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[CITE: 42USC2466c]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                   CHAPTER 26--NATIONAL SPACE PROGRAM
 
                    SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 2466c. Duties of Administrator


(a) Establishment and implementation of reimbursement recovery system; 
        base price

    The Administrator shall establish and implement a pricing system to 
recover reimbursement in accordance with the pricing policy under 
section 2466a of this title from each commercial or foreign user of the 
Space Transportation System, which except as provided in subsections 
(c), (d), and (e) of this section shall include a base price of not less 
than $74,000,000 for each flight of the Space Transportation System in 
1982 dollars.

(b) Reports to Congressional committees

    Each year the Administrator shall submit to the President of the 
Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, 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, transmitted contemporaneously with the annual budget request of 
the President, which shall inform the Congress how the policy goals 
contained in section 2466a of this title are being furthered by the 
shuttle price for foreign and commercial users.

(c) Reduction of base price

    (1) If at any time the Administrator finds that the policy goals 
contained in section 2466a of this title are not being achieved, the 
Administrator shall have authority to reduce the base price established 
in subsection (a) of this section after forty-five days following 
receipt by the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House, the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, and 
the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of 
Representatives of a notice by the Administrator containing a 
description of the proposed reduction together with a full and complete 
statement of the facts and circumstances which necessitate such proposed 
reduction.
    (2) In no case shall the minimum price established under subsection 
(c)(1) of this section be less than additive cost.

(d) Lower-priced or no-cost flights for users involved in research, 
        etc., with Space Administration

    The Administrator may set a price lower than the price determined 
under subsection (a) or (c) of this section, or provide no-cost flights, 
for any commercial or foreign user of the Space Transportation System 
who is involved in research, development or demonstration programs with 
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

(e) Customer incentives

    Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, 
the Administrator shall have the authority to offer reasonable customer 
incentives consistent with the policy goals in section 2466a of this 
title.

(Pub. L. 99-170, title II, Sec. 204, Dec. 5, 1985, 99 Stat. 1017; Pub. 
L. 103-437, Sec. 15(c)(5), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4592.)

                          Codification

    Section was enacted as part of the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration Authorization Act of 1986, and not as part of the 
National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 which is classified 
principally to this chapter.


                               Amendments

    1994--Subsecs. (b), (c)(1). Pub. L. 103-437 substituted ``Science, 
Space, and Technology'' for ``Science and Technology''.

                         Change of Name

    Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of House of 
Representatives treated as referring to Committee on Science of House of 
Representatives by section 1(a) of Pub. L. 104-14, set out as a note 
preceding section 21 of Title 2, The Congress.


                             Effective Date

    Section applicable to flights of the Space Transportation System 
beginning on and after Oct. 1, 1988, see section 205 of Pub. L. 99-170, 
set out as a note under section 2466 of this title.


   Feasibility of Providing Space Shuttle Launch Services on Basis of 
Royalty Recovery Over Economic Life of Commercial Products Processed in 
                                  Space

    Section 112 of Pub. L. 99-170 provided that: ``The Administrator 
shall examine and report to the Congress on the feasibility of providing 
space shuttle launch services on a basis of royalty recovery over the 
economic life of commercial products produced or processed in space.''


          Study on Proposed Pricing Policy for Certain Services

    Section 113 of Pub. L. 99-170 provided that: ``The Administrator 
shall conduct a study and report to the Congress on a proposed pricing 
policy for certain services such as on-orbit service, repair or recovery 
of spacecraft.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 2466a, 2466b of this title.
