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a description of specific measures that have been successful and
those that have been unsuccessful).
(c) FEDERAL REGISTER.—The reports described in subsections
(a) and (b) shall be published in the Federal Register for public
comment.
SEC. 432. PESTICIDE TOLERANCE FEES. None of the funds appro-
priated or otherwise made available by this Act shall be used
to promulgate a final regulation to implement changes in the pay-
ment of pesticide tolerance processing fees as proposed at 64 Fed.
Reg. 31040, or any similar proposals. The Environmental Protection
Agency may proceed with the development of such a rule.
SEC. 433. COMMERCIAL
SPACE
LAUNCH
INDEMNIFICATION
EXTENSION. Section 70113(f ) of title 49, United States Code, is
amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 1999’’, and inserting ‘‘December
31, 2000’’.
SEC. 
434. 
SPACE
STATION
COMMERCIAL
DEVELOPMENT
DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM. (a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this sec-
tion is to establish a demonstration regarding the commercial feasi-
bility and economic viability of private sector business operations
involving the International Space Station and its related infrastruc-
ture. The goal will be furthered by the early use of the International
Space Station by United States commercial entities committing
private capital to commercial enterprises on the International Space
Station. In conjunction with this demonstration program, the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) shall estab-
lish and publish a price policy designed to eliminate price
uncertainty for those planning to utilize the International Space
Station and its related facilities for United States commercial use.
(b) USE OF RECEIPTS FOR COMMERCIAL USE.—Any receipts col-
lected by NASA from the commercial use of the International Space
Station shall first be used to offset any costs incurred by NASA
in support of the United States commercial use of the International
Space Station. Any receipts collected in excess of the costs identified
pursuant to the prior sentence may be retained by NASA for use
without fiscal year limitation in promoting the commercial use
of the International Space Station.
(c) REPORT.—NASA shall submit an annual report to the
Congress that identifies all receipts that are collected under this
section, the use of the receipts and the status of the demonstration.
NASA shall submit a final report on the status of the demonstration,
including any recommendation for expansion, within 120 days of
the completion of the assembly of the International Space Station
or the end of fiscal year 2004, whichever is earlier.
(d) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term ‘‘United
States commercial use’’ means private commercial projects that
are designed to benefit the United States through the sales of
goods or services or the creation of jobs, or both.
(e) TERMINATION.—The demonstration program established
under this section shall apply to United States commercial use
agreements that are entered into prior to the date of the completion
of the International Space Station or the end of fiscal year 2004,
whichever is earlier.
SEC. 435. INSURANCE; INDEMNIFICATION; LIABILITY. (a) AMEND-
MENT.—The National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 (42 U.S.C.
2451 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 308 the following
new section:
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‘‘EXPERIMENTAL AEROSPACE VEHICLE
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator may provide liability
insurance for, or indemnification to, the developer of an experi-
mental aerospace vehicle developed or used in execution of an
agreement between the Administration and the developer.
‘‘(b) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided in this
section, the insurance and indemnification provided by the
Administration under subsection (a) to a developer shall be
provided on the same terms and conditions as insurance and
indemnification is provided by the Administration under section
308 of this Act to the user of a space vehicle.
‘‘(2) INSURANCE.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A developer shall obtain liability
insurance or demonstrate financial responsibility in
amounts to compensate for the maximum probable loss
from claims by—
‘‘(i) a third party for death, bodily injury, or prop-
erty damage, or loss resulting from an activity carried
out in connection with the development or use of an
experimental aerospace vehicle; and
‘‘(ii) the United States Government for damage
or loss to Government property resulting from such
an activity.
‘‘(B) MAXIMUM
REQUIRED.—The Administrator shall
determine the amount of insurance required, but, except
as provided in subparagraph (C), that amount shall not
be greater than the amount required under section
70112(a)(3) of title 49, United States Code, for a launch.
The Administrator shall publish notice of the Administra-
tor’s determination and the applicable amount or amounts
in the Federal Register within 10 days after making the
determination.
‘‘(C) INCREASE
IN
DOLLAR
AMOUNTS.—The Adminis-
trator may increase the dollar amounts set forth in section
70112(a)(3)(A) of title 49, United States Code, for the pur-
pose of applying that section under this section to a devel-
oper after consultation with the Comptroller General and
such experts and consultants as may be appropriate, and
after publishing notice of the increase in the Federal Reg-
ister not less than 180 days before the increase goes into
effect. The Administrator shall make available for public
inspection, not later than the date of publication of such
notice, a complete record of any correspondence received
by the Administration, and a transcript of any meetings
in which the Administration participated, regarding the
proposed increase.
‘‘(D) SAFETY REVIEW REQUIRED BEFORE ADMINISTRATOR
PROVIDES INSURANCE.—The Administrator may not provide
liability insurance or indemnification under subsection (a)
unless the developer establishes to the satisfaction of the
Administrator that appropriate safety procedures and prac-
tices are being followed in the development of the experi-
mental aerospace vehicle.
