section_id,title_number,title_name,chapter,subchapter,part_number,part_name,subpart,subpart_name,section_number,section_heading,agency,authority,source_citation,amendment_citations,full_text
14:14:5.0.1.1.2.1.1.1,14,Aeronautics and Space,V,,1201,PART 1201—STATEMENT OF ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL INFORMATION,1,Subpart 1—Introduction,,§ 1201.100 Creation and authority.,NASA,,,"[55 FR 37222, Sept. 10, 1990, as amended at 79 FR 18444, Apr. 2, 2014]","The National Aeronautics and Space Administration was established by the National Aeronautics and Space Act (51 U.S.C. 20111), as amended (hereafter called the “Act”)."
14:14:5.0.1.1.2.1.1.2,14,Aeronautics and Space,V,,1201,PART 1201—STATEMENT OF ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL INFORMATION,1,Subpart 1—Introduction,,§ 1201.101 Purpose.,NASA,,,,"It is the purpose of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to carry out aeronautical and space activities of the United States. Such activities shall be the responsibility of, and shall be directed by, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, except that activities peculiar to or primarily associated with the development of weapons systems, military operations, or the defense of the United States shall be the responsibility of, and shall be directed by, the Department of Defense."
14:14:5.0.1.1.2.1.1.3,14,Aeronautics and Space,V,,1201,PART 1201—STATEMENT OF ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL INFORMATION,1,Subpart 1—Introduction,,§ 1201.102 Functions.,NASA,,,,"In order to carry out the purpose of the Act, NASA is authorized to conduct research for the solution of problems of flight within and outside the Earth's atmosphere; to develop, construct, test, and operate aeronautical and space vehicles for research purposes; to operate a space transportation system including the space shuttle, upper stages, space program, space station, and related equipment; and to perform such other activities as may be required for the exploration of space. The term  aeronautical and space vehicles  means aircraft, missiles, satellites, and other space vehicles, together with related equipment, devices, components, and parts. It conducts activities required for the exploration of space with manned and unmanned vehicles and arranges for the most effective utilization of the scientific and engineering resources of the United States with other nations engaged in aeronautical and space activities for peaceful purposes."
14:14:5.0.1.1.2.1.1.4,14,Aeronautics and Space,V,,1201,PART 1201—STATEMENT OF ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL INFORMATION,1,Subpart 1—Introduction,,§ 1201.103 Administration.,NASA,,,,"(a) NASA is headed by an Administrator, who is appointed from civilian life by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Administrator is responsible, under the supervision and direction of the President, for exercising all powers and discharging all duties of NASA.

(b) The Deputy Administrator of NASA is also appointed by the President from civilian life by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Deputy Administrator acts with or for the Administrator within the full scope of the Administrator's responsibilities. In the Administrator's absence, the Deputy Administrator serves as Acting Administrator."
14:14:5.0.1.1.2.2.1.1,14,Aeronautics and Space,V,,1201,PART 1201—STATEMENT OF ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL INFORMATION,2,Subpart 2—Organization,,§ 1201.200 General.,NASA,,,"[79 FR 18444, Apr. 2, 2014]","NASA's basic organization consists of the Headquarters, nine field Centers, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (a Federally Funded Research and Development Center), and several component installations which report to Center Directors. Responsibility for overall planning, coordination, and control of NASA programs is vested in NASA Headquarters located in Washington, DC. For additional information, visit  http://www.nasa.gov/about/org_index.html."
14:14:5.0.1.1.2.3.1.1,14,Aeronautics and Space,V,,1201,PART 1201—STATEMENT OF ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL INFORMATION,3,Subpart 3—Boards and Committees,,§ 1201.300 Boards and committees.,NASA,,,"[79 FR 18444, Apr. 2, 2014]","(a) NASA's Contract Adjustment Board (CAB) and Inventions and Contributions Board (ICB) were established as part of the permanent organization structure of NASA. Charters for both Boards are set forth in part 1209 of this chapter. Procedures for the CAB are set out in 48 CFR part 1850, and procedures for the ICB are set out in 14 CFR parts 1240 and 1245.

