Science and Technology Act of 1958: Analysis and Summary Prepared by the Staff and Submitted to the Senate Committee on Government Operations, on S.3126; a Bill to Create a Department of Science and Technology; to Create Standing Committees on Science and Technology in the Congress; to Establish National Institutes of Scientific Research; to Authorize a Program of Federal Loans and Loan Insurance for College Or University Education in the Physical Or Biological Sciences, Mathematics, Or Engineering; to Authorize the Establishment of Scientific Programs Outside of the United States; and for Other PurposesU.S. Government Printing Office, 1958 - 198 pages |
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Page 71 - Nothing contained in this Act shall be construed to authorize any department, agency, officer, or employee of the United States to exercise any direction, supervision, or control over the curriculum, program of instruction, administration, or personnel of any educational institution or school system...
Page 123 - ... that he is not a member of the Communist Party or affiliated with such party, and that he does not believe in, and is not a member of or supports any organization that believes in or teaches, the overthrow of the United States Government by force or by any illegal or unconstitutional methods.
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Page 172 - For expenses necessary to carry out the purposes of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended...
Page 112 - That the National Academy of Sciences shall hold an annual meeting at such place in the United States as may be designated, and the Academy shall, whenever called upon by any department of the Government, investigate, examine, experiment, and report upon any subject of science...
Page 117 - Council's work requires the cordial collaboration of the scientific and technical branches of the Government, both military and civil. To this end representatives of the Government, upon the nomination of the National Academy of Sciences, will be designated by the President as members of the Council, as heretofore, and the heads of the department immediately concerned will continue to cooperate in every way that may be required.
Page 62 - Act of 1923 to fix the compensation of, such employees, and to make such expenditures (including expenditures for personal services and rent at the seat of Government and elsewhere, and for law books, books of reference, and periodicals), as may be necessary efficiently to execute the functions vested in the Board. All expenditures of the Board shall be allowed and paid, out of any moneys appropriated for the purposes of the Board...
Page 116 - The work accomplished by the Council in organizing research and in securing cooperation of military and civilian agencies in the solution of military problems demonstrates its capacity for larger service.
Page 176 - Administrator shall develop, modify, test, and evaluate systems, procedures, facilities, and devices, as well as define the performance characteristics thereof, to meet the needs for safe and efficient navigation and traffic control of all civil and military aviation except for those needs of military agencies which are peculiar to air warfare and primarily of military concern...
Page 63 - ... (2) With full recognition of the constitutional right of either House to change the rules (so far as relating to the procedure of that House) at any time, In the same manner, and to the same extent as in the case of any other rule of that House.
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| Title | Science and Technology Act of 1958: Analysis and Summary Prepared by the Staff and Submitted to the Senate Committee on Government Operations, on S.3126; a Bill to Create a Department of Science and Technology; to Create Standing Committees on Science and Technology in the Congress; to Establish ... Issue 90 of Document, United States 85th Cong., 2d sess., 1958 Issue 90 of Senate doc, United States Congress Issue 90 of Senate document |
| Author | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Government Operations |
| Publisher | U.S. Government Printing Office, 1958 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 9 Jul 2008 |
| Length | 198 pages |
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