‘‘(3) 
NO
INDEMNIFICATION
WITHOUT
CROSS-WAIVER.—
Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Administrator may not
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indemnify a developer of an experimental aerospace vehicle
under this section unless there is an agreement between the
Administration and the developer described in subsection (c).
‘‘(4) APPLICATION OF CERTAIN PROCEDURES.—If the Adminis-
trator requests additional appropriations to make payments
under this section, like the payments that may be made under
section 308(b) of this Act, then the request for those appropria-
tions shall be made in accordance with the procedures estab-
lished by subsections (d) and (e) of section 70113 of title 49,
United States Code.
‘‘(c) CROSS-WAIVERS.—
‘‘(1) ADMINISTRATOR AUTHORIZED TO WAIVE.—The Adminis-
trator, on behalf of the United States, and its departments,
agencies, and related entities, may reciprocally waive claims
with a developer or cooperating party and with the related
entities of that developer or cooperating party under which
each party to the waiver agrees to be responsible, and agrees
to ensure that its own related entities are responsible, for
damage or loss to its property for which it is responsible,
or for losses resulting from any injury or death sustained by
its own employees or agents, as a result of activities connected
to the agreement or use of the experimental aerospace vehicle.
‘‘(2) LIMITATIONS.—
‘‘(A) CLAIMS.—A reciprocal waiver under paragraph (1)
may not preclude a claim by any natural person (including,
but not limited to, a natural person who is an employee
of the United States, the developer, the cooperating party,
or their respective subcontractors) or that natural person’s
estate, survivors, or subrogees for injury or death, except
with respect to a subrogee that is a party to the waiver
or has otherwise agreed to be bound by the terms of the
waiver.
‘‘(B) LIABILITY FOR NEGLIGENCE.—A reciprocal waiver
under paragraph (1) may not absolve any party of liability
to any natural person (including, but not limited to, a
natural person who is an employee of the United States,
the developer, the cooperating party, or their respective
subcontractors) or such a natural person’s estate, survivors,
or subrogees for negligence, except with respect to a
subrogee that is a party to the waiver or has otherwise
agreed to be bound by the terms of the waiver.
‘‘(C) INDEMNIFICATION
FOR
DAMAGES.—A reciprocal
waiver under paragraph (1) may not be used as the basis
of a claim by the Administration, or the developer or cooper-
ating party, for indemnification against the other for dam-
ages paid to a natural person, or that natural person’s
estate, survivors, or subrogees, for injury or death sustained
by that natural person as a result of activities connected
to the agreement or use of the experimental aerospace
vehicle.
‘‘(3) EFFECT ON PREVIOUS WAIVERS.—Subsection (c) applies
to any waiver of claims entered into by the Administration
without regard to whether it was entered into before, on, or
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
‘‘(1) COOPERATING
PARTY.—The term ‘cooperating party’
means any person who enters into an agreement with the
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Administration for the performance of cooperative scientific,
aeronautical, or space activities to carry out the purposes of
this Act.
‘‘(2) DEVELOPER.—The term ‘developer’ means a United
States person (other than a natural person) who—
‘‘(A) is a party to an agreement with the Administration
for the purpose of developing new technology for an experi-
mental aerospace vehicle;
‘‘(B) owns or provides property to be flown or situated
on that vehicle; or
‘‘(C) employs a natural person to be flown on that
vehicle.
‘‘(3) EXPERIMENTAL AEROSPACE VEHICLE.—The term ‘experi-
mental aerospace vehicle’ means an object intended to be flown
in, or launched into, orbital or suborbital flight for the purpose
of demonstrating technologies necessary for a reusable launch
vehicle, developed under an agreement between the Administra-
tion and a developer.
‘‘(4) RELATED ENTITY.—The term ‘related entity’ includes
a contractor or subcontractor at any tier, a supplier, a grantee,
and an investigator or detailee.
‘‘(e) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAWS.—
‘‘(1) SECTION 308.—This section does not apply to any object,
transaction, or operation to which section 308 of this Act
applies.
‘‘(2) CHAPTER 701 OF TITLE 49, UNITED STATES CODE.—The
Administrator may not provide indemnification to a developer
under this section for launches subject to license under section
70117(g)(1) of title 49, United States Code.’’.
(b) REPEAL.—Section 431 of the Departments of Veterans
Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–276) is
repealed.
TITLE V—PRESERVATION OF
AFFORDABLE HOUSING
SEC. 501. SHORT TITLE AND TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This title may be cited as the ‘‘Preserving
Affordable Housing for Senior Citizens and Families into the 21st
Century Act’’.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for this title
is as follows:
Sec. 501. Short title and table of contents.
Sec. 502. Regulations.
Sec. 503. Effective date.
Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations for Supportive Housing for the Elderly
and Persons With Disabilities
Sec. 511. Supportive housing for elderly persons.
Sec. 512. Supportive housing for persons with disabilities.
Sec. 513. Service coordinators and congregate services for elderly and disabled
housing.
Subtitle B—Expanding Housing Opportunities for the Elderly and Persons With
Disabilities
Sec. 521. Study of debt forgiveness for section 202 loans.