An Act to authorize appropriations to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for research, development, and operation construction of facilities and for other purposes
PL 87-584 (H.R.11737), enacted 08/14/1962

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PUBLIC LAW87-584-AUG. 14, 1962 
[76 STAT. 
Public Law 87-584 
August 14, 1962 
[H. R. 11737] 
National Aero-
nautics and Space 
Administration 
Authorization Act 
for the fiscal 
year 1963. 
AN ACT 
Research, de-
velopment, and 
operation. 
Report to coi>> 
gressional con>> 
mittees. 
To authorize appropriations to the National Aeronautics and Space Administra-
tion for research, development, and opei-ation; construction of facilities; and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Refresentatwes 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That there is hereby 
authorized to be appropriated to the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration the sum of $3,744,115,250, as follows: 
(a) For "Research, development, and operation", $2,957,878,000. 
(b) For "Construction of facilities", $786,237,250, as follows: 
(1) Ames Research Center, Moffet Field, California, $14,-
439,000. 
(2) Atlantic Missile Range, Cape Canaveral, Florida, including 
land acquisition and relocation of inland w-aterway and bridge, 
$328,333,000. 
(3) Facility planning and design not otherwise provided for, 
$8,000,000. 
(4) Flight Research Center, Edwards, California, $1,807,000. 
(5) Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, $23,-
746,250. 
(6) Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, $10,-
347,000. 
(7) Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia, $8,081,000. 
(8) Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio, $44,833,000. 
(9) Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Texas, $30,755,000. 
(10) Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama, 
$33,431,500. 
(11) Michoud Plant, New Orleans,, Louisiana, $18,40(/,000. 
(12) Mississippi Test Facility, Mississippi, $92,500,000. 
(13) Nuclear Rocket Development Station, Nevada, $40,000,000. 
(14) Various locations, $127,278,750. 
(15) Wallops Station, Wallops Island, Virginia, $4,285,750. 
(c) Appropriations for "Research, development, and operation" 
may be used (i) for any items of a capital nature (other than acquisi-
tion of land) which may be required for the performance of research 
and development contracts, and (ii)* for grants to nonprofit institu-
tions of higher education, or to nonprofit organizations whose primary 
purpose is the conduct of scientific research, for purchase or construc-
tion 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 organ-
ization. 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, devel-
opment, and operation" pursuant to this Act may be used for construc-
tion of any major facility, the estimated cost of which, including 
collateral equipment, exceeds $250,000, unless the Administrator or his 
designee notifies 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. 
(d) When so specified in an appropriation Act any amount appro-
priated for "Research, development, and operation" and for "Con-
struction of facilities" may remain available without fiscal year 
limitation. 
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(e) Appropriations other than "Construction of facilities" may be 
scientific con-
used, but not to exceed $35,000, for scientific consultations or extraor- J^*^8°"*' **" 
dinary expense upon the approval or authority of the Administrator 
and his determination shall be final and conclusive upon the account-
ing officers of the Government. 
(f) Until such time as the National Aeomautics and Space Admin-
istration shall establish uniform design criteria and construction stand-
ards for facilities for which appropriations are authorized pursuant 
to this Act, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration shall 
to the fullest extent practicable utilize for such facilities design cri-
teria and construction standards established either by the General 
Services Administration, the United States Navy Bureau of Yards 
and Docks, or the United States Army Corps of Engineets. 
SEC. 2. Authorization is hereby granted whereby any of the amounts 
prescribed in subparagraph (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), 
(10), (11), (12), (13), (U), or (15) 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 
subparagraphs shall not exceed a total of $786,237,250. 
SEC. 3. Not to exceed 3 per centum of the funds appropriated pur- 
construction of 
suant to subsection 1(a) hereof may be transferred to the "Construe- 'acuities, 
tion of facilities" appropriation, and, when so transferred, together 
with $30,000,000 of the funds appropriated pursuant to subsection 
1 (b) hereof, shall be available for expenditure to construct, expand, 
or modify laboratories and other installations at any location (includ-
ing 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 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 tempo-
rary public works, including land acquisition, site preparation, appur-
tenances, utilities, and equipment. 
No portion of such sums may be 
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obligated for expenditure or expended to construct, expand, or modify ^1*"^°"^ ''*"*" 
laboratories and other installations until the Administrator or his 
designee has transmitted to the Committee on Science and Astronau-
tics of the House of Representatives and to the Committee on Aero-
nautical and Space Sciences of the Senate a written report containing 
a full and complete statement concerning (l).the nature of such con-
struction, 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 the 
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approval of the Bureau of the Budget, funds appropriated pursuant '""<**• 
to this Act, to any other agency of the Government whenever the Ad-
ministrator determines such transfer necessary for the efficient ac-
complishment of the objectives for which the funds have been appro-
priated. Not more than $20,000,000 of the funds authorized by this 
Report to con-
Act'may be transferred by the Administrator under this section, and mittVisr**^ """^ 
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 Representatives a written statement 
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concerning the amount and purpose of, and the reason for, such trans-
fer, and (1) each such committee has transmitted to the Adminis-
trator written notice to the effect that such committee has no objec-
tion to that transfer, or (2) thirty days have passed after the trans-
mittal by the Administrator of such statement to those committees. 
