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the registered participant’s insurance policy and registered 
participants agreeing to indemnify the Federal Government 
against third party claims for damages arising from or 
related to competition activities; and 
(B) the Federal Government for damage or loss to 
Government property resulting from such an activity. 
(g) JUDGES.—For each competition, the Administration, either 
directly or through an agreement under subsection (h), shall 
assemble a panel of qualified judges to select the winner or winners 
of the prize competition on the basis described pursuant to sub-
section (d). Judges for each competition shall include individuals 
from outside the Administration, including from the private sector. 
A judge may not— 
(1) have personal or financial interests in, or be an employee, 
officer, director, or agent of any entity that is a registered 
participant in a competition; or 
(2) have a familial or financial relationship with an individual 
who is a registered participant. 
(h) ADMINISTERING THE COMPETITION.—The Administrator may 
enter into an agreement with a private, nonprofit entity to admin-
ister the prize competition, subject to the provisions of this section. 
(i) FUNDING.— 
(1) SOURCES.—Prizes under this section may consist of Fed-
eral appropriated funds and funds provided by the private 
sector for such cash prizes. The Administrator may accept 
funds from other Federal agencies for such cash prizes. The 
Administrator may not give any special consideration to any 
private sector entity in return for a donation. 
(2) AVAILABILITY.— 
(A) DEFINITION OF PROVISIONS KNOWN AS THE ANTI-DEFI-
CIENCY
ACT.—In this paragraph, the term ‘‘provisions 
known as the Anti-Deficiency Act’’ means sections 1341, 
1342, 1349(a), 1350, 1351, 1511, 1512, 1513, 1514, 1515, 
1516, 1517, 1518, and 1519 of title 31. 
(B) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, funds appropriated for prize awards under this 
section shall remain available until expended, and may 
be transferred, reprogrammed, or expended for other pur-
poses only after the expiration of 10 fiscal years after 
the fiscal year for which the funds were originally appro-
priated. No provision in this section permits obligation 
or payment of funds in violation of the provisions known 
as the Anti-Deficiency Act. 
(3) APPROPRIATION
OR
COMMITMENT
OF
FUNDS
REQUIRED 
BEFORE ANNOUNCEMENT OF PRIZE OR INCREASE.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—No prize may be announced under 
subsection (d) until all the funds needed to pay out the 
announced amount of the prize have been appropriated 
or committed in writing by a private source. 
(B) INCREASE.—The Administrator may increase the 
amount of a prize after an initial announcement is made 
under subsection (d) if— 
(i) notice of the increase is provided in the same 
manner as the initial notice of the prize; and 
(ii) the funds needed to pay out the announced 
amount of the increase have been appropriated or com-
mitted in writing by a private source.
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(4) NOTICE
TO
COMMITTEES
FOR
PRIZE
GREATER
THAN 
$50,000,000.—No prize competition under this section may offer 
a prize in an amount greater than $50,000,000 unless 30 days 
have elapsed after written notice has been transmitted to the 
Committee on Science and Technology of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation of the Senate. 
(5) APPROVAL OF ADMINISTRATOR FOR PRIZE GREATER THAN 
$1,000,000.—No prize competition under this section may result 
in the award of more than $1,000,000 in cash prizes without 
the approval of the Administrator. 
(j) USE
OF ADMINISTRATION NAME
OR INSIGNIA.—A registered 
participant in a competition under this section may use the 
Administration’s name, initials, or insignia only after prior review 
and written approval by the Administration. 
(k) COMPLIANCE WITH EXISTING LAW.—The Federal Government 
shall not, by virtue of offering or providing a prize under this 
section, be responsible for compliance by registered participants 
in a prize competition with Federal law, including licensing, export 
control, and non-proliferation laws, and related regulations. 
§ 20145. Lease of non-excess property 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator may enter into a lease under 
this section with any person or entity (including another department 
or agency of the Federal Government or an entity of a State or 
local government) with regard to any non-excess real property and 
related personal property under the jurisdiction of the Adminis-
trator. 
(b) CASH CONSIDERATION.— 
(1) FAIR MARKET VALUE.—A person or entity entering into 
a lease under this section shall provide cash consideration 
for the lease at fair market value as determined by the Adminis-
trator. 
(2) UTILIZATION.— 
(A) 
IN
GENERAL.—The 
Administrator 
may 
utilize 
amounts of cash consideration received under this sub-
section for a lease entered into under this section to cover 
the full costs to the Administration in connection with 
the lease. These funds shall remain available until 
expended. 
(B) CAPITAL REVITALIZATION AND IMPROVEMENTS.—Of any 
amounts of cash consideration received under this sub-
section that are not utilized in accordance with subpara-
graph (A)— 
(i) 35 percent shall be deposited in a capital asset 
account to be established by the Administrator, shall 
be available for maintenance, capital revitalization, 
and improvements of the real property assets and 
related personal property under the jurisdiction of the 
Administrator, and shall remain 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
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respective center or facility subject to the concurrence 
of the Administrator. 
