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[CITE: 42USC2475]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                   CHAPTER 26--NATIONAL SPACE PROGRAM
 
    SUBCHAPTER II--COORDINATION OF AERONAUTICAL AND SPACE ACTIVITIES
 
Sec. 2475. International cooperation

    The Administration, under the foreign policy guidance of the 
President, may engage in a program of international cooperation in work 
done pursuant to this chapter, and in the peaceful application of the 
results thereof, pursuant to agreements made by the President with the 
advice and consent of the Senate.

(Pub. L. 85-568, title II, Sec. 205, July 29, 1958, 72 Stat. 432.)

                       References in Text

    This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original ``this Act'', 
meaning Pub. L. 85-568, July 29, 1958, 72 Stat. 426, as amended, known 
as the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958. For complete 
classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out 
under section 2451 of this title and Tables.

                         Delegation of Authority

    Memorandum of President of the United States, Oct. 10, 1995, 60 F.R. 
53251, provided:
    Memorandum for the Administrator of the National and Aeronautics and 
Space Administration
    By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and 
the laws of the United States of America, and in order to facilitate the 
efficient operations of the aeronautical and space programs of the 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), it is hereby 
ordered as follows:
    The authority conferred upon the President by the Constitution and 
the laws of the United States of America to executive mutual waivers of 
claims of liability on behalf of the United States for damages arising 
out of cooperative activities is hereby delegated to the Administrator 
of NASA for agreements with foreign governments and their agents 
regarding aeronautical, science, and space activities that are executed 
pursuant to the authority granted NASA by the National Aeronautics and 
Space Act of 1958, Public Law 85-568, as amended [42 U.S.C. 2451 et 
seq.]. All such agreements shall be subject to coordination with and the 
concurrence of the Department of State to the extent provided by 
applicable law, regulations, and procedures. All such waivers of 
liability entered into prior to the date of this memorandum are hereby 
ratified.
    You are authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the 
Federal Register.
                                                     William J. Clinton.
