and its related entities, for any injury, death, dam-
age, or loss of property, revenue, or profits, whether 
direct, indirect, or consequential, arising from par-
ticipation in the competition, whether such injury, 
death, damage, or loss arises through negligence or 
otherwise, except in the case of willful misconduct. 
‘‘(3) RELATED ENTITY DEFINED.—In this sub-
section, the term ‘related entity’ means a contractor 
or subcontractor at any tier, a supplier, user, cus-
tomer, cooperating party, grantee, investigator, or 
detailee. 
‘‘(4) INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY.—As a condi-
tion for the awarding of the prize by the Adminis-
trator, the recipient of the prize shall award a non-
exclusive, nontransferable, paid-up license from the 
prize recipient to NASA to practice the invention or 
have the invention practiced throughout out the 
world by or on behalf of the Government. In the ex-
ercise of such license, the Government shall not pub-
licly disclose trade secrets or commercial or financial 
information that is privileged or confidential within 
the meaning of section 552 (b)(4) of title 5, United 
States Code. 
‘‘(d) LIMITATIONS.—
‘‘(1) TOTAL
AMOUNT.—The total amount of 
cash prizes available for award in competitions 
under the program under this section in any fiscal 
year may not exceed $50,000,000. Funds for a given 
prize program shall be taken from the specific budg-
etary account specified in section 101, 102, or 103 
that is intended to benefit from the successful con-
clusion of the competition. 
‘‘(2) 
APPROVAL
REQUIRED
FOR
LARGE 
PRIZES.—No competition under the program may 
result in the award of more than $1,000,000 in cash 
prizes without the approval of the Administrator or 
a designee of the Administrator. 
‘‘(e) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER AUTHORITY.—The 
Administrator may utilize the authority in this section in 
conjunction with or in addition to the utilization of any 
other authority of the Administrator to acquire, support, 
or stimulate basic and applied research, technology devel-
opment, or prototype demonstration projects. 
‘‘(f) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Funds appropriated 
for the program authorized by this section shall remain 
available until expended.’’.
SEC. 602. COMMERCIAL SUPPORT OF INTERNATIONAL 
SPACE STATION OPERATIONS AND UTILIZA-
TION. 
The Administrator shall purchase commercial serv-
ices for support of the ISS for cargo and other needs, and 
for enhancement of the capabilities of the ISS, to the max-
imum extent possible, in accordance with Federal procure-
ment law. 
SEC. 603. COMMERCIALIZATION PLAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator, in consulta-
tion with the Associate Administrator for Space Transpor-
tation of the Federal Aviation Administration, the Direc-
tor of the Office of Space Commercialization of the De-
partment of Commerce, and any other relevant agencies, 
shall develop a commercialization plan to support the 
human missions to the Moon and Mars, to support Low-
Earth Orbit activities and Earth science missions and ap-
plications, and to transfer science research and technology 
to society. The plan shall identify opportunities for the pri-
vate sector to participate in the future missions and activi-
ties, including opportunities for partnership between 
NASA and the private sector in conducting research and 
the development of technologies and services. The plan 
shall include provisions for developing and funding sus-
tained university and industry partnerships to conduct 
commercial research and technology development, to
proactively translate results of space research to Earth 
benefits, to advance United States economic interests, and 
to support the vision for exploration. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit 
a copy of the plan to the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Com-
mittee on Science of the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 604. COMMERCIAL GOODS AND SERVICES. 
It is the sense of the Congress that NASA should 
purchase commercially available space goods and services 
to the fullest extent feasible in support of the human mis-
sions beyond Earth and should encourage commercial use 
and development of space to the greatest extent prac-
ticable. 
TITLE VII—WORKFORCE AND 
FACILITIES 
SEC. 701. WORKFORCE STRATEGY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall develop 
a human capital strategy to ensure that NASA has a 
workforce of the appropriate size and with the appropriate 
skills to carry out the programs of NASA, consistent with 
the policies and plans developed pursuant to this Act. The 
strategy shall cover the period through fiscal year 2011.
