NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ACT

OF 1958 AS AMENDED THROUGH
OCTOBER 6, 1961

SENATE COMMITTEE ON AERONAUTICAL AND SPACE SCIENCES

ROBERT S. KERR, Oklahoma, Chairman

RICHARD B. RUSSELL, Georgia
WARREN G. MAGNUSON, Washington
CLINTON P. ANDERSON, New Mexico

STUART SYMINGTON, Missouri
JOHN STENNIS, Mississippi
STEPHEN M. YOUNG, Ohio
THOMAS J. DODD, Connecticut
HOWARD W. CANNON, Nevada
SPESSARD L. HOLLAND, Florida

STYLES BRIDGES, New Hampshire
ALEXANDER WILEY, Wisconsin
MARGARET CHASE SMITH, Maine
CLIFFORD P. CASE, New Jersey
BOURKE B. HICKENLOOPER, Iowa

EVERARD H. SMITH, Jr., Chief Counsel
CARTER W. BRADLEY, Chief Clerk

WILLIAM J. DEACHMAN, Professional Staff Member
Dr. GLEN P. WILSON, Professional Staff Member
WILLIAM A. REYNOLDS, Professional Staff Member
RICHARD R. WOLFE, Technical Assistant

PREFACE

This act is cited as the "National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958," Public Law 85-568 (72 Stat. 426; 42 U.S.C. 2451).

Citations of acts amending and supplementing this act are as follows:

Public Law 86-20 (73 Stat. 21; 42 U.S.C. 2473)
Public Law 86-45 (73 Stat. 75; 42 U.S.C. 2459)
Public Law 86-481 (74 Stat. 151; 42 U.S.C. 2473)
Public Law 87-26 (75 Stat. 46; 42 U.S.C. 2471)
Public Law 87-367 (75 Stat. 791; 42 U.S.C. 2471)

This copy of the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 has been prepared to reflect legislative changes affecting the basic act. This has been done as follows:

The original law in which no change has been made is shown in roman, amendments deleting parts of the original law are shown in black brackets, amendments changing or adding new language are shown in italic,

Because of the large number of detailed amendments made to section 201, it was not feasible to use the above method of notation for this section and still maintain a clear, easily read text. Therefore, the language of section 201 (a), (b), (c), (d), and (e) as presently amended appear in roman in the text and the original language is set out in the appendix.

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