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name of National Institute of Health to National Institutes of 

 Health. (Public Law 80-655; 62 Stat. L.464) 



June 24, 1948: The National Dental Research Act authorized the 

 National Institute of Dental Research to conduct, assist, and 

 foster dental research; provide training; and cooperate with the 

 States in the prevention and control of dental diseases. (Public 

 Law 80-755; Stat. L. 598) 



August 22, 1949: The act authorized the Smithsonian Institute to 

 continue anthropological research among the American Indians. 

 Also authorized appropriations for maintenance of the Astro- 

 physical Observatory, and for other expenses of the Smithsonian 

 Institution. (Public Law 259; 63 Stat. 623) 



October 25, 1949: The act authorized construction and equipment of 

 a radio laboratory building for the National Bureau of Stand- 

 ards. (Public Law 366; 63 Stat. 886) Another act approved this 

 date authorized construction of a guided-missile research labora- 

 tory building for the National Bureau of Standards. (Public Law 

 386; 63 Stat. 905) 



October 27, 1949: The Unitary Wind Tunnel Act authorized the 

 construction of $136 million for new NACA facilities, $10 million 

 for wind tunnels at universities, $6 million for a wind tunnel at 

 the David W. Taylor Model Basin, and $100 million for the estab- 

 lishment of the Air Force Arnold Engineering Development 

 Center at Tullahoma, Tenn., in recognition of the fact that indus- 

 try could not subsidize expensive wind tunnels for research in 

 transonic and supersonic flight. (Public Law 415; 63 Stat. 933) 



May 10, 1950: National Science Foundation Act of 1950 established 

 a Federal agency, the National Science Foundation, for the spe- 

 cific purpose of promoting the progress of science in the Nation. 

 The Foundation was directed to carry out its mission by develop- 

 ing a national policy for the promotion of basic research and edu- 

 cation in the sciences. The act was the culmination of a five-year 

 post World War II effort to assure that the United States would 

 continue to have a science reservoir of research and trained man- 

 power. (Public Law 81-507; 64 Stat. 149) 



July 21, 1950: The National Bureau of Standards was authorized to 

 use funds for certain enumerated activities, including laboratory 

 and office rental space, the purchase of reprints, and subsistence 

 and research in the Arctic region. (Public Law 618; 64 Stat. 370) 



July 22, 1950: The Act of March 3, 1901 which established the Na- 

 tional Bureau of Standards was amended by this act which in 

 enumerating the basic authority of the Department of Commerce 

 for its scientific functions also redescribed the functions of the 

 Bureau. (Public Law 619; 64 Stat. 371) 



August 8, 1950: The act directed the National Advisory Committee 

 for Aeronautics to equip and operate research stations, and au- 

 thorized $16.5 million to expand existing facilities. (Public Law 

 672; 64 Stat. 418) 



August 15, 1950: The Omnibus Medical Research Act authorized 

 the Surgeon General to establish the National Institute of Neuro- 

 logical Diseases and Blindness, as well as additional institutes, to 

 conduct and support research and research training relating to 

 other diseases and group of diseases. (Public Law 81-692; 64 Stat. 

 443.) (The National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases 



