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 88-369 (H.R.10456), enacted 07/11/1964

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Appropriation. 
public school system, and the establishment and operation of halfway 
houses. The project shall also be designed to demonstrate methods of 
increasing job opportunities available to young people who are, or 
are in danger of becoming, juvenile delinquents or youth offenders. 
"(^b) In addition to the sums authorized to be appropriated by 
section 6, the sum of $5,000,000 is authorized to be appropriated to 
carry out this section, to remain available until expended." 
Approved July 9, 1964. 
Public Law 88-369 
July 11, 1964 
[H. R. 10456] 
AN ACT 
To authorize appropriations to the National Aeronautics and Space Administra-
tion for research and development, construction of facilities, and administra-
tive operations, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
^ National Aero- 
United States of America In Congress assembled^ That there is hereby 
Admim^rr^tion^''* autliorized to be appropriated to the National Aeronautics and Space 
Authorization Act, Administration the sum of $5,227,506,000, as follows: 
^^Re'search and 
(a) For "Research and development," $4,341,100,000 for the fol-
deveiopment. 
loAviug programs: 
(1) Gemini, $308,400,000; 
(2) Apollo, $2,677,500,000; 
(3) Advanced missions, $26,000,000; 
(4) Geophysics and astronomy, $177,450,000; 
(5) Lunar and planetary exploration, $283,100,000; 
(6) Sustaining university program, $46,000,000; 
(7) Launch vehicle development, $128,200,000; 
(8) Bioscience, $31,000,000; 
(9) Meteorological satellites, $37,500,000; 
(10) Communication satellites, $11,400,000; 
(11) Advanced technological satellites, $31,000,000; 
(12) Basic research, $21,000,000; 
(13) Space vehicles systems, $37,000,000; 
(14) Electronic systems, $27,000,000; 
(15) Human factor systems, $15,500,000; 
(16) Nuclear-electric systems, $47,100,000; 
(17) Nuclear rockets, $57,000,000; 
(18) Chemical propulsion, $62,800,000; 
(19) Space power, $12,500,000;. 
(20) Aeronautics, $37,000,000; 
(21) Tracking and data acquisition, $261,900,000; 
(22) Technology utilizatiouj $4,750,000. 
(b) For "Construction of facilities", including land acquisitions, 
$262,880,500, as follows: 
(1) Ames 
Research 
Center, 
Moffett 
Field, 
California, 
$5,668,000; 
(2) Electronics Research Center, Boston, Massachusetts, area, 
$10,000,000; 
(3) Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, 
$1,221,000; 
(4) Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena and Edwards, Cali-
fornia, $3,582,000; 
(5) John F. Kennedy Space Center, NASA, Cocoa Beach, 
Florida, $87,070,000; 
(6) Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia, $3,938,000; 
Construction of 
facilities. 
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(7) Lewis Research Center, Cleveland and Sandusky, Ohio, 
$770,000; 
(8) Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Texas, $23,907,500; 
(9) George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, 
Alabama, $14,523,500; 
(10) Michoud Plant, New Orleans and Slidell, Louisiana, 
$6,207,500; 
(11) Mississippi Test Facility, Mississippi, $58,891,500; 
(12) Wallops Station, Wallops Island, Virginia, $1,749,000; 
(13) Various locations, $35,352,500; 
(14) Facility planning and design not otherwise provided 
for, $10,000,000. 
(c) For "Administrative operations", $623,525,500. 
Administrative 
(d) Appropriations for "Research and development" maj be used ^^ProsTam speci-
(1) for any items of a capital nature (other than acquisition of fications. 
land) which may be required for the performance of research and 
development 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 con-
struction of additional research facilities; and title to such facilities 
shall be vested in the United States unless the Administrator deter-
mines 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 "Re- 
Report to con. 
search and development" pursuant to this Act may be used for con- mittees. 
struction of any major facility, the estimated cost of which, includ-
ing collateral equipment, exceeds $250,000, unless the Administrator 
or his designee has notified the Committee on Science and Astro-
nautics of tiie House of Representatives and the Committee on Aero-
nautical 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 ap-
propriated for "Research and development" or for "Construction of 
facilities" may remain available without fiscal year limitation. 