SEC. 5. (a) Section 1 of the Act of July 21, 1961 (75 Stat. 216), is 
amended as follows: 
(i) Strike out "$1,784,300,000" in the first sentence, and insert 
in lieu thereof "$1,855,300,000"; 
(ii) Strike out "$252,075,000" in subsection (c), and insert in 
lieu thereof "$323,075,000"; 
(iii) Strike out "$49,583,000" in paragraph (c) (8), and insert 
in lieu thereof ", including land acquisition, $104,583,000"; add a 
new paragraph after paragraph (c) (11) as follows: 
"(12) Land acquisition, Mississippi Test Facility, Mississippi, 
$16,000,000." 
(iv) At the end of subsection (c) insert the following new para-
graph : 
"All real estate heretofore or hereafter acquired by the United 
States for the use of the National Aeronautics and Space Administra-
tion shall remain under the control and jurisdiction of that Adminis-
tration, unless it is disposed of in accordance with the Federal 
Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (63 Stat. 377), as 
40 use 
amended." 
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(b) Section 2 of the Act of July 21, 1961 (75 Stat. 216, 217), is' 
amended (1) by striking out "or (11)" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"(11), or (12)", and (2) by striking out "$252,075,000" and inserting 
in lieu thereof "$323,075,000". 
(c) In computing the amounts which may, under the authority of 
section 3 of the Act of July 21,1961 (75 Stat. 216,217), be transferred 
and/or used for purposes set forth in said section, there may be disre-
garded any amounts so transferred and/or used for land acquisitions at 
the Atlantic Missile Range, Cape Canaveral, Florida, and the Mis-
sissippi Test Facility, Mississippi, which have been reported to the 
Congress, in accordance with the provisions of said section, prior to the 
enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 6. Section 203(b) of the National Aeronautics and Sj)ace Act of 
42 use 2473. 
1958, as amended (72 Stat. 429,431), is amended by (i) striking out the 
word "and" where it appears after the semicolon at the end of section 
203(b) (12); (ii) striking out the period at the end of section 203(b) 
(13) and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon and the word "and"; 
and (iii) adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: 
"(14) to reimburse, to the extent determined by the Adminis-
trator or his designee to be fair and reasonable, the owners and 
tenants of land and interests in land acquired on or after Novem-
ber 1, 1961, by the United States for use by the Administration 
by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise for expenses and losses 
and damages incurred by such owners and tenants as a direct 
result of moving themselves, their families, and their possessions 
because of said acquisition. 
Such reimbursement shall be in 
addition to, but not in duplication of, any payments that may 
otherwise be authorized by law to be made to such owners and 
tenants. The total of any such reimbursement to any owner or 
tenant shall in no event exceed 25 per centum of the fair value, 
as determined by the Administrator, of the parcel of land or 
interest in land to which the reimbursement is related. 
No pay-
ment under this paragraph shall be made unless application there-
for, supported by an itemized statement of the expenses, losses, 
and damages incurred, is submitted to the Administrator within 
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one year from (a) the date upon which the parcel of land or 
interest in land is to be vacated under agreement with the Govern-
ment by the owner or tenant or pursuant to law, including but not 
limited to, an order of a court, or (b) the date upon which the 
parcel of land or interest in the land involved is vacated, which-
ever first occurs. The Administrator may perform any and all 
acts and make such rules and regulations as he deems necessar}' 
and proper for the purpose of carrying out this paragraph. 
All 
functions performed under this paragraph shall be exempt from 
the operation of the Act of June 11, 1946, as amended (5 U.S.C. 
1001-1011), except as to the requirements of section 3 of said 
Act. Funds available to the Administration for the acquisition 
of real property or interests therein shall also be available for 
carrying out this paragraph". 
SEC. 7. Section 201 (f) of the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 
1958 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sen-
tence : "Other provisions of law or regulations relating to Government 
employment (except those relating to pay and retirement) shall apply 
to council employees reporting directly to the chairman to the extent 
that such provisions are applicable to employees in the office of the 
Vice President." 
SEC. 8. This Act may be cited as the "National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration Authorization Act for the fiscal year 1963". 
Approved August 14, 1962. 
60 Stat. 237, 238. 
72 Stat. 427. 
42 u s e 2471. 
Short title. 
Public Law 87-585 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Administrator of General Services, in connection with the con-
struction and maintenance of a Federal office building, to use the public space 
under and over Tenth Street Southwest in the District of Columbia, and for 
other purposes. 
August 14„ 1962 
[8.3525] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That th^ Adminis- 
General serv-
trator of General Services, in connection with the construction and |"^ Administra-
maintenance of a Federal office building on the south side of Indepen- 
use of public 
dence Avenue Southwest in the District of Columbia, is authorized to space, 
use the public space over and under that portion of Tenth Street 
Southwest which is adjacent to such property as has been or may be 
acquired by the Administrator of General Services as a site for said 
building. 
Such authority shall be exercised only to the extent that 
such use is not inconsistent with the use of said street by the general 
public for the purpose of travel. 
Approved August 14, 1962. 
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