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EXPLORATION 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
in the conduct and support of exploration research and 
development activities, including research, development, 
operations, support, and services; maintenance; construc-
tion of facilities including repair, rehabilitation, revitaliza-
tion, and modification of facilities, construction of new fa-
cilities and additions to existing facilities, facility planning 
and design, and restoration, and acquisition or condemna-
tion of real property, as authorized by law; environmental 
compliance and restoration; space flight, spacecraft con-
trol, and communications activities; program manage-
ment, personnel and related costs, including uniforms or 
allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901– 
5902; travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger 
motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, 
and operation of mission and administrative aircraft, 
$3,505,469,000 to remain available until September 30, 
2010. 
SPACE OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
in the conduct and support of space operations research 
and development activities, including research, develop-
ment, operations, support and services; space flight, space-
craft control and communications activities including oper-
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ations, production, and services; maintenance; construc-
tion of facilities including repair, rehabilitation, revitaliza-
tion and modification of facilities, construction of new fa-
cilities and additions to existing facilities, facility planning 
and design, and restoration, and acquisition or condemna-
tion of real property, as authorized by law; environmental 
compliance and restoration; program management; per-
sonnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances 
therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; travel ex-
penses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and 
purchase, lease, charter, maintenance and operation of 
mission and administrative aircraft, $5,764,710,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2010: Provided, 
That of the amounts provided under this heading, 
$2,981,724,000 shall be for Space Shuttle operations, pro-
duction, 
research, 
development, 
and 
support, 
$2,060,162,000 shall be for International Space Station 
operations, production, research, development, and sup-
port, and $722,824,000 shall be for Space and Flight sup-
port. 
EDUCATION 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
in carrying out aerospace and aeronautical education re-
search and development activities, including research, de-
velopment, operations, support, and services; program 
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management; personnel and related costs, uniforms or al-
lowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; 
travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor ve-
hicles; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and op-
eration 
of 
mission 
and 
administrative 
aircraft, 
$169,200,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2010. 
CROSS AGENCY SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
in the conduct and support of science, aeronautics, explo-
ration, space operations and education research and devel-
opment activities, including research, development, oper-
ations, support, and services; maintenance; construction of 
facilities including repair, rehabilitation, revitalization, 
and modification of facilities, construction of new facilities 
and additions to existing facilities, facility planning and 
design, and restoration, and acquisition or condemnation 
of real property, as authorized by law; environmental com-
pliance and restoration; space flight, spacecraft control, 
and communications activities; program management; per-
sonnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances 
therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; travel ex-
penses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; not 
to exceed $70,000 for official reception and representation 
expenses; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and 
operation 
of 
mission 
and 
administrative 
aircraft, 
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$3,306,387,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2010: Provided, That $2,024,000,000, together with not 
more than $9,000,000 to be derived from receipts pursu-
ant to 42 U.S.C. 2459j, shall be available for center man-
agement and operations: Provided further, That notwith-
standing 42 U.S.C. 2459j, proceeds from enhanced use 
leases that may be made available for obligation for fiscal 
year 2009 shall not exceed $9,000,000: Provided further, 
That each annual budget request shall include an annual 
estimate of gross receipts and collections and proposed use 
of all funds collected pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 2459j: Pro-
vided further, That not less than $45,000,000 shall be 
available for independent verification and validation activi-
ties, of which $5,000,000 shall be available to develop core 
verification and validation competencies with small busi-
nesses, and $40,000,000 shall be available for operations 
of the independent verification and validation facility: Pro-
vided further, That within the amounts appropriated 
$67,500,000 shall be used for the projects, and in the 
amounts, specified in the explanatory statement described 
in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 
consolidated Act). 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
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$33,600,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2010. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Notwithstanding the limitation on the duration of 
availability of funds appropriated to the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration for any account in this 
Act, except for ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’, when any 
activity has been initiated by the incurrence of obligations 
for construction of facilities or environmental compliance 
and restoration activities as authorized by law, such 
amount available for such activity shall remain available 
until expended. This provision does not apply to the 
amounts appropriated for institutional minor revitaliza-
tion and minor construction of facilities, and institutional 
facility planning and design. 
Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of 
funds appropriated to the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration for any account in this Act, except for ‘‘Of-
fice of Inspector General’’, the amounts appropriated for 
construction of facilities shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2011. 
Funds for announced prizes otherwise authorized 
shall remain available, without fiscal year limitation, until 
the prize is claimed or the offer is withdrawn. 
Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 
available for the current fiscal year for the National Aero-
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