Part A—National Aeronautics and Space Administration

§16821. Small business contracting

(a) Plan

In consultation with the Small Business Administration, the Administrator shall develop a plan to maximize the number and amount of contracts awarded to small business concerns (within the meaning given that term in section 632 of title 15) and to meet established contracting goals for such concerns.

(b) Priority

The Administrator shall establish as a priority meeting the contracting goals developed in conjunction with the Small Business Administration to maximize the amount of prime contracts, as measured in dollars, awarded in each fiscal year by NASA to small business concerns (within the meaning given that term in section 632 of title 15).

(Pub. L. 109–155, title VII, §707, Dec. 30, 2005, 119 Stat. 2937.)

§16822. NASA healthcare program

The Administrator shall develop a plan to better understand the longitudinal health effects of space flight on humans. In the development of the plan, the Administrator shall consider the need for the establishment of a lifetime healthcare program for NASA astronauts and their families or other methods to obtain needed health data from astronauts and retired astronauts.

(Pub. L. 109–155, title VII, §708, Dec. 30, 2005, 119 Stat. 2938.)

§16823. Offshore performance of contracts for the procurement of goods and services

The Administrator shall submit to Congress, not later than 120 days after the end of each fiscal year beginning with the first fiscal year after December 30, 2005, a report on the contracts and subcontracts performed overseas and the amount of purchases directly or indirectly by NASA from foreign entities in that fiscal year. The report shall separately indicate—

(1) the contracts and subcontracts and their dollar values for which the Administrator determines that essential goods or services under the contract are available only from a source outside the United States; and

(2) the items and their dollar values for which the Buy American Act [41 U.S.C. 10a et seq.] was waived pursuant to obligations of the United States under international agreements.

(Pub. L. 109–155, title VII, §709, Dec. 30, 2005, 119 Stat. 2938.)

References in Text

The Buy American Act, referred to in par. (2), is title III of act Mar. 3, 1933, ch. 212, 47 Stat. 1520, as amended, which is classified generally to sections 10a, 10b, and 10c of Title 41, Public Contracts. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 10a of Title 41 and Tables.

§16824. Study on enhanced use leasing

Not later than one year after December 30, 2005, the Comptroller General shall transmit to the Committee on Science of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a review of NASA's enhanced use leasing pilot program established by section 2459j ¹ of this title. At a minimum the review shall analyze—

(1) the financial impact of the program, taking into account revenue foregone by the United States, whether such revenue would have been realized in the absence of the program, and any revenue that accrued to NASA because of the program;

(2) the use and effectiveness of the program; and

(3) whether the arrangements made under the program would have been made in the absence of the program.

(Pub. L. 109–155, title VII, §710, Dec. 30, 2005, 119 Stat. 2938.)

References in Text

Section 2459j of this title, referred to in text, was in the original "section 315 of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Act of 1958", which was translated as reading "section 315 of the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958", to reflect the probable intent of Congress.

Change of Name

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.

¹ See References in Text note below.