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[CITE: 42USC14734]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
 CHAPTER 141--COMMERCIAL SPACE OPPORTUNITIES AND TRANSPORTATION SERVICES
 
   SUBCHAPTER II--FEDERAL ACQUISITION OF SPACE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES
 
Sec. 14734. Use of excess intercontinental ballistic missiles


(a) In general

    The Federal Government shall not--
        (1) convert any missile described in subsection (c) of this 
    section to a space transportation vehicle configuration; or
        (2) transfer ownership of any such missile to another person, 
    except as provided in subsection (b) of this section.

(b) Authorized Federal uses

    (1) A missile described in subsection (c) of this section may be 
converted for use as a space transportation vehicle by the Federal 
Government if, except as provided in paragraph (2) and at least 30 days 
before such conversion, the agency seeking to use the missile as a space 
transportation vehicle transmits to the Committee on Armed Services and 
the Committee on Science of the House of Representatives, and to the 
Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation of the Senate, a certification that the use of such 
missile--
        (A) would result in cost savings to the Federal Government when 
    compared to the cost of acquiring space transportation services from 
    United States commercial providers;
        (B) meets all mission requirements of the agency, including 
    performance, schedule, and risk requirements;
        (C) is consistent with international obligations of the United 
    States; and
        (D) is approved by the Secretary of Defense or his designee.

    (2) The requirement under paragraph (1) that the certification 
described in that paragraph must be transmitted at least 30 days before 
conversion of the missile shall not apply if the Secretary of Defense 
determines that compliance with that requirement would be inconsistent 
with meeting immediate national security requirements.

(c) Missiles referred to

    The missiles referred to in this section are missiles owned by the 
United States that--
        (1) were formerly used by the Department of Defense for national 
    defense purposes as intercontinental ballistic missiles; and
        (2) have been declared excess to United States national defense 
    needs and are in compliance with international obligations of the 
    United States.

(Pub. L. 105-303, title II, Sec. 205, Oct. 28, 1998, 112 Stat. 2857; 
Pub. L. 106-65, div. A, title X, Sec. 1067(21), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 
775.)


                               Amendments

    1999--Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 106-65 substituted ``transmits to the 
Committee on Armed Services'' for ``transmits to the Committee on 
National Security'' in introductory provisions.
