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[CITE: 50USC511]

 
                   TITLE 50--WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
                        CHAPTER 20--WIND TUNNELS
 
          SUBCHAPTER I--CONSTRUCTION OF WIND-TUNNEL FACILITIES
 
Sec. 511. Joint development of unitary plan for construction of 
        facilities; construction at educational institutions
        
    The Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration (hereinafter referred to as the ``Administrator'') and 
the Secretary of Defense are authorized and directed jointly to develop 
a unitary plan for the construction of transsonic and supersonic wind-
tunnel facilities for the solution of research, development, and 
evaluation problems in aeronautics, including the construction of 
facilities at educational institutions within the continental limits of 
the United States for training and research in aeronautics, and to 
revise the uncompleted portions of the unitary plan from time to time to 
accord with changes in national defense requirements and scientific and 
technical advances. The Administrator and the Secretaries of the Army, 
the Navy, and the Air Force are authorized to proceed with the 
construction and equipment of facilities in implementation of the 
unitary plan to the extent permitted by appropriations pursuant to 
existing authority and the authority contained in this chapter. Any 
further implementation of the unitary plan shall be subject to such 
additional authorizations as may be approved by Congress.

(Oct. 27, 1949, ch. 766, title I, Sec. 101, 63 Stat. 936; Pub. L. 85-
568, title III, Sec. 301(d)(1), (2), July 29, 1958, 72 Stat. 433.)


                               Amendments

    1958--Pub. L. 85-568 substituted ``The Administrator of the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration (hereinafter referred to as the 
`Administrator')'' for ``The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics 
(hereinafter referred to as the `Committee')'', and ``Administrator'' 
for ``Committee'' in second sentence.


                    Effective Date of 1958 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 85-568 effective 90 days after July 29, 1958, 
or on any earlier date on which the Administrator of the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration determines, and announces by 
proclamation, that the Administration has been organized and is prepared 
to discharge the duties and exercise the powers conferred upon it, see 
section 301(e) of Pub. L. 85-568, set out as a note under section 2302 
of Title 10, Armed Forces.


                               Short Title

    Section 106 of title I of act Oct. 27, 1949, provided that: ``This 
title [enacting this subchapter] may be cited as the `Unitary Wind 
Tunnel Plan Act of 1949'.''
    Section 205 of title II of act Oct. 27, 1949, provided that: ``This 
title [enacting subchapter II of this chapter] may be cited as the `Air 
Engineering Development Center Act of 1949'.''