(b) The Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals (ASBCA) is a neutral, independent forum whose primary function is to hear and decide post-award contract disputes between government contractors and those entities with whom the ASBCA has entered into agreement to provide services (NASA is one of those entities). The ASBCA functions in accordance with the Contract Disputes Act (41 U.S.C. 7101-7109), its Charter, or other remedy-granting provisions. Information about the ASBCA can be obtained by mail at ASBCA, Skyline 6, Suite 700, 5109 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, Virginia 22041-3208, by phone at 703-681-8500, or from the Web at  www.asbca.mil."
29:29:4.1.2.1.2.0.1.1,29,Labor,X,,1201,PART 1201—DEFINITIONS,,,,§ 1201.1 Carrier.,NMB,,,,"The term  carrier  includes any express company, sleeping car company, carrier by railroad, subject to the Interstate Commerce Act (24 Stat. 379, as amended; 49 U.S.C. 1  et seq. ), and any company which is directly or indirectly owned or controlled by or under common control with any carrier by railroad and which operates any equipment or facilities or performs any service (other than trucking service) in connection with the transportation, receipt, delivery, elevation, transfer in transit, refrigeration or icing, storage, and handling of property transported by railroad, and any receiver, trustee, or other individual or body, judicial or otherwise, when in the possession of the business of any such “carrier.”"
29:29:4.1.2.1.2.0.1.2,29,Labor,X,,1201,PART 1201—DEFINITIONS,,,,§ 1201.2 Exceptions.,NMB,,,,"(a) The term “carrier” shall not include any street, interurban, or suburban electric railway, unless such railway is operating as a part of a general steam-railroad system of transportation, but shall not exclude any part of the general steam-railroad system of transportation now or hereafter operated by any other motive power.

(b) The term “carrier” shall not include any company by reason of its being engaged in the mining of coal, the supplying of coal to carrier where delivery is not beyond the tipple, and the operation of equipment or facilities therefor or any of such activities."
29:29:4.1.2.1.2.0.1.3,29,Labor,X,,1201,PART 1201—DEFINITIONS,,,,§ 1201.3 Determination as to electric lines.,NMB,,,,The Interstate Commerce Commission is hereby authorized and directed upon request of the Mediation Board or upon complaint of any part interested to determine after hearing whether any line operated by electric power falls within the terms of this part.
29:29:4.1.2.1.2.0.1.4,29,Labor,X,,1201,PART 1201—DEFINITIONS,,,,§ 1201.4 Employee.,NMB,,,,"The term  employee  as used in this part includes every person in the service of a carrier (subject to its continuing authority to supervise and direct the manner of rendition of his service) who performs any work defined as that of an employee or subordinate official in the orders of the Interstate Commerce Commission now in effect, and as the same may be amended or interpreted by orders hereafter entered by the Commission pursuant to the authority which is hereby conferred upon it to enter orders amending or interpreting such existing orders:  Provided, however,  That no occupational classification made by order of the Interstate Commerce Commission shall be construed to define the crafts according to which railway employees may be organized by their voluntary action, nor shall the jurisdiction or powers of such employee organizations be regarded as in any way limited or defined by the provisions of this Act or by the orders of the Commission."
29:29:4.1.2.1.2.0.1.5,29,Labor,X,,1201,PART 1201—DEFINITIONS,,,,§ 1201.5 Exceptions.,NMB,,,,"The term “employee” shall not include any individual while such individual is engaged in the physical operations consisting of the mining of coal, the preparation of coal, the handling (other than movement by rail with standard locomotives) of coal not beyond the mine tipple, or the loading of coal at the tipple."
29:29:4.1.2.1.2.0.1.6,29,Labor,X,,1201,PART 1201—DEFINITIONS,,,,§ 1201.6 Representatives.,NMB,,,,"The term  representative  means any person or persons, labor union, organization, or corporation designated either by a carrier or group of carriers or by its or their employees, to act for it or them."