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Reports.

PUBLIC LAW 100-685—NOV. 17, 1988

on a yearly basis the level of Government lease operations during the years of operation of a CDSF; and (4) consider, as regards the lease option, the practicability of making the minimum levels of Government lease obligations in the years of operation of a CDSF contingent on the attachment, by the CDSF operator, of certain minimum levels of irrevocable contract commitments with entities other than the United States Government, (c) Based on the above reports, the Administrator shall provide a report to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation with policy options related to a CDSF and microgravity facilities, to be delivered no later than May 15, 1989. BUY AMERICAN

Contracts.

Science and technology. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

SEC. 209. (a) The Administrator shall award to a domestic firm a contract that, under the use of competitive procedures, would be awarded to a foreign firm, if— (1) the final product of the domestic firm will be completely assembled in the United States; (2) when completely assembled, not less than 50 percent of the final product of the domestic firm will be domestically produced; and (3) the difference between the bids submitted by the foreign and domestic firms is not more than 6 percent. (b) This section shall not apply to the extent to which— (1) such applicability would not be in the public interest; (2) compelling national security considerations require otherwise; or (3) the United States Trade Representative determines that such an award would be in violation of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade or an international agreement to which the United States is a party. (c) For purposes of this section— (1) the term "domestic firm" means a business entity that is organized under the laws of the United States and that conducts business operations in the United States; and (2) the term "foreign firm" means a business entity not described in paragraph (1). (d) This section shall apply only to contracts for which— (1) amounts are made available pursuant to this Act; and (2) solicitations for bids are issued after the date of the enactment of this Act. INTERNATIONAL SPACE DOCKING CAPABILITY

SEC. 210. (a) It is the sense of Congress that the Administrator should establish a multilateral working group of representatives from the space agencies of appropriate spacefaring nations, including the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and from appropriate international entities, to explore the technological and procedural principles that would be necessary to achieve an international space docking capability, and the establishment of international docking interface standards for addressing requirements for compatible interfaces for docking, communications, and life support systems.

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