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parts, shall provide notification to the applicable Ad-
ministration contracting officer within 30 calendar 
days. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 120 days after the re-
vised regulations specified in subsection (a) have been im-
plemented, the Administrator shall submit to the Committee 
on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation of the Senate a report updating the Admin-
istration’s actions to prevent counterfeit electronic parts 
from entering the supply chain as described in its October 
2011 report pursuant to section 1206(d) of the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act 
of 2010 (42 U.S.C. 18444(d)). 
(c) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘electronic 
part’’ means a discrete electronic component, including a 
microcircuit, transistor, capacitor, resistor, or diode that 
is intended for use in a safety or mission critical applica-
tion. 
SEC. 712. SPACE ACT AGREEMENTS. 
(a) COST SHARING.—To the extent that the Adminis-
trator determines practicable, the funds provided by the 
Government under a funded Space Act Agreement shall not 
exceed the total amount provided by other parties to the 
Space Act Agreement. 
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(b) NEED.—A funded Space Act Agreement may be 
used only when the use of a standard contract, grant, or 
cooperative agreement is not feasible or appropriate, as de-
termined by the Associate Administrator for Procurement. 
(c) PUBLIC NOTICE AND COMMENT.—The Adminis-
trator shall make available for public notice and comment 
each proposed Space Act Agreement at least 30 days before 
entering into such agreement, with appropriate redactions 
for proprietary, sensitive, or classified information. 
(d) TRANSPARENCY.—The Administrator shall pub-
licly disclose on the Administration’s website and make 
available in a searchable format each Space Act Agreement, 
with appropriate redactions for proprietary, sensitive, or 
classified information, not later than 60 days after such 
agreement is signed. 
(e) ANNUAL REPORT.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 90 days 
after the end of each fiscal year, the Administrator 
shall submit to the Committee on Science, Space, and 
Technology of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
tation of the Senate a report on the use of Space Act 
Agreement authority by the Administration during 
the previous fiscal year. 
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(2) CONTENTS.—The report shall include for 
each Space Act Agreement in effect at the time of the 
report— 
(A) an indication of whether the agreement 
is a reimbursable, nonreimbursable, or funded 
Space Act Agreement; 
(B) a description of— 
(i) the subject and terms; 
(ii) the parties; 
(iii) the responsible— 
(I) mission directorate; 
(II) center; or 
(III) headquarters element; 
(iv) the value; 
(v) the extent of the cost sharing 
among Federal Government and non-Fed-
eral sources; 
(vi) the time period or schedule; and 
(vii) all milestones; and 
(C) an indication of whether the agreement 
was renewed during the previous fiscal year. 
(3) ANTICIPATED
AGREEMENTS.—The report 
shall also include a list of all anticipated reimburs-
able, nonreimbursable, and funded Space Act Agree-
ments for the upcoming fiscal year. 
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(4) CUMULATIVE PROGRAM BENEFITS.—The re-
port shall also include, with respect to the Space Act 
Agreements covered by the report, a summary of— 
(A) the technology areas in which research 
projects were conducted under such agreements; 
(B) the extent to which the use of the Space 
Act Agreements— 
(i) has contributed to a broadening of 
the technology and industrial base available 
for meeting Administration needs; and 
(ii) has fostered within the technology 
and industrial base new relationships and 
practices that support the United States; 
and 
(C) the total amount of value received by 
the Federal Government during the fiscal year 
pursuant to such Space Act Agreements. 
SEC. 713. HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT ACCIDENT INVESTIGA-
TIONS. 
Section 70702(a) of title 51, United States Code, is 
amended by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(3) any other orbital or suborbital space vehicle 
carrying humans— 
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‘‘(A) that is owned by the Federal Govern-
ment; or 
‘‘(B) that is being used pursuant to a con-
tract or Space Act Agreement, as defined in sec-
tion 2 of the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration Authorization Act of 2014, with 
the Federal Government for carrying a re-
searcher or payload funded by the Federal Gov-
ernment; or’’. 
SEC. 714. FULLEST COMMERCIAL USE OF SPACE. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall transmit 
to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report on cur-
rent and continuing efforts by the Administration to ‘‘seek 
and encourage, to the maximum extent possible, the fullest 
commercial use of space,’’ as described in section 20102(c) 
of title 51, United States Code. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required under subsection 
(a) shall include— 
(1) an assessment of the Administration’s efforts 
to comply with the policy; 
(2) an explanation of criteria used to define 
compliance; 
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