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Calendar No. 1046 

110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3103 

To amend the Iran, North Korea, and Syria Nonproliferation Act to allow 

certain extraordinary payments in connection with the International 

Space Station. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 9, 2008 

Mr. BIDEN (by request) (for himself, Mr. LUGAR, and Mr. INHOFE) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

SEPTEMBER 23 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 17), 2008 

Reported by Mr. DODD, without amendment 

A BILL 

To amend the Iran, North Korea, and Syria Nonproliferation 

Act to allow certain extraordinary payments in connection with the International Space Station. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘International Space 

5 Station Payments Act of 2008’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO MAKE CERTAIN EXTRAORDINARY 

2 PAYMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE 

3 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 

4 Section 7(1)(B) of the Iran, North Korea, and Syria 

5 Nonproliferation Act (Public Law 106–178; 50 U.S.C. 

6 1701 note) is amended— 

7 (1) by striking ‘‘except that such term does not 

8 mean payments’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘except 

9 that such term does not mean— 

10 ‘‘(i) payments’’; 

11 (2) by striking ‘‘or contract related thereto.’’ 

12 and inserting ‘‘or contract related thereto; or’’; and 

13 (3) by adding at the end the following new 

14 clause: 

15 ‘‘(ii) payments in cash or in kind 

16 made or to be made by the United States 

17 Government between January 1, 2012, and 

18 reentry into Earth’s atmosphere of the 

19 International Space Station at its end of 

20 life, for work to be performed or services 

21 to be rendered during that period nec22 essary to meet United States obligations 

23 under the Agreement Concerning Coopera24 tion on the Civil International Space Sta25 tion, with annex, signed at Washington 

26 January 29, 1998, and entered into force 


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1 March 27, 2001, or any protocol, agree2 ment, memorandum of understanding, or 

3 contract related thereto, except that this 

4 clause does not allow for payments in cash 

5 or in kind to be made by the United States 

6 Government for— 

7 ‘‘(I) any cargo services provided 

8 by a Progress vehicle; or 

9 ‘‘(II) any crew transportation or 

10 rescue services provided by a Soyuz 

11 vehicle after— 

12 ‘‘(aa) the Orion Crew Explo13 ration Vehicle reaches full oper14 ational capability; or 

15 ‘‘(bb) a United States com16 mercial provider of crew trans17 portation and rescue services 

18 demonstrates the capability to 

19 meet mission requirements of the 

20 International Space Station.’’. 


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Calendar No. 1046 

110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3103 

A BILL 

To amend the Iran, North Korea, and Syria NonSpace Station. payments in connection with the International proliferation Act to allow certain extraordinary 

SEPTEMBER 23 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 17), 2008 

Reported without amendment 


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