(f) Appropriations made pursuant to subsection 1(c) may be ^ui'^atroji"''*^°"" 
used, but not to exceed $35,000, for scientific consultations or extraor-
dinary expenses upon the approval or authority of the Administra-
tor 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. 
SEC. 
2. Authorization is hereby granted whereby any of the 
amounts prescribed in paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), 
(8), 
(9), (10), (11), (12), and (13) 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 un-
usual cost variations, but the total cost of all work authorized under 
such paragraphs shall not exceed a total of $252,880,500. 
SEC. 
3. Not to exceed 2 per centum of the funds appropriated pur- j^^^^"^^^"" °^ 
suant to subsection 1(a) hereof may be transferred to the "Construc-
tion of facilities" appropriation, and, when so transferred, together 
with $30,000,000 of the funds appropriated pursuant to subsection 1 
(b) hereof (other than funds appropriated pursuant to paragraph 
(14) of such subsection) shall be available for expenditure to con-
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struct, 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 author-
ization Act would be inconsistent with 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 equipment. 
No por-
tion 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 Admin-
istrator or his designee has transmitted 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 there-
to, and (3) the reason why such construction, expansion, or modifica-
tion is necessary in the national interest, or (B) each such commit-
tee 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 orig-
inally made to either the House Committee on Science and 
Astronautics 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 
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 
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. The Administrator is hereby authorized to transfer, with 
the approval of the Bureau of the Budget, funds appropriated pur-
suant to this Act (other than funds appropriated pursuant to para-
graph (14) of subsection 1(b)), to any other agency of the Govern-
ment whenever the Administrator determines such transfer necessary 
for the efficient accomplishment of the objectives for which the funds 
have been appropriated. 
Not more than $20,000,000 of the funds 
authorized by this Act may be transferred by the Administrator 
under this section, and no transfer in excess of $250,000 shall be made 
under this section unless the Administrator has transmitted to the 
Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences of the Senate and to 
the Committee on Science and Astronautics of the House of Repre-
sentatives a written statement concerning the amount and purpose 
of, and the reason for, such trajisfer, and (1) each such committee 
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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 state-
ment to those committees. 
SEC. 6. This Act may be cited as the "National Aeronautics and 
short title. 
Space Administration Authorization Act, 1965." 
Approved July 11, 1964. 
Public Law 88-370 
AN ACT 
July 11, 1964 
To amend section 502 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, relating to construction •. *•"• ^' ^°°^^^ 
differential subsidies. 
Vessels. 
Construction 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the proviso in 
the second sentence of subsection (b) of section 502 of the Merchant subsidyrexten-
Marine Act, 1936, as amended (46 U.S.C. 1152(b)), is amended by """-gt^t 
striking out "June 30, 1964," and inserting in lieu thereof "June 30, ^^ *^*' ^^°°* 
1965,". 
Approved July 11, 1964. 
Public Law 88-371 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
July 14, 1964 
Granting the consent of Congress to an amendment to the compact between the 
[H- J. Res. 950] 
State of Ohio and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania relating to Pymatuning 
Lake. 
Whereas, by the Acts of October 28, 1937 (50 Stat. 865); July 24, 
1945 (59 Stat. 502); and July 31, 1961 (75 Stat. 242), Congress 
gave consent to a certain compact between the State of Ohio and 
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, relating to. Pymatuning Lake, 
and to two successive amendments thereto; and 
Whereas the State of Ohio by an act of its general assembly entitled 
"An act to amend section 1541.31 of the Revised Code, relative to 
specifications and speed of motorboats on Pymatuning Lake", and 
approved July 10, 1963, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 
by an act of its general assembly numbered 201 and approved 
July 31, 1963, have identically enacted a further amendment to 
said compact, increasing from six horsepower to ten horsepower 
the maximum rating of motorboats permitted to operate in a spec-
ified part of Pymatuning Lake: Be it 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That the consent of Con- vani^a°^rm"acf^' 
gress is hereby given to the State of Ohio and the Commonwealth of amendment. 
Pennsylvania for said further amendment to their compact relating 
to Pymatuning Lake as provided by said act of the General Assembly 
of the State of Ohio approved July 10,1963, and said act of the Gen-
eral Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania approved 
July 31,1963. 
SEC. 2. The right to alter, amend, or repeal the provisions of this 
Act is hereby expressly reserved. 
Approved July 14, 1964.