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[CITE: 42USC2458]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                   CHAPTER 26--NATIONAL SPACE PROGRAM
 
                    SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 2458. Contributions awards


(a) Applications; referral to Board; hearing; recommendations; 
        determination by Administrator

    Subject to the provisions of this section, the Administrator is 
authorized, upon his own initiative or upon application of any person, 
to make a monetary award, in such amount and upon such terms as he shall 
determine to be warranted, to any person (as defined by section 2457 of 
this title) for any scientific or technical contribution to the 
Administration which is determined by the Administrator to have 
significant value in the conduct of aeronautical and space activities. 
Each application made for any such award shall be referred to the 
Inventions and Contributions Board established under section 2457 of 
this title. Such Board shall accord to each such applicant an 
opportunity for hearing upon such application, and shall transmit to the 
Administrator its recommendation as to the terms of the award, if any, 
to be made to such applicant for such contribution. In determining the 
terms and conditions of any award the Administrator shall take into 
account--
        (1) the value of the contribution to the United States;
        (2) the aggregate amount of any sums which have been expended by 
    the applicant for the development of such contribution;
        (3) the amount of any compensation (other than salary received 
    for services rendered as an officer or employee of the Government) 
    previously received by the applicant for or on account of the use of 
    such contribution by the United States; and
        (4) such other factors as the Administrator shall determine to 
    be material.

(b) Apportionment of awards; surrender of claims to compensation; 
        limitation on amount; reports to Congressional committees

    If more than one applicant under subsection (a) of this section 
claims an interest in the same contribution, the Administrator shall 
ascertain and determine the respective interests of such applicants, and 
shall apportion any award to be made with respect to such contribution 
among such applicants in such proportions as he shall determine to be 
equitable. No award may be made under subsection (a) of this section 
with respect to any contribution--
        (1) unless the applicant surrenders, by such means as the 
    Administrator shall determine to be effective, all claims which such 
    applicant may have to receive any compensation (other than the award 
    made under this section) for the use of such contribution or any 
    element thereof at any time by or on behalf of the United States, or 
    by or on behalf of any foreign government pursuant to any treaty or 
    agreement with the United States, within the United States or at any 
    other place;
        (2) in any amount exceeding $100,000, unless the Administrator 
    has transmitted to the appropriate committees of the Congress a full 
    and complete report concerning the amount and terms of, and the 
    basis for, such proposed award, and thirty calendar days of regular 
    session of the Congress have expired after receipt of such report by 
    such committees.

(Pub. L. 85-568, title III, Sec. 306, July 29, 1958, 72 Stat. 437.)