Amending Various Sections of the NASA Act of 1958

Amending Various Sections of the NASA Act of 1958
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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Total Pages: 96
Release: 1961
Genre: Astronautics and state
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Considers S. 1857, to amend the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 to repeal the statutory requirement for a civilian-military liaison committee; and to invest NASA with legal authority to indemnify contractors against unusual hazards, to settle patent infringement claims, to waive performance and payment bonds in cost-type construction contracts, and to lease Government property for a nonmonetary consideration, similar to the authority currently vested in the military departments.