The President shall transmit to the Congress in May of each year a report, which shall include (1) a comprehensive description of the programed activities and the accomplishments of all agencies of the United States in the field of aeronautics and space activities during the preceding fiscal year, and (2) an evaluation of such activities and accomplishments in terms of the attainment of, or the failure to attain, the objectives described in section 2451(c) 1 of this title.
Any report made under this section shall contain such recommendations for additional legislation as the Administrator or the President may consider necessary or desirable for the attainment of the objectives described in section 2451(c) 1 of this title.
No information which has been classified for reasons of national security shall be included in any report made under this section, unless such information has been declassified by, or pursuant to authorization given by, the President.
(Pub. L. 85–568, title II, §206, July 29, 1958, 72 Stat. 432; Pub. L. 92–68, §7, Aug. 6, 1971, 85 Stat. 177; Pub. L. 106–391, title III, §302(b), Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1591.)
Section 2451(c) of this title, referred to in subsecs. (a) and (b), was redesignated section 2451(d) of this title by Pub. L. 98–361, title I, §110(a)(2), July 16, 1984, 98 Stat. 426.
2000—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 106–391 substituted “May” for “January” and “fiscal” for “calendar”.
1971—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 92–68, §7(1), (2), repealed provisions for submission of Administration reports to the President semiannually and at other times, and redesignated subsec. (b) as (a).
Subsecs. (b) to (d). Pub. L. 92–68, §7(2), redesignated subsecs. (b), (c), and (d) as (a), (b), and (c), respectively.
Memorandum of President of the United States, Mar. 5, 2004, 69 F.R. 11489, provided:
Memorandum for the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, including section 301 of title 3, United States Code, I hereby delegate to you the functions conferred upon the President by section 206 of the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958, as amended (42 U.S.C. 2476), to provide the specified report to the Congress. Nothing in this delegation shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect the authority of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget with respect to budget, administrative, and legislative proposals.
You are authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the Federal Register.
George W. Bush.