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With this legislation, the Public Health Service became adviser 

 and practical assistant to State and local services. (Public Law 

 74-271; 49 Stat. L. 634) 



December 1935: Science Advisory Board transferred to Committee 

 on Government Relations of NAS which was renamed the Gov- 

 ernment Relations and Science Advisory Committee. The Com- 

 mittee was discontinued in Oct. 1939. 



May 6, 1936: Construction authorized for what later was named the 

 David W. Taylor Model Basin, to provide a facility for use of the 

 Navy Bureau of Construction and Repair in investigating and de- 

 termining shapes and forms to be adopted for U.S. naval vessels, 

 and including aircraft. (Public Law 568; 49 Stat. 1263) 



May 20, 1936: Rural Electrification Act of 1936 established a Rural 

 Electrification Administration to make loans to states to extend 

 electric power to rural areas and to make and publish studies 

 concerning the progress of the program. (Public Law 605; 49 Stat. 

 1363) 



August 5, 1937: A law established the National Cancer Institute to 

 conduct and support research relating to the cause, diagnosis, 

 and treatment of cancer. The law authorized the Surgeon Gener- 

 al to make grants-in-aid for research projects in the field of 

 cancer, provide fellowships, train personnel, and assist the States 

 in their efforts toward cancer prevention and control. (Public 

 Law 75-244; 50 Stat. L. 559) 



February 16, 1938: Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 declared it 

 to be the policy of Congress to conserve and improve the nation's 

 soil resources; to regulate commerce in cotton, wheat, corn, to- 

 bacco, and rice to assure a balanced flow, and to bring about 

 "parity prices" and "parity income" for agricultural producers. 

 The act authorized funds to establish and maintain laboratories 

 to conduct research on the industrial utilization of agricultural 

 products. One of four regional research laboratories thus estab- 

 lished later became famous for its role in developing mass pro- 

 duction of penicillin. (Public Law 430; 52 Stat. 31) 



June 23, 1938: Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938 coordinated all non- 

 military aviation under a new Civil Aeronautics Authority. An 

 Air Safety Board was established to investigate and report on ac- 

 cidents and make recommendations for accident prevention. 

 (Public Law 706; 52 Stat. 973) 



April 3, 1939: The Reorganization Act of 1939 transferred the 

 Public Health Service from the U.S. Treasury Department to the 

 Federal Security Agency. (Public Law 361; 53 Stat. 1306) 



July 1, 1939: Federal Security Agency created, grouping under one 

 administration those agencies whose major purposes were to pro- 

 mote social and economic security, educational opportunity, and 

 health of the citizens of the Nation; namely, Office of Education, 

 Public Health Service, Social Security Board, U.S. Employment 

 Service, Civilian Conservation Corps, and National Youth Ad- 

 ministration. (Reorganization Plan I, effective this date) 



August 9, 1939: Congress authorized construction of second NACA 

 research station at Moffett Field, Calif., which became the Ames 

 Aeronautical Laboratory. (Public Law 361; 53 Stat. 1306) 



June 26, 1940: Congress authorized construction of the third NACA 

 Laboratory near Cleveland, Ohio, which became Aircraft Engine 



