(3) REQUIREMENT.—At least 1 percent of
amounts authorized to be appropriated under section
102(a)(4) shall be used for innovative technology
procurements that are determined under paragraph
(2) of this subsection to meet mission requirements.
(4) SPECIAL
AUTHORITY.—In order to carry
out this subsection the Administrator shall recruit
and hire for limited term appointments persons from
outside the National Aeronautics and Space Admin-
istration with special expertise and experience relat-
ed to the innovative technology concepts with respect
to which procurements are made under this sub-
section.
(5) SUNSET.—This subsection shall cease to be
effective 10 years after the date of its enactment.
(b) TECHNOLOGY PROCUREMENT INITIATIVE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall co-
ordinate National Aeronautics and Space Adminis-
tration resources in the areas of procurement, com-
mercial programs, and advanced technology in order
to—
(A) fairly assess and procure commercially
available technology from the marketplace in
the most efficient manner practicable;
(B) achieve a continuous pattern of inte-
grating advanced technology from the commer-
cial sector, and from Federal sources outside
the National Aeronautics and Space Adminis-
tration, into the missions and programs of the
National Aeronautics and Space Administra-
tion;
(C) incorporate private sector buying and
bidding procedures, including fixed price con-
tracts, into procurements; and
(D) provide incentives for cost-plus con-
tractors of the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration to integrate commercially avail-
able technology in subsystem contracts on a
fixed-price basis.
(2) CERTIFICATION.—Upon solicitation of any
procurement for space hardware, technology, or serv-
ices that are not commercially available, the Admin-
istrator shall certify, by publication of a notice and
opportunity to comment in the Commerce Business
Daily, for each such procurement action, that no
functional equivalent, commercially available space
hardware, technology, or service exists and that no
commercial method of procurement is available.
SEC. 206. ADDITIONAL NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND
SPACE ADMINISTRATION FACILITIES.
The Administrator shall not construct or enter into
a new lease for facilities to support National Aeronautics
and Space Administration programs unless the Adminis-
trator has certified to the Congress that the Administrator
has reviewed existing National Aeronautics and Space Ad-
ministration and other federally owned facilities, including
military facilities scheduled for closing or reduction, and
found no such facilities appropriate for the intended use.
SEC. 207. PURCHASE OF SPACE SCIENCE DATA.
(a) IN GENERAL.—To the maximum extent possible,
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration shall
purchase from the private sector space science data. Ex-
amples of such data include scientific data concerning the
elemental and mineralogical resources of the moon and the
planets, Earth environmental data obtained through re-
mote sensing observations, and solar storm monitoring.
(b) COMPETITIVE BIDDING.—(1) Contracts for the
purchase of space data under this section shall be awarded
in a process of full, fair, and open competitive bidding.
(2) Submission of cost data, either for the purposes
of supporting the bid or fulfillment of the contract, shall
not be required of bidders.
(3) 
Conformance 
with 
military 
specifications
(Milspec) or National Aeronautics and Space Administra-
tion specifications systems with respect to the design, con-
struction, or operation of equipment used in obtaining
space science data under contracts entered into under this
section shall not be a requirement for a commercial pro-
vider bidding to provide such services.
(4) Contracts under this section shall not provide for
the Federal Government to obtain ownership of data not
specifically sought by the Federal Government.
SEC. 208. REPORT ON MISSION TO PLANET EARTH.
(a) REQUIREMENT.—The Administrator shall, within
6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act,
transmit to the Congress a report on Mission to Planet
Earth.
(b) CONTENTS.—The plan required by subsection (a)
shall include—
(1) an analysis of Earth observation systems of
other countries and the ways in which the United
States could benefit from such systems, including by
eliminating duplication of effort;
(2) an analysis of how the Department of De-
fense’s airborne and space sensor programs could be
used in Mission to Planet Earth;
(3) a plan for infusing advanced technology into
the Mission to Planet Earth program, including
milestones and an identification of available re-
sources;
(4) a plan to solicit proposals from the private
sector on how to innovatively accomplish the most
critical research on global climate change;
(5) an integrated plan for research in the Sci-
entific Research and Mission to Planet Earth enter-
prises of the National Aeronautics and Space Ad-
ministration;
(6) a plan for developing metrics and milestones
to quantify the performance of work on Mission to
Planet Earth; and
(7) an analysis of how the United States Gov-
ernment can—
(A) most effectively utilize space-based and
airborne Earth remote sensing data, services,
distribution, and applications provided by the
United States private sector to meet Govern-
ment goals for Mission to Planet Earth; and
(B) evaluate and foster commercial data
sources, commercial archiving services, commer-
cial applications, and commercial distribution of
Mission to Planet Earth data.
SEC. 209. SHUTTLE PRIVATIZATION.
(a) REQUEST
FOR PROPOSALS.—Within 30 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Adminis-
trator shall publish in the Commerce Business Daily a re-
quest for proposals to achieve a single prime contract for
the space shuttle program. The request for proposals shall
include—
(1) a timetable and milestones for selecting a
single prime contractor not later than September 30,
1996;
(2) criteria for selection of the single prime con-
tractor;
(3) the annual target cost to be achieved by the
single prime contractor;
(4) proposed terms and conditions of the single
prime contract, including fee and sentence for
achieving the target cost; and
(5) a requirement that each proposal be accom-
panied by a plan by the proposer to privatize the
space shuttle program.
(b) PRIVATIZATION PLANS.—The Administrator shall
forward all privatization plans received pursuant to sub-
section (a)(5) to the Congress not later than 30 days after
the deadline for submitting proposals under subsection
(a).