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(2) REPORTS.—Not later than 1 year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Adminis-
trator shall prepare and submit to Congress a report describing
any donations of educationally useful Federal equipment to
schools made during the period covered by the report.
SEC. 322. SPACE ADVERTISING.
(a) DEFINITION.—Section 70102 of title 49, United States Code,
is amended—
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (8) through (16) as para-
graphs (9) through (17), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (7) the following:
‘‘(8) ‘obtrusive space advertising’ means advertising in outer
space that is capable of being recognized by a human being
on the surface of the Earth without the aid of a telescope
or other technological device.’’.
(b) PROHIBITION.—Chapter 701 of title 49, United States Code,
is amended by inserting after section 70109 the following new
section:
‘‘§ 70109a. Space advertising
‘‘(a) LICENSING.—Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter
or any other provision of law, the Secretary may not, for the
launch of a payload containing any material to be used for the
purposes of obtrusive space advertising—
‘‘(1) issue or transfer a license under this chapter; or
‘‘(2) waive the license requirements of this chapter.
‘‘(b) LAUNCHING.—No holder of a license under this chapter
may launch a payload containing any material to be used for
purposes of obtrusive space advertising.
‘‘(c) COMMERCIAL SPACE ADVERTISING.—Nothing in this section
shall apply to nonobtrusive commercial space advertising, including
advertising on—
‘‘(1) commercial space transportation vehicles;
‘‘(2) space infrastructure payloads;
‘‘(3) space launch facilities; and
‘‘(4) launch support facilities.’’.
(c) NEGOTIATION WITH FOREIGN LAUNCHING NATIONS.—(1) The
President is requested to negotiate with foreign launching nations
for the purpose of reaching one or more agreements that prohibit
the use of outer space for obtrusive space advertising purposes.
(2) It is the sense of the Congress that the President should
take such action as is appropriate and feasible to enforce the
terms of any agreement to prohibit the use of outer space for
obtrusive space advertising purposes.
(3) As used in this subsection, the term ‘‘foreign launching
nation’’ means a nation—
(A) that launches, or procures the launching of, a payload
into outer space; or
(B) from the territory or facility of which a payload is
launched into outer space.
(d) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections for chapter
701 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section
70109 the following:
‘‘70109a. Space advertising.’’.
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SEC. 323. AERONAUTICAL RESEARCH.
(a) FLIGHT RESEARCH STUDY.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Within 6 months after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall provide to the
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the
Senate and the Committee on Science of the House of Rep-
resentatives the results of an engineering study of the modifica-
tions necessary for the more effective use of the WB–57 flight
research plan.
(2) CONTENTS OF STUDY.—The engineering study provided
by the Administrator under paragraph (1) shall address at
least the following issues:
(A) Replacement of autopilot.
(B) Replacement of landing gear or improved brake
system.
(C) Upgrade of avionics.
(D) Upgrade of engines for higher flight regimes.
(E) Installation of winglets on aircraft wings.
(F) Research benefits to be derived from modifications
of plane.
(G) Associated costs of each of the modifications.
(b) AIRCRAFT ICING RESEARCH PLAN.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Within 90 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit a plan
to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
of the Senate and the Committee on Science of the House
of Representatives for aircraft icing research to be conducted
over the 5-year period commencing on October 1, 2000.
(2) CONTENTS OF THE PLAN.—The aircraft icing research
plan submitted by the Administrator under paragraph (1) shall
include at least the following items:
(A) Research goals and objectives.
(B) Funding levels for each of the 5 fiscal years.
(C) Anticipated extent and nature of involvement in
the research program by agencies, organizations, and
companies, both domestic and foreign, other than the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
(D) Anticipated resource requirements and locations
of aircraft icing tunnel research and flight research for
each of the 5 fiscal years.
SEC. 324. INSURANCE, INDEMNIFICATION, AND CROSS-WAIVERS.
(a) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Title III of the National Aero-
nautics and Space Act of 1958 is amended—
(1) by redesignating sections 309 through 311 as sections
310 through 312, respectively; and
(2) by inserting ‘‘SEC. 309.’’ before ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’
in the undesignated section added by section 435 of the Depart-
ments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Develop-
ment, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000.
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(b) AMENDMENTS.—Section 309 of the National Aeronautics
and Space Act of 1958 (as so designated by subsection (a)(2) of
this section) is amended—
(1) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘departments, agencies,
and related entities’’ and inserting ‘‘departments, agencies, and
instrumentalities’’;
(2) in subsection (c)(2), by adding at the end the following
new subparagraph:
‘‘(D) WILLFUL MISCONDUCT.—A reciprocal waiver under
paragraph (1) may not relieve the United States, the devel-
oper, the cooperating party, or the related entities of the
developer or cooperating party, of liability for damage or
loss resulting from willful misconduct.’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(f ) TERMINATION.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The provisions of this section shall termi-
nate on December 31, 2002, except that the Administrator
may extend the termination date to a date not later than
September 30, 2005, if the Administrator determines that such
extension is in the interests of the United States.
‘‘(2) EFFECT OF TERMINATION ON AGREEMENT.—The termi-
nation of this section shall not terminate or otherwise affect
any cross-waiver agreement, insurance agreement, indemnifica-
tion agreement, or other agreement entered into under this
section, except as may be provided in that agreement.’’.
SEC. 325. USE OF ABANDONED, UNDERUTILIZED, AND EXCESS
BUILDINGS, GROUNDS, AND FACILITIES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—In any case in which the Administrator con-
siders the purchase, lease, or expansion of a facility to meet require-
ments of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the
Administrator shall consider whether those requirements could be
met by the use of one of the following:
(1) Abandoned or underutilized buildings, grounds, and
facilities in depressed communities that can be converted to
National Aeronautics and Space Administration usage at a
reasonable cost, as determined by the Administrator.
(2) Any military installation that is closed or being closed,
or any facility at such an installation.
(3) Any other facility or part of a facility that the Adminis-
trator determines to be—
(A) owned or leased by the United States for the use
of another agency of the Federal Government; and
(B) considered by the head of the agency involved—
(i) to be excess to the needs of that agency; or
(ii) to be underutilized by that agency.
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(b) DEFINITION.—For the purposes of this section, the term
‘‘depressed communities’’ means rural and urban communities that
are relatively depressed, in terms of age of housing, extent of
poverty, growth of per capita income, extent of unemployment,
job lag, or surplus labor.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.