Mar 1 1960
From The Space Library
House Science and Astronautics Committee voted $915 million for NASA in fiscal year 1961.
NASA established the Office of Life Sciences Programs with Clark T. Randt as Director. The Office would assist in the fields of biotechnology and basic medical and behavioral sciences. Proposed biological investigations would include work on the effects of space and planetary environments on living organisms, on evidence of extraterrestrial life forms, and on contamination problems. In addition, the Office would arrange grants and contracts and plan a life sciences research center.
U.S. Congress, House, Committee on Science and Astronautics, Space Medicine Research, Hearings before the Special Investigating Subcommittee, 86th Congress, 2nd Session (1960), p. 3; U.S. Congress, House, Committee on Science and Astronautics, Life Sciences and Space, Hearings, 86th Congress, 2nd Session (1960), p. 13 ; Mae Mills Link, Space Medicine in Project Mercury (NASA SP-4003, 1965), p. 38.
H.R. 10809, introduced by Representative Brooks of Louisiana and referred to Science and Astronautics. Reported out March 3 (H. Rept. 1333). Passed the House March 9. Referred to Senate Aeronautical and Space Sciences March 10. Reported out April 29 (S. Rept. 1300). Passed the Senate amended May 3. Senate asked for a conference May 3. House agreed to a conference May 6. Conference report was filed May 19 (H. Rept. 1629). House agreed to conference report May 23. Senate agreed to conference report May 24. Became Public Law 86–481 on June 1, 1960. Authorized $970 million for NASA.
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