‘‘(4) QUADRENNIAL REVIEW.—The Board shall 
provide to the President and the Congress, not later 
than the later of 180 days after the establishment 
of the Board or the third quarterly meeting of the 
Board, and once every 4 years thereafter, a quadren-
nial review of current space programs and a vision 
for future space exploration. 
‘‘(5) 
REMOVAL
OF
ADMINISTRATOR
FOR 
CAUSE.—The Board may provide to the President 
and the Congress a report recommending the re-
moval of the Administrator for cause. Any such re-
port shall include the reasons for such recommenda-
tion. 
‘‘(m) BUDGET MEETINGS.—Portions of Board meet-
ings in which the Board considers the budget proposal re-
quired under subsection (l)(1) for a particular fiscal year 
may be closed to the public until the Board submits the 
proposal to the President and the Congress. 
‘‘(n) FINANCIAL
DISCLOSURE.—Members of the 
Board shall be required to file a financial disclosure report 
under title II of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 
(5 U.S.C. App. 92 Stat. 1836), except that such reports 
shall be held confidential and exempt from any law other-
wise requiring their public disclosure.’’. 
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(b) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sections for 
chapter 201 of title 51, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end of the items for subchapter II the 
following new item: 
‘‘20118. Board of Directors.’’. 
SEC. 4. BUDGET PROPOSAL. 
Section 30103 of title 51, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(e) BOARD OF DIRECTORS PROPOSAL.— 
‘‘(1) INCLUSION
IN
PRESIDENT’S
PROPOSED 
BUDGET.—The proposed budget for the Administra-
tion submitted to the Congress by the President for 
each fiscal year shall include a description of, and a 
detailed justification for, any differences between the 
President’s proposed budget and the budget pro-
vided by the Board of Directors under section 
20118(l)(1). 
‘‘(2) ELEMENTS OF BUDGET PROPOSAL.—Sub-
sections (a) through (d) of this section shall apply 
to the proposed budget provided by the Board of Di-
rectors under section 20118(l)(1).’’. 
SEC. 5. LONG TERM CONTRACTING. 
(a) AMENDMENTS.—Section 20142 of title 51, 
United States Code, is amended— 
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(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘Con-
tracts regarding expendable launch vehi-
cles’’ and inserting ‘‘Long term contracting’’; 
(2) in subsection (a), by— 
(A) striking ‘‘expendable launch vehicle 
services’’ and inserting ‘‘rocket propulsion sys-
tems and manned and unmanned space trans-
portation vehicles and payloads, including ex-
pendable launch vehicles, and any other infra-
structure intended for placement or operation 
in space or on celestial bodies, and services re-
lated thereto,’’; and 
(B) striking ‘‘related to launch’’ and in-
serting ‘‘related to’’; and 
(3) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘launch serv-
ices’’ and inserting ‘‘the goods and services to have 
been provided under the contract’’. 
(b) TABLE OF SECTIONS AMENDMENT.—The item 
relating to section 20142 in the table of sections for chap-
ter 201 of title 51, United States Code, is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘20142. Long term contracting.’’. 
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