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§ 30703. Foreign launch vehicles 
(a) ACCORD WITH SPACE TRANSPORTATION POLICY.—The Administra-
tion shall not launch a payload on a foreign launch vehicle except in accord-
ance with the Space Transportation Policy announced by the President on 
December 21, 2004. This subsection shall not be construed to prevent the 
President from waiving the Space Transportation Policy. 
(b) INTERAGENCY COORDINATION.—The Administration shall not launch 
a payload on a foreign launch vehicle unless the Administration commenced 
the interagency coordination required by the Space Transportation Policy 
announced by the President on December 21, 2004, at least 90 days before 
entering into a development contract for the payload. 
(c) APPLICATION.—This section shall not apply to any payload for which 
development has begun prior to December 30, 2005, including the James 
Webb Space Telescope. 
§ 30704. Offshore performance of contracts for the procure-
ment of goods and services 
The Administrator shall submit to Congress, not later than 120 days 
after the end of each fiscal year, a report on the contracts and subcontracts 
performed overseas and the amount of purchases directly or indirectly by 
the Administration from foreign entities in that fiscal year. The report shall 
separately indicate— 
(1) the contracts and subcontracts and their dollar values for which 
the Administrator determines that essential goods or services under the 
contract are available only from a source outside the United States; 
and 
(2) the items and their dollar values for which the Buy American 
Act (41 U.S.C. 10a et seq.) was waived pursuant to obligations of the 
United States under international agreements. 
CHAPTER 309—AWARDS 
Sec. 
30901.
Congressional Space Medal of Honor. 
30902.
Charles ‘‘Pete’’ Conrad Astronomy Awards. 
§ 30901. Congressional Space Medal of Honor 
(a) AUTHORITY TO AWARD.—The President may award, and present in 
the name of Congress, a medal of appropriate design, which shall be known 
as the Congressional Space Medal of Honor, to any astronaut who in the 
performance of the astronaut’s duties has distinguished himself or herself 
by exceptionally meritorious efforts and contributions to the welfare of the 
Nation and of humankind. 
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(b) APPROPRIATIONS.—There is authorized to be appropriated from time 
to time such sums of money as may be necessary to carry out the purposes 
of this section. 
§ 30902. Charles ‘‘Pete’’ Conrad Astronomy Awards 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the ‘‘Charles ‘Pete’ 
Conrad Astronomy Awards Act’’. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) AMATEUR
ASTRONOMER.—The term ‘‘amateur astronomer’’ 
means an individual whose employer does not provide any funding, pay-
ment, or compensation to the individual for the observation of asteroids 
and other celestial bodies, and does not include any individual employed 
as a professional astronomer. 
(2) MINOR
PLANET
CENTER.—The term ‘‘Minor Planet Center’’ 
means the Minor Planet Center of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Ob-
servatory. 
(3) NEAR-EARTH
ASTEROID.—The term ‘‘near-Earth asteroid’’ 
means an asteroid with a perihelion distance of less than 1.3 Astro-
nomical Units from the Sun. 
(4) PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘Program’’ means the Charles ‘‘Pete’’ 
Conrad Astronomy Awards Program established under subsection (c). 
(c) CHARLES ‘‘PETE’’ CONRAD ASTRONOMY AWARDS PROGRAM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall establish the Charles 
‘‘Pete’’ Conrad Astronomy Awards Program. 
(2) AWARDS.—The Administrator shall make awards under the Pro-
gram based on the recommendations of the Minor Planet Center. 
(3) AWARD CATEGORIES.—The Administrator shall make one annual 
award, unless there are no eligible discoveries or contributions, for each 
of the following categories: 
(A) DISCOVERY OF BRIGHTEST NEAR-EARTH ASTEROID.—The 
amateur astronomer or group of amateur astronomers who in the 
preceding calendar year discovered the intrinsically brightest near- 
Earth asteroid among the near-Earth asteroids that were discov-
ered during that year by amateur astronomers or groups of ama-
teur astronomers. 
(B) GREATEST CONTRIBUTION TO CATALOGUING NEAR-EARTH 
ASTEROIDS.—The amateur astronomer or group of amateur as-
tronomers who made the greatest contribution to the Minor Planet 
Center’s mission of cataloguing near-Earth asteroids during the 
preceding year. 
