2013 US Code
Title 50 - War and National Defense
Chapter 20 - WIND TUNNELS (§§ 511 - 524)
Subchapter I - CONSTRUCTION OF WIND-TUNNEL FACILITIES (§§ 511 - 515)
Section 511 - Joint development of unitary plan for construction of facilities; construction at educational institutions
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | 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 |
Contains | section 511 |
Date | 2013 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 16, 2014 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Short Titles | 'Unitary Wind Tunnel Plan Act of 1949'."</p> 'Air Engineering Development Center Act of 1949'."</p> |
Source Credit | Oct. 27, 1949, ch. 766, title I, §101, 63 Stat. 936; Pub. L. 85-568, title III, §301(d)(1), (2), July 29, 1958, 72 Stat. 433; Pub. L. 106-391, title III, §312(1), Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1594. |
Statutes at Large References | 63 Stat. 936, 937, 938 72 Stat. 433 114 Stat. 1594 |
Public Law References | Public Law 85-568, Public Law 106-391 |
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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, supersonic, and hypersonic 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, §101, 63 Stat. 936; Pub. L. 85–568, title III, §301(d)(1), (2), July 29, 1958, 72 Stat. 433; Pub. L. 106–391, title III, §312(1), Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1594.)
AMENDMENTS2000—Pub. L. 106–391 substituted "transsonic, supersonic, and hypersonic" for "transsonic and supersonic".
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 AMENDMENTAmendment 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 TITLEAct Oct. 27, 1949, ch. 766, title I, §106, 63 Stat. 937, provided that: "This title [enacting this subchapter] may be cited as the 'Unitary Wind Tunnel Plan Act of 1949'."
Act Oct. 27, 1949, ch. 766, title II, §205, 63 Stat. 938, provided that: "This title [enacting subchapter II of this chapter] may be cited as the 'Air Engineering Development Center Act of 1949'."
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