50 U.S.C. § 512 — Limitation on cost of construction and equipment; vesting of title to facilities

This section lets the Administrator build research facilities called wind tunnels at educational institutions, within a strict budget.

The Administrator is authorized, in implementation of the unitary plan, to construct and equip transsonic or supersonic wind tunnels. These tunnels must be sized, designed, and built well enough to support efficient long-range fundamental research. They must be located at educational institutions inside the continental United States, and the Administrator selects which institutions.

Instead of building the tunnels directly, the Administrator may instead enter into contracts with those institutions to have them provide the construction and equipment.

Either way, the total cost is capped: it cannot exceed $10,000,000.

There is also a proviso: the Administrator may, in the Administrator's discretion, vest title to the completed facilities in those educational institutions. Before doing that, the Administrator must first consult with the Committees on Armed Services of both Houses of Congress. The terms and conditions of the transfer are whatever the Administrator decides best serves the interests of the United States.