(4) AWARD AMOUNT.—An award under the Program shall be in the 
amount of $3,000. 
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(5) GUIDELINES.— 
(A) CITIZEN OR PERMANENT RESIDENT.—No individual who is 
not a citizen or permanent resident of the United States at the 
time of the individual’s discovery or contribution may receive an 
award under this section. 
(B) FINALITY.—The decisions of the Administrator in making 
awards under this section are final. 
CHAPTER 311—SAFETY 
Sec. 
31101.
Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel. 
31102.
Drug and alcohol testing. 
§ 31101. Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT AND MEMBERS.—There is established an Aerospace 
Safety Advisory Panel consisting of a maximum of 9 members who shall be 
appointed by the Administrator for terms of 6 years each. Not more than 
4 such members shall be chosen from among the officers and employees of 
the Administration. 
(b) CHAIRMAN.—One member shall be designated by the Panel as its 
Chairman. 
(c) DUTIES.—The Panel shall— 
(1) review safety studies and operations plans referred to it, includ-
ing evaluating the Administration’s compliance with the return-to-flight 
and continue-to-fly recommendations of the Columbia Accident Inves-
tigation Board, and make reports thereon; 
(2) advise the Administrator and Congress with respect to— 
(A) the hazards of proposed or existing facilities and proposed 
operations; 
(B) the adequacy of proposed or existing safety standards; and 
(C) management and culture related to safety; and 
(3) perform such other duties as the Administrator may request. 
(d) COMPENSATION AND EXPENSES.— 
(1) COMPENSATION.— 
(A) FEDERAL OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES.—A member of the 
Panel who is an officer or employee of the Federal Government 
shall receive no compensation for the member’s services as such. 
(B) MEMBERS APPOINTED FROM OUTSIDE THE FEDERAL GOV-
ERNMENT.—A member of the Panel appointed from outside the 
Federal Government shall receive compensation, at a rate not to 
exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the maximum rate payable 
under section 5376 of title 5, for each day the member is engaged 
in the actual performance of duties vested in the Panel. 
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(2) EXPENSES.—A member of the Panel shall be allowed necessary 
travel expenses (or in the alternative, mileage for use of a privately 
owned vehicle and a per diem in lieu of subsistence not to exceed the 
rate and amount prescribed in sections 5702 and 5704 of title 5), and 
other necessary expenses incurred by the member in the performance 
of duties vested in the Panel, without regard to the provisions of sub-
chapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, the Standardized Government Travel 
Regulations, or section 5731 of title 5. 
(e) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Panel shall submit an annual report to the 
Administrator and to Congress. In the first annual report submitted after 
December 30, 2005, the Panel shall include an evaluation of the Adminis-
tration’s management and culture related to safety. Each annual report 
shall include an evaluation of the Administration’s compliance with the rec-
ommendations of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board through retire-
ment of the space shuttle. 
§ 31102. Drug and alcohol testing 
(a) DEFINITION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE.—In this section, the term 
‘‘controlled substance’’ means any substance under section 102(6) of the 
Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802(6)) specified by the Adminis-
trator. 
(b) TESTING PROGRAM.— 
(1) EMPLOYEES OF ADMINISTRATION.—The Administrator shall es-
tablish a program applicable to employees of the Administration whose 
duties include responsibility for safety-sensitive, security, or national 
security functions. Such program shall provide for preemployment, rea-
sonable suspicion, random, and post-accident testing for use, in viola-
tion of applicable law or Federal regulation, of alcohol or a controlled 
substance. The Administrator may also prescribe regulations, as the 
Administrator considers appropriate in the interest of safety, security, 
and national security, for the conduct of periodic recurring testing of 
such employees for such use in violation of applicable law or Federal 
regulation. 
(2) EMPLOYEES OF CONTRACTORS.—The Administrator shall, in the 
interest of safety, security, and national security, prescribe regulations. 
Such regulations shall establish a program that requires Administration 
contractors to conduct preemployment, reasonable suspicion, random, 
and post-accident testing of contractor employees responsible for safe-
ty-sensitive, security, or national security functions (as determined by 
the Administrator) for use, in violation of applicable law or Federal 
regulation, of alcohol or a controlled substance. The Administrator may 
also prescribe regulations, as the Administrator considers appropriate 
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