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[CITE: 42USC2472]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                   CHAPTER 26--NATIONAL SPACE PROGRAM
 
    SUBCHAPTER II--COORDINATION OF AERONAUTICAL AND SPACE ACTIVITIES
 
Sec. 2472. National Aeronautics and Space Administration


(a) Establishment; appointment and duties of Administrator

    There is established the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration (hereinafter called the ``Administration''). The 
Administration shall be headed by an Administrator, who shall be 
appointed from civilian life by the President by and with the advice and 
consent of the Senate. Under the supervision and direction of the 
President, the Administrator shall be responsible for the exercise of 
all powers and the discharge of all duties of the Administration, and 
shall have authority and control over all personnel and activities 
thereof.

(b) Deputy Administrator; appointment and duties

    There shall be in the Administration a Deputy Administrator, who 
shall be appointed from civilian life by the President by and with the 
advice and consent of the Senate and shall perform such duties and 
exercise such powers as the Administrator may prescribe. The Deputy 
Administrator shall act for, and exercise the powers of, the 
Administrator during his absence or disability.

(c) Restriction on engaging in any other business, vocation, or 
        employment

    The Administrator and the Deputy Administrator shall not engage in 
any other business, vocation, or employment while serving as such.

(Pub. L. 85-568, title II, Sec. 202, July 29, 1958, 72 Stat. 429; Pub. 
L. 88-426, title III, Sec. 305(12), Aug. 14, 1964, 78 Stat. 423.)


                               Amendments

    1964--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 88-426, Sec. 305(12)(A), repealed 
provisions which prescribed compensation of Administrator.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 88-426, Sec. 305(12)(B), repealed provisions 
which prescribed compensation of Deputy Administrator.


                    Effective Date of 1964 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 88-426 effective on the first day of the first 
pay period which begins on or after July 1, 1964, except to the extent 
provided in section 501(c) of Pub. L. 88-426, see section 501 of Pub. L. 
88-426.

                    Emergency Preparedness Functions

    For assignment of certain emergency preparedness functions to 
Administrator of National Aeronautics and Space Administration, see 
Parts 1, 2, and 19 of Ex. Ord. No. 12656, Nov. 18, 1988, 53 F.R. 47491, 
set out as a note under section 5195 of this title.

Termination of National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics; Transfer of 
                                Functions

    Section 301(a) of Pub. L. 85-568 provided that: ``The National 
Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, on the effective date of this 
section [see note set out under section 2302 of Title 10, Armed Forces], 
shall cease to exist. On such date all functions, powers, duties, and 
obligations, and all real and personal property, personnel (other than 
members of the Committee), funds, and records of that organization, 
shall be transferred to the Administration.''


        Appointment of Retired Military Officer as Administrator

    Pub. L. 101-48, June 30, 1989, 103 Stat. 136, provided: ``That 
notwithstanding the provisions of section 202(a) of the National 
Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 (42 U.S.C. 2472(a)), or any other 
provision of law, the President, acting by and with the advice and 
consent of the Senate, is authorized to appoint Rear Admiral Richard 
Harrison Truly to the Office of Administrator of the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration. Admiral Truly's appointment to, 
acceptance of, and service in that Office shall in no way affect the 
status, rank, and grade which he holds as an officer on the retired list 
of the United States Navy, or any emolument, perquisite, right, 
privilege, or benefit incident to or arising out of any such status, 
office, rank, or grade, except to the extent that subchapter IV of 
chapter 55 of title 5, United States Code, affects the amount of retired 
pay to which he is entitled by law during his service as Administrator. 
So long as he serves as Administrator, Admiral Truly shall receive the 
compensation of that Office at the rate which would be applicable if he 
were not an officer on the retired list of the United States Navy, shall 
retain the status, rank, and grade which he now holds as an officer on 
the retired list of the United States Navy, shall retain all emoluments, 
perquisites, rights, privileges, and benefits incident to or arising out 
of such status, office, rank, or grade, and shall in addition continue 
to receive the retired pay to which he is entitled by law, subject to 
the provisions of subchapter IV of chapter 55 of title 5, United States 
Code.
    ``Sec. 2. In the performance of his duties as Administrator of the 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Admiral Truly shall be 
subject to no supervision, control, restriction, or prohibition 
(military or otherwise) other than would be operative with respect to 
him if he were not an officer on the retired list of the United States 
Navy.
    ``Sec. 3. Nothing in this Act shall be construed as approval by the 
Congress of any future appointments of military persons to the Offices 
of Administrator and Deputy Administrator of the National Aeronautics 
and Space Administration.''

 Ex. Ord. No. 10849. Establishment of Seal for National Aeronautics and 
                          Space Administration

    Ex. Ord. No. 10849, Nov. 27, 1959, 24 F.R. 9559, as amended by Ex. 
Ord. No. 10942, May 19, 1961, 26 F.R. 4419, provided:
    WHEREAS the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration has caused to be made, and has recommended that I 
approve, a seal for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 
the design of which accompanies and is hereby made a part of this order, 
and which is described as follows:
    On a disc of the blue sky strewn with white stars, to dexter a 
larger yellow sphere bearing a red flight symbol apex in upper sinister 
and wings enveloping and casting a brown shadow upon the sphere, all 
partially encircled with a horizontal white orbit, in sinister a small 
light-blue sphere; circumscribing the disc a white band edged gold 
inscribed ``National Aeronautics and Space Administration U.S.A.'' in 
red letters.
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    AND WHEREAS it appears that such seal is of suitable design and 
appropriate for establishment as the official seal of the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration:
    NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me as President 
of the United States, I hereby approve such seal as the official seal of 
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.


                            Cross References

    Compensation of Administrator and Deputy Administrator, see sections 
5313 and 5314, respectively, of Title 5, Government Organization and 
Employees.
