I 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6540 
To amend title 51, United States Code, to authorize the Director of the 
Kennedy Space Center to convey excess property at the Kennedy Space 
Center to a State or political subdivision, municipality, or instrumentality 
of a State for the development and operation of a spaceport. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 21, 2012 
Mr. POSEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Science, Space, and Technology 
A BILL 
To amend title 51, United States Code, to authorize the 
Director of the Kennedy Space Center to convey excess 
property at the Kennedy Space Center to a State or 
political subdivision, municipality, or instrumentality of 
a State for the development and operation of a spaceport. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Common Sense Utiliza-
tion of Spaceport Assets Act’’ or the ‘‘Common Sense 
USA Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. PUBLIC BENEFIT CONVEYANCE OF REAL PROPERTY 
AT THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter III of chapter 201 of 
subtitle II of title 51, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 20148. PUBLIC BENEFIT CONVEYANCE OF REAL 
PROPERTY AT THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER. 
‘‘(a) CONVEYANCE AUTHORITY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Ken-
nedy Space Center (referred to in this section as the 
‘Director’) may convey excess real property, includ-
ing buildings, fixtures, and equipment situated on 
the property, at the Kennedy Space Center to a 
State or political subdivision, municipality, or instru-
mentality of a State for the development and oper-
ation of a spaceport. 
‘‘(2) NO
INVOLVEMENT
OF
THE
GENERAL 
SERVICES ADMINISTRATION.—The Administrator of 
the General Services Administration shall not be in-
volved in any conveyance of property made under 
this section. 
‘‘(3) CONVEYANCE REQUIREMENTS.—A convey-
ance of property to a State or political subdivision, 
municipality, or instrumentality of a State under 
this section may be made only after the Director 
has— 
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‘‘(A) received and approved a development 
plan submitted by that State or political sub-
division, municipality, or instrumentality of that 
State that commits adequate resources and es-
tablishes milestones that assures that it will de-
velop and operate a spaceport; 
‘‘(B) determined that the development and 
operation of the conveyed property proposed by 
the State or political subdivision, municipality, 
or instrumentality of a State— 
‘‘(i) furthers the National Aeronautics 
and Space Administration’s purpose to en-
courage and foster the commercial use of 
space; 
‘‘(ii) enables the development and op-
eration of space launch and recovery facili-
ties; and 
‘‘(iii) contributes to the economic re-
covery or development of a region, and to 
the economic competitiveness and pros-
perity of the United States; and 
‘‘(C) transmitted to Congress a statement 
that includes— 
‘‘(i) a description of the property to 
be conveyed; 
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‘‘(ii) the identity of the State or polit-
ical subdivision, municipality, or instru-
mentality of a State to which it will convey 
such property; and 
‘‘(iii) a description of the determina-
tion made under subparagraph (B). 
‘‘(b) NO MONETARY CONSIDERATION.—A convey-
ance under this section shall be made without monetary 
consideration to the Federal Government. 
‘‘(c) DEED OF CONVEYANCE.—The deed of convey-
ance of any excess real property conveyed under this sec-
tion shall— 
‘‘(1) provide that all of the property be used 
and maintained for the purpose for which it was 
conveyed in perpetuity, and that if the property 
ceases to be used or maintained for that purpose, all 
or any portion of the property, shall, in its then ex-
isting condition, at the option of the Government, 
revert to the United States; and 
‘‘(2) contain additional terms, reservations, re-
strictions, and conditions that the Director may re-
quire to ensure use of the property for the purposes 
for which it was conveyed and to safeguard the in-
terests of the United States. 
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