10783    Transferring Certain Functions From the Department of Defense to
          the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
          Signed: October 1, 1958
          Federal Register page and date: 23 FR 7643, October 3, 1958

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        EX. ORD. NO. 10783. TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS FROM DEPARTMENT OF
          DEFENSE TO NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION


      Ex. Ord. No. 10783, Oct. 1, 1958, 23 F.R. 7643, provided:

      Section 1. All functions (including powers, duties, activities,
    and parts of functions) of the Department of Defense, or of any
    officer or organizational entity of the Department of Defense, with
    respect to the following are hereby transferred to the National
    Aeronautics and Space Administration:

      (a) The United States scientific satellite project (Project
    VANGUARD).

      (b) Specific projects of the Advanced Research Projects Agency
    and of the Department of the Air Force which relate to space
    activities (including lunar probes, scientific satellites and
    superthrust boosters) within the scope of the functions developing
    upon the National Aeronautics and Space Administration under the
    provisions of the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 (this
    chapter), and which shall be more particularly described in one or
    more supplementary Executive orders hereafter issued.

      Sec. 2. (a) The Secretary of the Treasury shall immediately
    transfer to the appropriation of the National Aeronautics and Space
    Administration for ''Research and Development'', from such
    appropriations of the Department of Defense as the Secretary of
    Defense shall designate, the following amounts:

      (1) In connection with the transfer of functions provided for in
    section 1(a) hereof, such amounts as shall be determined by the
    Director of the Bureau of the Budget (now Office of Management and
    Budget) pursuant to section 202(b) of the Budget and Accounting
    Procedures Act of 1950 (see 31 U.S.C. 1531) and section 1(k) of
    Executive Order No. 10530 of May 1, 1954 (set out as a note under
    section 301 of Title 3, The President).

      (2) In connection with the transfer of functions of the Advanced
    Research Projects Agency provided for in section 1(b) hereof,
    $59,200,000.

      (3) In connection with the transfer of functions of the
    Department of the Air Force provided for in section 1(b) hereof,
    $57,800,000.

      (b) In connection with the transfer of functions provided for in
    section 1, appropriate transfers of records, property, facilities,
    and civilian personnel shall be carried out as may be agreed upon
    from time to time by the National Aeronautics and Space
    Administration and the Department of Defense.


    Dwight D. Eisenhower.