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fit 4502, GenerAl ProviIjonn.
(d) A cash award to, and e~fpensoe for the honorary
recognition of, an employee may be paid from the fund or
arppropriation available to the activity primarilybenefit-
Ing or the various activities benefiting. The head of the
Agency-concerned determines the amount to be paid by each
activity for an agency award under section 4503 of this
titlea. The President determines the amount to be paid,by.
3aeh aetivity for a Pretidential award under saction 0
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WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548
SNOV 181969
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.P.efere'nce is m'ide to yrur requost of A u - t 28, 1969, for 01ir coMllt.:
,onernin,i p ayment by the Nn.tfonal . A ronautics, and Space Adminirtr'ition
(V,%SA) for part of tho cost of the b:nquet In Lon Airele.s honorin, the
ApOllo 11 tattrona'uts. In our letter dated September 17, 1969, wz sAid
that we would keep you. advised o further developsent.- in the matter.
It has' now come to our attention that, as a result- of t Vritten
roquest from the White House on September 19, 1969, .ASA delivered A check
. 60,Cr.o to the Stato Depirtment on September 29, 1969, made out to t hi
acCiount of Poet Apollo 11 activItles. The paintent, which covers, p'rt oF
tl' co t of the bh.quet, van made from NASA'a Reioexrch and Program .,n.-tre-
mernt npprmpiriatton. We understnnd that the White House nsked the Stite
'Department to handle the administrttiva detAils because envoys from 92
f.,iiren cctwntries were Invited to the care-monies -in Los An-eles. State
Dp,.-irtzent officials declined to furnish us with Information as to the
aihunt or .i.ource of Stato Department funds that were also used to pay for
the banquet costs,
HASA has informed us of its belief that it is authorized by the pro-
visions of the Government Phployees. IncentiVe Awards Act, approved
Septe r 1, 1954, 68 Stat. 1112, as amended, now codified in.S U.S.C,
4501,r9_t /,.x pay- r the *t, of the banquet. See particularly 5
U.SC. 4502(d) AdS03 and 4504an foltows'
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