national advisory committee for aeronautics

national advisory committee for aeronautics Sec. 301. (a) The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, on the effective date of this section, shall cease to exist. On such date all functions, powers, duties, and obligations, and all real and personal property, personnel (other than members of the Committee), funds, and records of that organization, shall be transferred to the Administration. (b) Section 2302 of title 10 of the United States Code is amended by striking out “or the Executive Secretary of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics.” and inserting in lieu thereof “or the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.”; and section 2303 of such title 10 is amended by striking out “The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics.” and inserting in lieu thereof “The National Aeronautics and Space Administration.” (c) The first section of the Act of August 26, 1950 (5 U. S. C. 22–1), is amended by striking out “the Director, National Advisory Commit-72 Stat. 433tee for Aeronautics” and inserting in lieu thereof “the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration”, and by striking out “or National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics” and inserting in lieu thereof “or National Aeronautics and Space Administration”. (d) The Unitary Wind Tunnel Plan Act of 1949 (50 U. S. C. 511–515) is amended (1) by striking out “The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Committee’)” and inserting in lieu thereof “The Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Administrator’)”; (2) by striking out “Committee” or “Committee’s” wherever they appear and inserting in lieu thereof “Administrator” and “Administrator’s”, respectively; and (3) by striking out “its” wherever it appears and inserting in lieu thereof “his”. (e) This section shall take effect ninety days after the date of the enactment of this Act, or on any earlier date on which the Administrator shall determine, and announce by proclamation published in the Federal Register, that the Administration has been organized and is prepared to discharge the duties and exercise the powers conferred upon it by this Act.