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 PUBLIC LAW 100-147—OCT. 30, 1987

101 STAT. 867

vehicles should be incorporated by use into the Nation's civilian space flight program. (b) The Administrator shall establish a program for launching payloads by means of expendable launch vehicles and, if available, by commerical launch services. (c) The Administrator shall take such action as may be necessary to ensure that expendable launch vehicles or, if available, commerical launch services are obtained for the launch of the xy following payloads: (1) Roentgen Satellite (ROSAT), for launch in 1990. (2) Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS)-F, or a planetary mission. (3) Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer (EUVE), for launch in 1991. (4) Mars Observer, for launch in 1992. (d) The Administrator shall report to the Congress not later than Reports. January 15, 1988, on the Administrator's compliance with this section, and shall submit such report to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives. SEC. 117. Title III of the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 (42 U.S.C. 2451 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

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"CONTRACTS REGARDING EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLES

"SEC. 311. (a) The Administrator may enter into contracts for 42 USC 2459c. expendabe launch vehicle services that are for periods in excess of the period for which funds are otherwise available for obligation, provide for the pa3anent for contingent liability which may accrue in excess of available appropriations in the event the Government for its convenience terminates such contracts, and provide for advance payments reasonably related to launch vehicle and related equipment, fabrication, and acquisition costs, if any such contract limits the amount of the payments that the Federal Government is allowed to make under such contract to amounts provided in advance in appropriation Acts. Such contracts may be limited to sources within the United States when the Administrator determines that such limitation is in the public interest. "(b) If funds are not available to continue any such contract, the contract shall be terminated for the convenience of the Government, and the costs of such contract shall be paid from appropriations originally available for performance of the contract, from other, unobligated appropriations currently available for the procurement of launch services, or from funds appropriated for such payments.". SEC. 118. (a) It is the sense of the Congress that the capital investment in space satellites and vehicles should be enhanced and protected by establishing a system of servicing, rehabilitation, and repair capabilities in orbit (hereinafter referred to as "satellite servicing'). (b) The Administrator shall conduct a thorough and comprehensive study of satellite servicing with a view toward establishing national goals and objectives for utilizing such capabilities. (c) In conducting the study of satellite servicing under this section, the Administrator shall give consideration to— (1) the use of the space shuttle, the space station, and other space vehicles to carry out or support satellite servicing;

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