"(G) The date on which his employment as a consultant or 
otherwise with such contractor termniated and the date on which 
his employment as a consultant or otherwise with the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration began thereafter. 
"(H) Such Other pertinent information as the Administrator 
may require. 
" (c) (1) No former employee of the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration shall be required to file a report under this section for 
any fiscal year in which he was employed by or served as a consultant 
or otherwise to an aerospace contractor if the total amount of contracts 
awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to 
such contractor during such year was less than $10,000,000; and 
no employee of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration 
shall be required to file a report under this section for any fiscal year 
in which he was employed by or served as a consultant or otherwise 
to an aerospace contractor if the total amount of contracts awarded to 
such contractor by the National Aeronautics and Space Administra-
tion during such year was less than $10,000,000. 
"(2) No former National Aeronautics and Space Administration 
employee shall be required to file a report under this section for any 
fiscal year on account of employment with the National Aeronautics 
and Space Administration if such employment was terminated three 
years or more prior to the beginning of such fiscal year; and no 
employee of the N^^tional Aeronautics and Space Administration shall 
be required to file a report under this section for any fiscal 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 beginning of such fiscal year. 
" (3) No former employee shall be required to file a report under this 
section for any fiscal year during which he was employed by or served 
as a consultant or otherwise to an aerospace contractor at a salary rate 
of less than $15,000 per year; and no employee of the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration, including consultants or part-
time employees, shall be required to file a report under this section for 
any fiscal year during which he was employed by or served as a con-
sultant or otherwise to an aerospace contractor at a salary rate of less 
than $15,000 per year. 
"(d) The Administrator shall, not later than December 31 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 fiscal year pursuant 
to subsections (b) (1) and (b) (2) of this section. The Administrator 
shall include after each name so much information as he deems appro-
priate, and shall list the names of such persons under the aerospace con-
tractor for whom they worked or for whom they performed services. 
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"(e) Any former employee of the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration whose employment with or services for an aerospace 
contractor terminated during any fiscal year shall be required to file 
a report pursuant to subsection (b) (1) of this section for such year if 
he would otherwise be required to file under such subsection; and any 
person whose employment with or services for the National Aeronau-
tics and Space Administration terminated during any fiscal year shall 
be required to file a report pursuant to subsection (b) (2) of this section 
for such year if he would otherwise be required to file under such 
subsection. 
"(f) The Administrator shall maintain a file containing the infor- 
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mation filed with him pursuant to subsections (b) (1) and (b) (2) oi information. 
this section and such fiie shall be open for public inspection at all 
times during the regular workday. 
"(g) Anj^ person who fails to comply with the filing requirements 
of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon con-
viction thereof, be punished by not more than six months in prison 
or a fine of not more than $1,000^ or both. 
"(h) No person shall be required to file a report pursuant to this 
section for any year prior to the fiscal year 1971. 
"SEC. 8. This Act may be cited as the "National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration Authorization Act, 1971". 
Approved July 2, 1970-
Penalty. 
Filing date, 
restriction. 
Public Law 91-304 
AN ACT 
To amend the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to extend 
the authorizations for titles I through IV through fiscal year 1971. 
July 6, 1970 
[H. R. 15712] 
79 Stat. 554; 
83 Stat. 219. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That (a) section and^E^on^mic^ 
105 of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 Development 
(42 U.S.C. 3135) is amended by striking out "June 30, 1970" and tmenlmlntl 
inserting in lieu thereof "June 30,1971". 
(b) Subsection (c) of section 201 of the Public Works and Economic 
Development Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3141) is amended by striking out 
"June 30, 1970" and inserting in lieu thereof "June 30, 1971". 
(c) Section 302 of the Public Works and Economic Development 
Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3152) is amended by striking out "for the 
fiscal year ending June 30, 1970" and inserting in lieu thereof "per 
fiscal year for the fiscal years ending June 30,1970, and June 30,1971". 
(d) Subsection (g) of section 403 of the Public Works and Eco-
nomic Development Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3171) is amended by 
striking out "June 30, 1970" and inserting in lieu thereof "June 30. 
1971". 
SEC. 2. Notwithstanding section 402 of the Public Works and 
Economic Development Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3162), no area desig-
nated as a redevelopment area for the purposes of such Act shall have 
such designation terminated or modified in accordance with such 
section after May 1, 1970, and before June 1, 1971, unless the local 
governing body of the county qualified under existing criteria for 
de-designation specifically requests de-designation action. 
Approved July 6, 1970. 
Redevelopment 
area, designa-
tion, termination. 
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