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(3) including a summary of findings and recommendations 
from any other relevant external reviews of the Administra-
tion’s science mission priorities and programs. 
§ 30504. Assessment of science mission extensions 
(a) ASSESSMENT.—The Administrator shall carry out biennial 
reviews within each of the Science divisions to assess the cost 
and benefits of extending the date of the termination of data collec-
tion for those missions that have exceeded their planned mission 
lifetime. 
(b) CONSULTATION AND CONSIDERATION OF POTENTIAL BENEFITS 
OF INSTRUMENTS ON MISSIONS.—For those missions that have an 
operational component, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration or any other affected agency shall be consulted 
and the potential benefits of instruments on missions that are 
beyond their planned mission lifetime taken into account. 
CHAPTER 307—INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AND 
COMPETITION 
Sec. 
30701.
Competitiveness and international cooperation. 
30702.
Foreign contract limitation. 
30703.
Foreign launch vehicles. 
30704.
Offshore performance of contracts for the procurement of goods and serv-
ices. 
§ 30701. Competitiveness and international cooperation 
(a) LIMITATION.— 
(1) SOLICITATION OF COMMENT.—As part of the evaluation 
of the costs and benefits of entering into an obligation to conduct 
a space mission in which a foreign entity will participate as 
a supplier of the spacecraft, spacecraft system, or launch 
system, the Administrator shall solicit comment on the potential 
impact of such participation through notice published in Com-
merce Business Daily at least 45 days before entering into 
such an obligation. 
(2) AGREEMENTS WITH PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.—The 
Administrator shall certify to Congress at least 15 days in 
advance of any cooperative agreement with the People’s 
Republic of China, or any company owned by the People’s 
Republic of China or incorporated under the laws of the People’s 
Republic of China, involving spacecraft, spacecraft systems, 
launch systems, or scientific or technical information, that— 
(A) the agreement is not detrimental to the United States 
space launch industry; and 
(B) the agreement, including any indirect technical ben-
efit that could be derived from the agreement, will not 
improve the missile or space launch capabilities of the 
People’s Republic of China. 
(3) ANNUAL AUDIT.—The Inspector General of the Administra-
tion, in consultation with appropriate agencies, shall conduct 
an annual audit of the policies and procedures of the Adminis-
tration with respect to the export of technologies and the 
transfer of scientific and technical information, to assess the 
extent to which the Administration is carrying out its activities 
in compliance with Federal export control laws and with para-
graph (2).
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(b) NATIONAL INTERESTS.— 
(1) DEFINITION OF UNITED STATES COMMERCIAL PROVIDER.— 
In this subsection, the term ‘‘United States commercial pro-
vider’’ means a commercial provider (as defined in section 
30308(a) of this title), organized under the laws of the United 
States or of a State (as defined in section 30308(a) of this 
title), which is— 
(A) more than 50 percent owned by United States 
nationals; or 
(B) a subsidiary of a foreign company and the Secretary 
of Commerce finds that— 
(i) such subsidiary has in the past evidenced a 
substantial commitment to the United States market 
through— 
(I) investments in the United States in long- 
term research, development, and manufacturing 
(including the manufacture of major components 
and subassemblies); and 
(II) significant contributions to employment in 
the United States; and 
(ii) the country or countries in which such foreign 
company is incorporated or organized, and, if appro-
priate, in which it principally conducts its business, 
affords reciprocal treatment to companies described 
in subparagraph (A) comparable to that afforded to 
such foreign company’s subsidiary in the United States, 
as evidenced by— 
(I) 
providing 
comparable 
opportunities 
for 
companies described in subparagraph (A) to 
participate in Government sponsored research and 
development similar to that authorized under this 
section, section 30307, 30308, 30309, or 30702 of 
this title, or the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration Authorization Act of 2000 (Public 
Law 106–391, 114 Stat. 1577); 
(II) providing no barriers to companies described 
in subparagraph (A) with respect to local invest-
ment opportunities that are not provided to foreign 
companies in the United States; and 
(III) providing adequate and effective protection 
for the intellectual property rights of companies 
described in subparagraph (A). 
(2) IN GENERAL.—Before entering into an obligation described 
in subsection (a), the Administrator shall consider the national 
interests of the United States described in paragraph (3) of 
this subsection. 
(3) DESCRIPTION
OF
NATIONAL
INTERESTS.—International 
cooperation in space exploration and science activities most 
effectively serves the United States national interest when 
it— 
(A)(i) reduces the cost of undertaking missions the United 
States Government would pursue unilaterally; 
(ii) enables the United States to pursue missions that 
it could not otherwise afford to pursue unilaterally; or 
(iii) enhances United States capabilities to use and 
develop space for the benefit of United States citizens;
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(B) is undertaken in a manner that is sensitive to the 
desire of United States commercial providers to develop 
or explore space commercially; 
(C) is consistent with the need for Federal agencies to 
use space to complete their missions; and 
(D) is carried out in a manner consistent with United 
States export control laws. 
§ 30702. Foreign contract limitation 
The Administration shall not enter into any agreement or contract 
with a foreign government that grants the foreign government 
the right to recover profit in the event that the agreement or 
contract is terminated. 
§ 30703. Foreign launch vehicles 
(a) ACCORD WITH SPACE TRANSPORTATION POLICY.—The Adminis-
tration shall not launch a payload on a foreign launch vehicle 
except in accordance 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 Administra-
tion 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 agree-
ments. 
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,
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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 human-
kind. 
(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, payment, or compensation to the individual for the 
observation of asteroids and other celestial bodies, and does 
not include any individual employed as a professional astron-
omer. 
(2) MINOR PLANET CENTER.—The term ‘‘Minor Planet Center’’ 
means the Minor Planet Center of the Smithsonian Astro-
physical Observatory. 
(3) NEAR-EARTH ASTEROID.—The term ‘‘near-Earth asteroid’’ 
means an asteroid with a perihelion distance of less than 1.3 
Astronomical Units from the Sun. 
(4) PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘Program’’ means the Charles ‘‘Pete’’ 
Conrad Astronomy Awards Program established under sub-
section (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 Program 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 con-
tributions, 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 intrinsi-
cally brightest near-Earth asteroid among the near-Earth 
asteroids that were discovered during that year by amateur 
astronomers or groups of amateur astronomers. 
(B) GREATEST
CONTRIBUTION
TO
CATALOGUING
NEAR- 
EARTH ASTEROIDS.—The amateur astronomer or group of 
amateur astronomers 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. 
(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 contribu-
tion may receive an award under this section. 
(B) FINALITY.—The decisions of the Administrator in 
making awards under this section are final.