(C) NO
UTILIZATION
FOR
DAILY
OPERATING
COSTS.— 
Amounts utilized under subparagraph (B) may not be uti-
lized for daily operating costs. 
(c) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The Administrator may 
require such terms and conditions in connection with a lease under 
this section as the Administrator considers appropriate to protect 
the interests of the United States. 
(d) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LEASE AUTHORITY.—The authority 
under this section to lease property of the Administration is in 
addition to any other authority to lease property of the Administra-
tion under law. 
(e) LEASE RESTRICTIONS.— 
(1) NO LEASE BACK OR OTHER CONTRACT.—The Administration 
is not authorized to lease back property under this section 
during the term of the out-lease or enter into other contracts 
with the lessee respecting the property. 
(2) CERTIFICATION THAT OUT-LEASE WILL NOT HAVE NEGATIVE 
IMPACT ON MISSION.—The Administration is not authorized to 
enter into an out-lease under this section unless the Adminis-
trator certifies that the out-lease will not have a negative 
impact on the mission of the Administration. 
(f) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—The Administrator shall submit 
an annual report by January 31st of each year. The report shall 
include the following: 
(1) VALUE OF ARRANGEMENTS AND EXPENDITURES OF REVE-
NUES.—Information that identifies and quantifies the value 
of the arrangements and expenditures of revenues received 
under this section. 
(2) AVAILABILITY AND USE OF FUNDS FOR OPERATING PLAN.— 
The availability and use of funds received under this section 
for the Administration’s operating plan. 
(g) SUNSET.—The authority to enter into leases under this section 
shall expire 10 years after December 26, 2007. The expiration 
under this subsection of authority to enter into leases under this 
section shall not affect the validity or term of leases or the Adminis-
tration’s retention of proceeds from leases entered into under this 
section before the expiration of the authority. 
§ 20146. Retrocession of jurisdiction 
(a) DEFINITION OF STATE.—In this section, the term ‘‘State’’ means 
any of the several States, the District of Columbia, the Common-
wealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, 
American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, and any other 
commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States. 
(b) RELINQUISHING LEGISLATIVE JURISDICTION.—Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, the Administrator may relinquish to 
a State all or part of the legislative jurisdiction of the United 
States over lands or interests under the control of the Administrator 
in that State. 
§ 20147. Recovery and disposition authority 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ADMINISTRATION
HUMAN
SPACE
FLIGHT
VEHICLE.—The 
term ‘‘Administration human space flight vehicle’’ means a 
space vehicle, as defined in section 20138(a) of this title, that—
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(A) is intended to transport one or more persons; 
(B) is designed to operate in outer space; and 
(C) is either— 
(i) owned by the Administration; or 
(ii) owned by an Administration contractor or cooper-
ating party and operated as part of an Administration 
mission or a joint mission with the Administration. 
(2) CREWMEMBER.—The term ‘‘crewmember’’ means an astro-
naut or other person assigned to an Administration human 
space flight vehicle. 
(b) CONTROL OF REMAINS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), when 
there is an accident or mishap resulting in the death of a 
crewmember of an Administration human space flight vehicle, 
the Administrator may take control over the remains of the 
crewmember and order autopsies and other scientific or medical 
tests. 
(2) TREATMENT.—Each crewmember shall provide the 
Administrator with the crewmember’s preferences regarding 
the treatment accorded to the crewmember’s remains and the 
Administrator shall, to the extent possible, respect those stated 
preferences. 
(3) CONSTRUCTION.—This section shall not be construed to 
permit the Administrator to interfere with any Federal inves-
tigation of a mishap or accident. 
SUBCHAPTER IV—UPPER ATMOSPHERE RESEARCH 
§ 20161. Congressional declaration of purpose and policy 
(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this subchapter is to authorize 
and direct the Administration to develop and carry out a comprehen-
sive program of research, technology, and monitoring of the phe-
nomena of the upper atmosphere so as to provide for an under-
standing of and to maintain the chemical and physical integrity 
of the Earth’s upper atmosphere. 
(b) POLICY.—Congress declares that it is the policy of the United 
States to undertake an immediate and appropriate research, tech-
nology, and monitoring program that will provide for understanding 
the physics and chemistry of the Earth’s upper atmosphere. 
§ 20162. Definition of upper atmosphere 
In this subchapter, the term ‘‘upper atmosphere’’ means that 
portion of the Earth’s sensible atmosphere above the troposphere. 
§ 20163. Program authorized 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In order to carry out the purposes of this 
subchapter, the Administration, in cooperation with other Federal 
agencies, shall initiate and carry out a program of research, tech-
nology, monitoring, and other appropriate activities directed to 
understand the physics and chemistry of the upper atmosphere. 
(b) ACTIVITIES.—In carrying out the provisions of this subchapter, 
the Administration shall— 
(1) arrange for participation by the scientific and engineering 
community, of both the Nation’s industrial organizations and 
institutions of higher education, in planning and carrying out 
appropriate research, in developing necessary technology, and 
in making necessary observations and measurements;