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PUBLIC LAW 100-685—NOV. 17, 1988

102 STAT. 4091

committed in their presence, or for any felony cc^nizable under the laws of the United States if they have reasonable grounds to believe that the person to be arrested has committed or is committing such felony. Persons granted authority to make arrests by this subsection may exercise that authority only while guarding and protecting property owned or leased by, or under the control of, the United States under the administration and control of the Administration or one of its contractors or subcontractors, at facilities owned by or contracted to Hie Administration.". ADVANCED SOLID ROCKET MOTOR AUTHORITY

SHC. 207. If, after evaluation of proposals received in response to the request for proposals for an advanced solid rocket motor required by section 121(b) of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 1988 (Public Law 100-147; 101 Stat. 868), the Administrator determines that it is in the best interests of the United States to select a proposal offering a privately financed and non-Government-owned production facility to be constructed on a Government or non-Government site, funds otherwise authorized in section 201(aK3KX) of this Act for the construction of a Government-owned production facility on a Gk>vernment-owned site shall be available, without fiscal year limitation, for that purpose. STUDIES ON MICROGRAVrrr RESEARCH CAPABILITY

SEC. 208. (a) The Administrator shall contract with the National Contracts. Academy of Sciences to undertake a review of the Nation's Reports. microgravity research capability and issue a report addressing— (1) the scientific and commercial value to the Nation of achieving a man-tended capability through a Commercially Developed Space Facility (CDSF) prior to man-tended operations of the space station; (2) the technical characteristics of a CDSF that would enable its optimum use; (3) the anticipated microgravity research and manufacturing requirements of commercial users and the Government; (4) the extent to which existing and proposed facilities could support these requirements; (5) the likelihood that a CDSF would become commercially self-sustaining and an estimate of when that could occur; (6) the state of space automation technology and its relevance to the capabilities required for a CDSF; (7) how a decision by the Government to lease facilities on a CDSF might affect the viability of other proposed commercial microgravity research facilities; and (8) the effect a commitment to the CDSF would have on the current space transportation system launch schedule. (b) The Administrator shall contract with the National Academy Contracts. of Public Administration to— (1) estimate the developmental, operational, and other costs to the Government associated with a CDSF; (2) consider the practicability of various financial options by which the Government could participate in a CE^F, including leasing, lease-purchase, and purchase; (3) consider, as r^ards the lease option, instead of providing for a flat level of lease obligations, the practicability of reducing

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