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(3) Identification of the steps that can be taken
to mitigate any adverse impacts identified under
paragraph (2).
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date
of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit
to the Committee on Science and Technology of the House
of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report on the
study required by subsection (a), including the following:
(1) The findings of the Administrator with re-
spect to such study.
(2) A description of the impacts identified under
subsection (a)(2).
(3) The steps identified under subsection (a)(3).
SEC. 1116. COOPERATIVE UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE AC-
TIVITIES.
The Administrator, in cooperation with the Adminis-
trator of NOAA and in coordination with other agencies
that have existing civil capabilities, shall continue to utilize
the capabilities of unmanned aerial vehicles as appropriate
in support of NASA and interagency cooperative missions.
The Administrator may enter into cooperative agreements
with universities with unmanned aerial vehicle programs
and related assets to conduct collaborative research and de-
velopment activities, including development of appropriate
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applications of small unmanned aerial vehicle technologies
and systems in remote areas.
SEC. 1117. DEVELOPMENT OF ENHANCED-USE LEASE POL-
ICY.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall develop an
agency-wide enhanced-use lease policy that—
(1) is based upon sound business practices and
lessons learned from the demonstration centers; and
(2) establishes controls and procedures to ensure
accountability and protect the interests of the Govern-
ment.
(b) CONTENTS.—The policy required by subsection (a)
shall include the following:
(1) Criteria for determining whether enhanced-
use lease provides better economic value to the Gov-
ernment than other options, such as—
(A) Federal financing through appropria-
tions; or
(B) sale of the property.
(2) Requirement for the identification of pro-
posed physical and procedural changes needed to en-
sure security and restrict access to specified areas, co-
ordination of proposed changes with existing site ten-
ants, and development of estimated costs of such
changes.
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(3) Measures of effectiveness for the enhanced-use
lease program.
(4) Accounting controls and procedures to ensure
accountability, such as an audit trail and docu-
mentation to readily support financial transactions.
(c) ANNUAL REPORT.—Section 315(f) of the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration Act of 1958 (42
U.S.C. 2459j(f)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(f) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—The Administrator
shall submit an annual report by January 31st of each
year. Such report shall include the following:
‘‘(1) Information that identifies and quantifies
the value of the arrangements and expenditures of
revenues received under this section.
‘‘(2) The availability and use of funds received
under this section for the Agency’s operating plan.’’.
(d) DISTRIBUTION
OF CASH CONSIDERATION RE-
CEIVED.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 315(b)(3)(B) of such
Act (42 U.S.C. 2459j(b)(3)(B)) is amended to read as
follows:
‘‘(B) Of any amounts of cash consideration
received under this subsection that are not uti-
lized in accordance with subparagraph (A)—
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‘‘(i) 35 percent shall be deposited in a
capital asset account to be established by the
Administrator, shall be available for main-
tenance, capital revitalization, and im-
provements of the real property assets and
related personal property under the juris-
diction of the Administrator, and shall re-
main available until expended; and
‘‘(ii) the remaining 65 percent shall be
available to the respective center or facility
of the Administration engaged in the lease
of nonexcess real property, and shall remain
available until expended for maintenance,
capital revitalization, and improvements of
the real property assets and related personal
property at the respective center or facility
subject to the concurrence of the Adminis-
trator.’’.
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 533 of
the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008 (Pub1ic
Law 110–161; 121 Stat. 1931) is amended—
(A) by amending subsection (b)(4) to read
as follows:
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‘‘(4) in paragraph (2), as redesignated by para-
graph (3) of this subsection, by adding at the end the
following new subparagraph:
‘‘ ‘(C) Amounts utilized under subparagraph (B)
may not be utilized for daily operating costs.’.’’; and
(B) in subsection (d)—
(i) by striking ‘‘the following new sub-
section (f)’’ and inserting ‘‘the following
new subsection’’; and
(ii) in the quoted matter, by redesig-
nating subsection (f) as subsection (g).
SEC. 1118. SENSE OF CONGRESS WITH RESPECT TO THE
MICHOUD ASSEMBLY FACILITY AND NASA’S
OTHER CENTERS AND FACILITIES.
It is the sense of Congress that the Michoud Assembly
Facility represents a unique resource in the facilitation of
the Nation’s exploration programs and that every effort
should be made to ensure the effective utilization of that
resource, as well as NASA’s other centers and facilities.
SEC. 1119. REPORT ON U.S. INDUSTRIAL BASE FOR LAUNCH
VEHICLE ENGINES.
Not later than 180 days after the date of Enactment
of this Act, the Director of the Office of Science and Tech-
nology Policy shall submit to Congress a report setting forth
the assessment of the Director as to the capacity of the