Title: A bill to require a review of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration preference for domestic suppliers.
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
This bill directs the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to undertake a comprehensive review of the domestic supplier preferences of NASA and the obligations of NASA under the federal acquisition regulations to ensure compliance, particularly with respect to federal acquisition regulations provisions that apply to foreign-based subcontractors.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1549 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1549

       To require a review of the National Aeronautics and Space 
           Administration preference for domestic suppliers.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 11, 2021

  Mr. Peters introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
       To require a review of the National Aeronautics and Space 
           Administration preference for domestic suppliers.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REVIEW OF PREFERENCE FOR DOMESTIC SUPPLIERS.

    (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the Sense of Congress that the 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (referred to in this 
section as ``NASA'') should, to the maximum extent practicable and with 
due consideration of foreign policy goals and obligations under Federal 
law--
            (1) use domestic suppliers of goods and services; and
            (2) ensure compliance with the Federal acquisition 
        regulations, including subcontract flow-down provisions.
    (b) Review.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of NASA shall 
        undertake a comprehensive review of the domestic supplier 
        preferences of NASA and the obligations of NASA under the 
        Federal acquisition regulations to ensure compliance, 
        particularly with respect to Federal acquisition regulations 
        provisions that apply to foreign-based subcontractors.
            (2) Elements.--The review under paragraph (1) shall 
        include--
                    (A) an assessment as to whether NASA has provided 
                funding for infrastructure of a foreign-owned company 
                or State-sponsored entity in recent years; and
                    (B) a review of any impact such funding has had on 
                domestic service providers.
    (c) Report.--The Administrator of NASA shall submit to the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and 
the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of 
Representatives a report on the results of the review.
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