(b) CONTENT.—The strategy shall describe, at a min-
imum—
(1) any categories of employees NASA intends 
to reduce, the expected size and timing of those re-
ductions, the methods NASA intends to use to make 
the reductions, and the reasons NASA no longer 
needs those employees; 
(2) any categories of employees NASA intends 
to increase, the expected size and timing of those in-
creases, the methods NASA intends to use to recruit 
the additional employees, and the reasons NASA 
needs those employees; 
(3) the steps NASA will use to retain needed 
employees; and 
(4) the budget assumptions of the strategy, and 
any expected additional costs or savings from the 
strategy by fiscal year. 
(c) SCHEDULE.—The Administrator shall transmit 
the strategy developed under this section to the Committee 
on Science of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 
Senate not later than the date on which the President sub-
mits the proposed budget for the Federal Government for 
fiscal year 2007 to the Congress. The strategy should em-
phasize voluntary methods for achieving workforce goals.
At least 60 days before transmitting the strategy, NASA 
shall provide a draft of this strategy to its Federal Em-
ployee Unions for a 30-day consultation period after which 
NASA shall respond in writing to any written concerns 
provided by these Unions. 
(d) LIMITATION.—To allow time for voluntary meth-
ods to achieve human capital goals, NASA may not ini-
tiate any Reduction in Force or involuntary separations, 
with the exception of involuntary separations of manage-
ment or supervisory personnel or for legitimate discipli-
nary reasons, until October 1, 2006. 
SEC. 702. FACILITIES PLAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall develop 
a plan for managing NASA’s facilities through fiscal year 
2015. The plan shall be consistent with the policies and 
plans developed pursuant to this Act. 
(b) CONTENT.—At a minimum, the plan shall de-
scribe—
(1) any new facilities NASA intends to acquire, 
whether through construction, purchase, or lease, 
and the expected dates for doing so; 
(2) any facilities NASA intends to significantly 
modify, and the expected dates for doing so; 
(3) any facilities NASA intends to close, and 
the expected dates for doing so;
(4) any transaction NASA intends to conduct 
to sell, lease, or otherwise transfer the ownership of 
a facility, and the expected dates for doing so; 
(5) how each of the actions described in para-
graphs (1), (2), (3), and (4) will enhance the ability 
of NASA to carry out its programs; 
(6) the expected costs or savings expected from 
each of the actions described in paragraphs (1), (2), 
(3), and (4); 
(7) the priority order of the actions described in 
paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4); 
(8) the budget assumptions of the plan; and 
(9) how facilities were evaluated in developing 
the plan. 
(c) SCHEDULE.—The Administrator shall transmit 
the plan developed under this section to the Committee 
on Science of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 
Senate not later than the date on which the President sub-
mits the proposed budget for the Federal Government for 
fiscal year 2008 to the Congress. 
SEC. 703. NASA TEST FACILITIES POLICY. 
The Administrator shall establish a policy of charging 
users of NASA’s test facilities for the costs associated with 
their tests, but shall not seek to recover the full costs of
the operation of those facilities from the users. The Ad-
ministrator shall establish a core funding account that 
shall be used to maintain the operation and viability of 
NASA’s test facilities during periods of low utilization. 
The Administrator shall not close or mothball any aero-
nautical test facilities identified in the 2003 independent 
assessment by the RAND Corporation, entitled ‘‘Wind 
Tunnel and Propulsion Test Facilities: An Assessment of 
NASA’s Capabilities to Serve National Needs’’ as being 
part of the minimum set of those facilities necessary to 
retain and manage to serve national needs, as well as any 
other NASA test facilities that were in use as of January 
1, 2004, until such time as the Office of Science and Tech-
nology Policy has commissioned and received the results 
of an independent review of the Nation’s long term stra-
tegic needs for test facilities and transmitted the results 
of that review to Congress. 
SEC. 704. STUDY ON THE FEASIBILITY OF USE OF GROUND 
SOURCE HEAT PUMPS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall conduct 
a feasibility study on the use of ground source heat pumps 
in future NASA facilities or substantial renovation of ex-
isting NASA facilities involving the installation of heating, 
ventilating, and air conditioning systems. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The study shall examine—
(1) the life-cycle costs, including maintenance 
costs, of the operation of such heat pumps compared 
to generally available heating, cooling, and water 
heating equipment; 
(2) barriers to installation, such as availability 
and suitability of terrain; and 
(3) such other issues as the Administrator con-
siders appropriate. 
