[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 14, Volume 5]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

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.