negotiations with foreign countries to ensure free
and fair trade internationally in the area of space
commerce;
(6) seeking the removal of legal, policy, and in-
stitutional impediments to space commerce; and
(7) supporting the private sector’s role in the
commercial development of Landsat remote sensing
data distribution.
(c) REPORT.—The Office of Space Commerce shall,
within 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act,
submit a report to the President and the Congress con-
taining recommendations for procuring space infrastruc-
ture, space launch and launch support facilities, and pay-
loads using proof of concept methods and unsolicited pro-
posals. In preparing such report, the Office of Space Com-
merce shall consult with appropriate persons in the private
sector.
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In order
to carry out this section, there are authorized to be appro-
priated to the Secretary of Commerce for the Office of
Space Commerce, $538,000 for fiscal year 1994.
SEC. 305. USE OF DOMESTIC PRODUCTS.
(a) GENERAL RULE.—Except as provided in sub-
section (b), the Administrator shall ensure that procure-
ments are conducted in compliance with sections 2
through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a
through 10c, popularly known as the ‘‘Buy American
Act’’).
(b) LIMITATIONS.—This section shall apply only to
procurements made for which—
(1) amounts are authorized by this Act to be
made available; and
(2) solications for bids are issued after the date
of enactment of this Act.
(c) INAPPLICABILITY
IN CASE
OF VIOLATION
OF
INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT.—This section shall not
apply to the extent that the United States Trade Rep-
resentative determines that a procurement described in
subsection (b) would be in violation of the General Agree-
ment on Tariffs and Trade or an international agreement
to which the United States is a party.
(d) PURCHASE
OF AMERICAN MADE EQUIPMENT
AND PRODUCTS.—
(1) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of
Congress that any recipient of a grant under this
Act, or under any amendment made by this Act,
should purchase, when available and cost-effective,
American made equipment and products when ex-
pending grant monies.
(2) NOTICE TO RECIPIENTS OF ASSISTANCE.—
In allocating grants under this Act, or under any
amendment made by this Act, the Secretary shall
provide to each recipient a notice describing the
statement made in paragraph (1) by the Congress.
SEC. 
306. 
REQUIREMENT 
FOR 
INDEPENDENT 
COST
ANALYSIS.
The Chief Financial Officer for the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration shall be responsible for
conducting independent cost analyses of all new projects
estimated to cost more than $5,000,000 and shall report
the results annually to Congress at the time of the submis-
sion of the President’s budget request. In developing cost
accounting and reporting standards for carrying out this
section, the Chief Financial Officer shall, to the extent
practicable and consistent with other laws, solicit the ad-
vice of expertise outside of the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration.
SEC. 307. GLOBAL CHANGE DATA AND INFORMATION
SYSTEM.
Title I of the Global Change Research Act of 1990
(15 U.S.C. 2931 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end
the following new section:
‘‘SEC. 109. GLOBAL CHANGE DATA AND INFORMATION
SYSTEM.
‘‘(a) The National Aeronautics and Space Adminis-
tration, in coordination with other agencies that belong to
the Committee on Earth and Environmental Sciences,
shall establish the requirements and architecture for, de-
sign, and develop a Global Change Data and Information
System that shall serve as the system to process, archive,
and distribute data generated by the Global Change Re-
search Program.
‘‘(b) The National Aeronautics and Space Adminis-
tration shall design the Global Change Data and Informa-
tion System—
‘‘(1) so that other Federal agencies may con-
nect data centers operated by such agencies to such
System; and
‘‘(2) so as to minimize, to the extent prac-
ticable, the cost of connecting such data centers.
‘‘(c) Each agency involved in the Global Change Re-
search Program shall retain the responsibility to establish
and operate Global Change Data and Information System
data centers to process, archive, and distribute data gen-
erated by such agency’s programs. Agencies may agree to
assume the responsibility for processing, archiving, or dis-
tributing data generated by other agencies.’’.
SEC. 308. ACCESS TO CLASSIFIED DATA FOR GLOBAL
CHANGE RESEARCH.
The Committee on Earth and Environmental
Sciences shall develop and submit to the Congress within
one year after the date of enactment of this Act a plan
for providing access to data from classified archives and
systems for global change research. The plan shall—
(1) to the extent consistent with classification
restrictions, identify what data from classified ar-
chives and systems may be valuable and available for
global change research;
(2) determine whether the Global Change Data
and Information System or other means should be
used to provide access to such data for the scientific
community; and
(3) identify what agencies should be responsible
for particular parts of such classified data and any
data centers needed to process, archive, and distrib-
ute such data.
SEC. 309. ORBITAL DEBRIS.
The Office of Science and Technology Policy, in co-
ordination with the National Aeronautics and Space Ad-
ministration, the Department of Defense, the Department
of State, and other agencies as appropriate, shall submit
a plan to Congress within one year after the date of enact-
ment of this Act for the control of orbital debris. The plan
shall include proposed launch vehicle and spacecraft de-
sign standards and operational procedures to minimize the
creation of new debris. The plan shall propose a schedule
for the incorporation of the standards into all United
States civil, military, and commercial space activities. Fi-
nally, the plan shall include a schedule for the development
of an international agreement on the control of orbital de-
bris.
SEC. 310. NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ACT OF 1958
AMENDMENTS.
(a) POLICY AND PURPOSE.—Section 102 of the Na-
tional Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 (42 U.S.C.
2451) is amended—
(1) by striking subsections (e) and (f) and in-
serting in lieu thereof the following:
‘‘(e) The Congress declares that the general welfare
of the United States requires that the unique competence
in scientific and engineering systems of the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration also be directed toward
supporting the private sector development of advanced
space technologies which enhance economic growth, com-
petitiveness, and productivity.’’;
(2) by redesignating subsections (g) and (h) as
subsections (f) and (g), respectively; and