(c) DEFINITION.—The term ‘‘ground source heat 
pump’’ means an electric-powered system that uses the 
Earth’s relatively constant temperature to provide heat-
ing, cooling, or hot water. 
SEC. 705. FACILITIES MANAGEMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the Administrator may convey, by lease, real 
and related personal property under the custody and con-
trol of NASA, or interests therein, and retain the net pro-
ceeds of such dispositions in an account within NASA’s 
working capital fund to be used for NASA’s real property 
capital needs at the NASA facility at which the leasing 
arrangement occurs. All net proceeds realized under this 
section shall be obligated or expended only as authorized 
by appropriations Acts. To aid in the use of this authority, 
NASA shall develop a facilities investment plan that takes
into account uniqueness, mission dependency, and other 
studies required by this Act. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) NET PROCEEDS.—The term ‘‘net proceeds’’ 
means the rental and other sums received less the 
costs of the disposition. 
(2) REAL
PROPERTY
CAPITAL
NEEDS.—The 
term ‘‘real property capital needs’’ means any ex-
penses necessary and incident to the agency’s real 
property capital acquisitions, improvements, and dis-
positions. 
TITLE VIII—MISCELLANEOUS 
AMENDMENTS 
SEC. 801. RETROCESSION OF JURISDICTION. 
Title III of the National Aeronautics and Space Act 
of 1958, as amended by this Act, is further amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 316. RETROCESSION OF JURISDICTION. 
‘‘Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Ad-
ministrator may, whenever the Administrator considers it 
desirable, relinquish to a State all or part of the legislative 
jurisdiction of the United States over lands or interests 
under the Administrator’s control in that State. Relin-
quishment of legislative jurisdiction under this section 
may be accomplished—
‘‘(1) by filing with the Governor of the State 
concerned a notice of relinquishment to take effect 
upon acceptance thereof; or 
‘‘(2) as the laws of the State may otherwise 
provide.’’. 
SEC. 802. EXTENSION OF INDEMNIFICATION AUTHORITY. 
Section 309(f)(1) of the National Aeronautics and 
Space Act of 1958 (42 U.S.C. 2458c(f)(1)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘December 31, 2002’’ and in-
serting ‘‘December 31, 2007’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘September 30, 2005’’ and in-
serting ‘‘December 31, 2009’’. 
SEC. 803. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROVISIONS. 
Section 305 of the National Aeronautics and Space 
Act of 1958 (42 U.S.C. 2457) is amended by inserting 
after subsection (f) the following: 
‘‘(g) ASSIGNMENT OF PATENT RIGHTS, ETC.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Under agreements entered 
into pursuant to paragraph (5) or (6) of section 
203(c) of this Act (42 U.S.C. 2473(c)(5) or (6)), the 
Administrator may—
‘‘(A) grant, or agree to grant in advance to 
a participating party, patent licenses or assign-
ments, or options thereto, in any invention
made in whole or in part by an Administration 
employee under the agreement; or 
‘‘(B) subject to section 209 of title 35, 
United States Code, grant a license to an inven-
tion which is federally owned, for which a pat-
ent application was filed before the signing of 
the agreement, and directly within the scope of 
the work under the agreement, for reasonable 
compensation when appropriate. 
‘‘(2) EXCLUSIVITY.—The Administrator shall 
ensure, through such agreement, that the partici-
pating party has the option to choose an exclusive 
license for a prenegotiated field of use for any such 
invention under the agreement or, if there is more 
than 1 participating party, that the participating 
parties are offered the option to hold licensing rights 
that collectively encompass the rights that would be 
held under such an exclusive license by one party. 
‘‘(3) CONDITIONS.—In consideration for the 
Government’s contribution under the agreement, 
grants under this subsection shall be subject to the 
following explicit conditions: 
‘‘(A) A nonexclusive, nontransferable, ir-
revocable, paid-up license from the participating 
party to the Administration to practice the in-