Science, and Transportation of the Senate the report re-
quired under subsection (a). 
SEC. 615. EQUAL ACCESS TO NASA’S EDUCATION PRO-
GRAMS. 
The Administrator shall strive to ensure equal access 
for minority and economically disadvantaged students to 
NASA’s Education programs. Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this Act, and every 2 years there-
after, the Administrator shall submit a report to the Com-
mittee on Science of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of 
the Senate describing the efforts by the Administrator to 
ensure equal access for minority and economically dis-
advantaged students under this section, and the results of 
such efforts. 
TITLE VII—MISCELLANEOUS 
AMENDMENTS 
SEC. 701. RETROCESSION OF JURISDICTION. 
The National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 (42 
U.S.C. 2451 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end of 
title III the following new section: 
‘‘RETROCESSION OF JURISDICTION 
‘‘SEC. 316. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, the Administrator may relinquish to a State all or 
part of the legislative jurisdiction of the United States over
lands or interests under the control of the Administrator 
in that State. 
‘‘(b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘State’ 
means any of the several States, the District of Columbia, 
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin 
Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana 
Islands, and any other commonwealth, territory, or posses-
sion of the United States.’’. 
SEC. 702. EXTENSION OF INDEMNIFICATION. 
Section 309 of the National Aeronautics and Space Act 
of 1958 (42 U.S.C. 458c) is amended in subsection (f)(1) 
by striking ‘‘December 31, 2002’’ through ‘‘September 30, 
2005’’ and inserting, ‘‘December 31, 2010, except that the 
Administrator may extend the termination date to a date 
not later than September 30, 2015, if the Administrator has 
entered into an arrangement with the National Academy 
of Public Administration to determine the impact on pri-
vate parties and the Federal Government of eliminating 
this section’’. 
SEC. 703. NASA SCHOLARSHIPS. 
(a) AMENDMENTS.—Section 9809 of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)(2) by striking ‘‘Act.’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Act (42 U.S.C. 1885a or 1885b).’’;
(2) in subsection (c) by striking ‘‘require.’’ and 
inserting ‘‘require to carry out this section.’’; 
(3) in subsection (f)(1) by striking the last sen-
tence; and 
(4) in subsection (g)(2) by striking ‘‘Treasurer of 
the’’ and all that follows through ‘‘by 3’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Treasurer of the United States’’. 
(b) REPEAL.—The Vision 100—Century of Aviation 
Reauthorization Act is amended by striking section 703 (42 
U.S.C. 2473e). 
SEC. 704. INDEPENDENT COST ANALYSIS. 
Section 301 of the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration Authorization Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 
2459g) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘Phase B’’ in subsection (a) and 
inserting ‘‘implementation’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘$150,000,000’’ in subsection (a) 
and inserting ‘‘$250,000,000’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘Chief Financial Officer’’ each 
place it appears in subsection (a) and inserting ‘‘Ad-
ministrator’’; 
(4) by inserting ‘‘and consider’’ in subsection (a) 
after ‘‘shall conduct’’; and 
(5) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the 
following:
‘‘(b) IMPLEMENTATION DEFINED.—In this section, the 
term ‘implementation’ means all activity in the life cycle 
of a project after preliminary design, independent assess-
ment of the preliminary design, and approval to proceed 
into implementation, including critical design, develop-
ment, certification, launch, operations, disposal of assets, 
and, for technology programs, development, testing, anal-
ysis and communication of the results.’’. 
SEC. 705. LIMITATIONS ON OFF-SHORE PERFORMANCE OF 
CONTRACTS FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF 
GOODS AND SERVICES. 
(a) CONVERSIONS TO CONTRACTOR PERFORMANCE OF 
ADMINISTRATION ACTIVITIES.—Except as provided in sub-
section (c), an activity or function of the Administration 
that is converted to contractor performance under Office of 
Management and Budget Circular A–76 may not be per-
formed by the contractor or any subcontractor at a location 
outside the United States. 
(b) CONTRACTS FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF SERV-
ICES.—(1) Except as provided in subsection (c), a contract 
for the procurement of goods or services that is entered into 
by the Administrator may not be performed outside the 
United States unless it is to meet a requirement of the Ad-
ministration for goods or services specifically at a location 
outside the United States.
(2) The President may waive the prohibition in para-
graph (1) in the case of any contract for which the Presi-
dent determines in writing that it is necessary in the na-
tional security interests of the United States for goods or 
services under the contract to be performed outside the 
United States. 
(3) The Administrator may waive the prohibition in 
paragraph (1) in the case of any contract for which the 
Administrator determines in writing that essential goods 
or services under the contract are only available from a 
source outside the United States. 
(c) EXCEPTION.—Subsections (a) and (b)(1) shall not 
apply to the extent that the activity or function under the 
contract was previously performed by Federal Government 
employees outside the United States. 
(d) CONSISTENCY
WITH
INTERNATIONAL
AGREE-
MENTS.—The provisions of this section shall not apply to 
the extent that they are inconsistent with obligations of the 
United States under international agreements. 
(e) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Administrator shall sub-
mit to Congress, not later than 120 days after the end of 
each fiscal year, a report on the contracts performed over-
seas and amount of purchases by NASA from foreign enti-
ties in that fiscal year. Such report shall separately indicate 
the dollar value of contracts for which the provisions of this