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[CITE: 42USC2473b]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                   CHAPTER 26--NATIONAL SPACE PROGRAM
 
    SUBCHAPTER II--COORDINATION OF AERONAUTICAL AND SPACE ACTIVITIES
 
Sec. 2473b. Award of prime and subcontracts to small businesses 
        and disadvantaged individuals
        
    The NASA Administrator shall annually establish a goal of at least 8 
per centum of the total value of prime and subcontracts awarded in 
support of authorized programs, including the space station by the time 
operational status is obtained, which funds will be made available to 
small business concerns or other organizations owned or controlled by 
socially and economically disadvantaged individuals (within the meaning 
of section 637(a)(5) and (6) of title 15), including Historically Black 
Colleges and Universities and minority educational institutions (as 
defined by the Secretary of Education pursuant to the General Education 
Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1221 et seq.)).
    To facilitate progress in reaching this goal, the NASA Administrator 
shall submit within one year from Nov. 9, 1989, a plan describing the 
process to be followed to achieve the prescribed level of participation 
in the shortest practicable time.

(Pub. L. 101-144, title III, Nov. 9, 1989, 103 Stat. 863.)

                       References in Text

    The General Education Provisions Act, referred to in text, is title 
IV of Pub. L. 90-247, Jan. 2, 1968, 81 Stat. 814, as amended, which is 
classified generally to chapter 31 (Sec. 1221 et seq.) of Title 20, 
Education. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see 
section 1221 of Title 20 and Tables.

                          Codification

    Section was enacted as part of the Departments of Veterans Affairs 
and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 1990, and not as part of the National Aeronautics 
and Space Act of 1958 which is classified principally to this chapter.
