COMETS Act

Subjects: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:  <p><b>Contracts and Obligations Modernization for Efficient Terms of Service Act or the COMETS Act</b></p> <p>This bill permits the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to acquire supplies and services through its procurement channels for non-NASA space activities carried out by other entities on NASA properties if certain conditions are met.</p> <p>NASA may acquire supplies and services at the request of a private or commercial company or state government if NASA determines that doing so (1) is in the best interest of the federal government, and (2) neither interferes with NASA requirements nor competes with other commercial space activities.</p> <p>NASA must also have full reimbursable funding from a company or state government before incurring any obligation for the delivery of supplies or services acquired on behalf of the company or state government.</p>

<html><body><pre>[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 590 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 590

   To allow the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space 
  Administration to enter into agreements with private and commercial 
 entities and State governments to provide certain supplies, support, 
                             and services.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 1, 2023

     Mr. Rubio (for himself, Mr. Scott of Florida, and Mr. Cornyn) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
           Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
   To allow the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space 
  Administration to enter into agreements with private and commercial 
 entities and State governments to provide certain supplies, support, 
                             and services.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Contracts and Obligations 
Modernization for Efficient Terms of Service Act'' or the ``COMETS 
Act''.

SEC. 2. NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENTS WITH 
              PRIVATE AND COMMERCIAL ENTITIES AND STATE GOVERNMENTS TO 
              PROVIDE CERTAIN SUPPLIES, SUPPORT, AND SERVICES.

    Section 20113 of title 51, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(o) Agreements With Commercial Entities and State Governments.--
The Administration--
            ``(1) may enter into an agreement with a private or 
        commercial entity or a State government to provide the entity 
        or State government with supplies, support, and services 
        related to private, commercial, or State government space 
        activities carried on at a property owned or operated by the 
        Administration; and
            ``(2) on request by such an entity or State government, may 
        include such supplies, support, and services in the 
        requirements of the Administration if--
                    ``(A) the Administrator determines that the 
                inclusion of such supplies, support, or services in 
                such requirements--
                            ``(i) is in the best interest of the 
                        Federal Government;
                            ``(ii) does not interfere with the 
                        requirements of the Administration; and
                            ``(iii) does not compete with the 
                        commercial space activities of other such 
                        entities or State governments; and
                    ``(B) the Administration has full reimbursable 
                funding from the entity or State government that 
                requested such supplies, support, and services before 
                making any obligation for the delivery of the supplies, 
                support, or services under an Administration 
                procurement contract or any other agreement.''.
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