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(2) all potential users of satellite servicing capabilities, including civilian, defense, private, and foreign satellites and space vehicles; (3) experience to date with in-orbit satellite servicing M including the costs of such operations and the fees charged users that are not from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; (4) the pertinence of satellite servicing to insurance, including sn the character, cost, and availability of insurance; (5) the pertinence of satellite servicing to satellite and vehicle design; (6) the pertinence of satellite servicing to the National Aero•r nautics and Space Administration and other space programs, ' including science and applications programs; and (7) the prices to be charged for satellite servicing such that "' (d) The Administrator shall complete the study and present a full report on it to the Congress on or before January 15, 1988. SEC. 119. The Administrator shall review the findings, recommendations, and proposed space agenda of the National Commission on Space as set forth in its report submitted under section 204(c) of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act, 1985 (Public Law 98-361; 98 Stat. 422), and shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives, within 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, a recommendation for a long-range implementation plan, including an impact assessment of such implementation on personnel, budget, and other resources. SEC. 120. Section 24 of the Commercial Space Launch Act (49 U.S.C. App. 2623) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this Act $4,548,000 for fiscal year 1988.". SEC. 121. (a) It is the sense of the Congress that the solid rocket motor project of the space shuttle program would benefit from competition, and that an advanced solid rocket motor would enhance the margin of safety, reliability, and performance of the space shuttle. (b) By the date on which the President submits to the Congress the fiscal year 1990 budget request for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Administrator shall issue a request for proposals to acquire by means of a competitive procurement an advanced solid rocket motor. The Administrator shall also consider ways and means to improve quality control, reduce operational hazards, reduce costs, increase competition, and enhance manufacturing processes, including, but not limited to, constructing a government-owned and contractor-operated solid rocket motor production facility and providing for a dual source of supply of the advanced solid rocket motor. (c) Until a request for proposals has been issued under subsection (b) of this section, no contract for the purchase of additional solid rocket motors shall be extended or signed by the Administrator. The Administrator may proceed with the procurement of long-lead materials for the solid rocket motors from the current contractor only after the Administrator has certified to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of (IB
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PUBLIC LAW 100-147—OCT. 30, 1987

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