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[CITE: 50USC512]

 
                   TITLE 50--WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
                        CHAPTER 20--WIND TUNNELS
 
          SUBCHAPTER I--CONSTRUCTION OF WIND-TUNNEL FACILITIES
 
Sec. 512. Limitation on cost of construction and equipment; 
        vesting of title to facilities
        
    The Administrator is authorized, in implementation of the unitary 
plan, to construct and equip transsonic or supersonic wind tunnels of a 
size, design and character adequate for the efficient conduct of 
experimental work in support of long-range fundamental research at 
educational institutions within the continental United States, to be 
selected by the Administrator, or to enter into contracts with such 
institutions to provide for such construction and equipment, at a total 
cost not to exceed $10,000,000: Provided, That the Administrator may, in 
his discretion, after consultation with the Committees on Armed Services 
of both Houses of the Congress, vest title to the facilities completed 
pursuant to this section in such educational institutions under such 
terms and conditions as may be deemed in the best interests of the 
United States.

(Oct. 27, 1949, ch. 766, title I, Sec. 102, 63 Stat. 936; Pub. L. 85-
568, title III, Sec. 301(d)(2), (3), July 29, 1958, 72 Stat. 433.)


                               Amendments

    1958--Pub. L. 85-568 substituted ``Administrator'' for ``Committee'' 
in three places, and ``his'' for ``its''.


                    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.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 515 of this title.
