[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 14, Volume 5, Parts 1200 to end]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 14CFR1201.300]

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                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
 
                          SPACE ADMINISTRATION
 
PART 1201--STATEMENT OF ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL INFORMATION--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart 3--Boards and Committees
 
Sec. 1201.300  Boards and committees.


    Various boards and committees have been established as part of the 
permanent organization structure of NASA. These include:
    (a) Board of Contract Appeals. (1) The Board is established in 
accordance with the Contract Disputes Act of 1978 (41 U.S.C. 601-613). 
The function of the Board is to decide appeals from decisions of 
contracting officers relating to a contract made by NASA.

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    (2) The charter of the Board is set forth in subpart 1 of part 1209 
of this chapter. The Board's rules of procedure are set forth in 14 CFR 
part 1241.
    (3) The texts of decisions of the Board are published by Commerce 
Clearing House, Inc., in Board of Contract Appeals Decisions, and are 
hereby incorporated by reference. All decisions and orders are available 
for inspection and for purchase from the Recorder of the Board of NASA 
Headquarters, Washington, DC. Decisions and orders issued after July, 
1967, area available for inspection and for purchase at NASA Information 
Centers.
    (b) Contract Adjustment Board. (1) The function of the Board is to 
consider and dispose of requests by NASA contractors for extraordinary 
contractual adjustments pursuant to Public Law 85-804 (50 U.S.C. 1431-
35) and Executive Order 10789 dated November 14, 1958 (23 FR 8397).
    (2) The charter of the Board is set forth at subpart 3 of part 1209 
of this chapter. The Board's rules of procedure are set forth at 48 CFR 
part 1850.
    (3) Indexes of and texts of decisions of the Board are available for 
inspection and for purchase from the Chairperson of the Board, National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, DC 20546, and from the 
NASA Information Centers.
    (c) Inventions and Contributions Board. (1) The function of the 
Board is to consider and recommend to the Administrator the action to be 
taken with respect to:
    (i) Petitions for waiver of rights to any invention or class of 
inventions made during the performance of NASA contracts; and
    (ii) Applications for award for scientific and technical 
contributions determined to have significant value in the conduct of 
aeronautical and space activities, pursuant to the National Aeronautics 
and Space Act of 1958, as amended (42 U.S.C. 2457 (f) and (g), 2458), 
and the Government Employees Incentive Awards Act (5 U.S.C. 2121-23), 
respectively.
    (2) The charter of the Board is set forth at subpart 4 of part 1209 
of this chapter. The Board's rules of procedure are set forth at 14 CFR 
parts 1240 and 1245.
    (3) The decisions of the Board on requests for waiver are available 
for inspection at NASA Headquarters, Office of Inventions and 
Contributions Board.