There are authorized to be appropriated to NASA for fiscal year 2007, $17,932,000,000, as follows:
(1) For Science, Aeronautics, and Education (including amounts for construction of facilities), $7,136,800,000, of which $962,000,000 shall be for Aeronautics.
(2) For Exploration Systems and Space Operations (including amounts for construction of facilities), $10,761,700,000, of which $6,618,600,000 shall be for Space Operations.
(3) For the Office of Inspector General, $33,500,000.
(Pub. L. 109–155, title II, §202, Dec. 30, 2005, 119 Stat. 2915.)
There are authorized to be appropriated to NASA for fiscal year 2008, $18,686,300,000 as follows:
(1) For Science, Aeronautics, and Education (including amounts for construction of facilities), $7,747,800,000, of which $990,000,000 shall be for Aeronautics.
(2) For Exploration Systems and Space Operations (including amounts for construction of facilities), $10,903,900,000, of which $6,546,600,000 shall be for Space Operations.
(3) For the Office of Inspector General, $34,600,000.
(Pub. L. 109–155, title II, §203, Dec. 30, 2005, 119 Stat. 2915.)
Beginning with fiscal year 2006, the Administrator shall allocate at least 15 percent of the funds budgeted for ISS research to ground-based, free-flyer, and ISS life and microgravity science research that is not directly related to supporting the human exploration program, consistent with section 16655 of this title.
(Pub. L. 109–155, title II, §204, Dec. 30, 2005, 119 Stat. 2916.)
The Administrator shall establish a policy of charging users of NASA's test facilities for the costs associated with their tests at a level that is competitive with alternative test facilities. The Administrator shall not implement a policy of seeking full cost recovery for a facility until at least 30 days after transmitting a notice to the Committee on Science of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate.
In planning and budgeting, the Administrator shall establish a funding account that shall be used for all test facilities. The account shall be sufficient to maintain the viability of test facilities during periods of low utilization.
(Pub. L. 109–155, title II, §205, Dec. 30, 2005, 119 Stat. 2916.)
Committee on Science of House of Representatives changed to Committee on Science and Technology of House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 6, One Hundred Tenth Congress, Jan. 5, 2007.
Amounts appropriated pursuant to this chapter may be used, but not to exceed a total of $70,000 in any fiscal year, for official reception and representation expenses.
(Pub. L. 109–155, title II, §206, Dec. 30, 2005, 119 Stat. 2916.)
This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 109–155, Dec. 30, 2005, 119 Stat. 2895, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 16601 of this title and Tables.
The Administrator shall transmit to the Committee on Science of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report providing the current expected development costs of the ISS and describing any changes to those costs that have occurred because of the grounding of the Space Shuttle after the loss of the Space Shuttle Columbia and because of the implementation of full-cost accounting.
Thirty days after the transmittal of the report described in subsection (a), section 202 of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 2451 note) 1 is repealed.
(Pub. L. 109–155, title II, §207, Dec. 30, 2005, 119 Stat. 2916.)
Section 202 of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Act of 2000, referred to in subsec. (b), means section 202 of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2000, Pub. L. 106–391, which was set out in a note under section 2451 of this title prior to being repealed by subsec. (b), effective thirty days after Dec. 1, 2006, the date of the transmittal referred to in subsec. (b).
Committee on Science of House of Representatives changed to Committee on Science and Technology of House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 6, One Hundred Tenth Congress, Jan. 5, 2007.