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$33,600,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2010. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Notwithstanding the limitation on the duration of 
availability of funds appropriated to the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration for any account in this 
Act, except for ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’, when any 
activity has been initiated by the incurrence of obligations 
for construction of facilities or environmental compliance 
and restoration activities as authorized by law, such 
amount available for such activity shall remain available 
until expended. This provision does not apply to the 
amounts appropriated for institutional minor revitaliza-
tion and minor construction of facilities, and institutional 
facility planning and design. 
Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of 
funds appropriated to the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration for any account in this Act, except for ‘‘Of-
fice of Inspector General’’, the amounts appropriated for 
construction of facilities shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2011. 
Funds for announced prizes otherwise authorized 
shall remain available, without fiscal year limitation, until 
the prize is claimed or the offer is withdrawn. 
Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 
available for the current fiscal year for the National Aero-
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nautics and Space Administration in this Act may be 
transferred between such appropriations, but no such ap-
propriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall 
be increased by more than 10 percent by any such trans-
fers. Any transfer pursuant to this provision shall be treat-
ed as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this 
Act and shall not be available for obligation except in com-
pliance with the procedures set forth in that section. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 
shall be used to implement any Reduction in Force or 
other involuntary separations (except for cause) by the 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration prior to 
September 30, 2009. 
The unexpired balances of the Science, Aeronautics, 
and Exploration account, for activities for which funds are 
provided under this Act, may be transferred to the new 
accounts established in this Act that provide such activity. 
Balances so transferred shall be merged with the funds 
in the newly established accounts, but shall be available 
under the same terms, conditions and period of time as 
previously appropriated. 
For the closeout of all Space Shuttle contracts and 
associated programs, amounts that have expired but have 
not been cancelled in the Human Space Flight, Space 
Flight Capabilities, and Exploration Capabilities appro-
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priations accounts shall remain available through fiscal 
year 2015 for the liquidation of valid obligations incurred 
during the period of fiscal year 2001 through fiscal year 
2009. 
Funding designations and minimum funding require-
ments contained in any other Act shall not be applicable 
to funds appropriated by this title for the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration. 
The Administrator of NASA shall, not later than 
February 2, 2009, submit to the appropriate committees 
of Congress a report that delineates by fiscal year, mission 
directorate and object class the full costs necessary for 
Space Shuttle retirement and transition activities for fis-
cal years 2006 through 2015 that includes, but is not lim-
ited to, the following: 
(1) the costs for environmental compliance and 
remediation; 
(2) the gross and net proceeds from exchange 
sales of excess Space Shuttle equipment; 
(3) the costs to maintain required facilities at 
Kennedy Space Center during the gap in human 
space flight; 
(4) the costs associated with preservation of 
historic properties; 
(5) the costs of workforce transition; and 
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