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 104 STAT. 3202 PUBLIC LAW 101-611—NOV. 16, 1990 House of Representatives a report of the activities of the Office of Space Commerce, including planned programs and expenditures. 42 USC 2451 SEC. 116. NATIONAL AERO-SPACE PLANE PROGRAM. note. (a) NATIONAL AERO-SPACE PLANE PROGRAM. —The Secretary of Defense (hereafter in this section referred to as the "Secretary") and the Administrator shall jointly pursue on a high priority basis a National Aero-Space Plane program whose objective shall be the development and demonstration, by 1997, of a primarily air breathing single-stage-to-orbit and long range hypersonic cruise research flight vehicle. The program shall be a research program, and to the extent practicable technological information developed shall be transferred to the military and to the domestic civil aviation and other private industries. (b) MANAGEMENT PLAN.— (1) The Secretary and the Adminstrator shall jointly develop a management plan for the program established under subsection (a), which shall include goals, major tasks, anticipated schedules, organizational structure, funding profiles, details of the respective responsibilities of the Secretary and the Administrator, and resource procurement strategies. (2) The management plan developed pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be submitted to the Congress within 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act. SEC. 117. COMMERCIAL SPACE LAUNCH ACT AMENDMENTS. (a) AUTHORIZATION. —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 are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this Act $4,517,000 for fiscal year 1991, of which $250,000 shall be made available for the provision of launch services for eligible satellites in accordance with section 6 of the Commercial Space Launch Act Amendments of 1988.". (b) ACQUISITION BY STATE GOVERNMENTS.—Section 15(a) of the Commercial Space Launch Act (49 U.S.C. App. 2614(a)) is amended by inserting "and State governments" after "by the private sector". (c) CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS.—Section 2 of the Commercial Space Launch Act (49 U.S.C. App. 2601) is amended— (1) by striking "and" at the end of paragraph (6); (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (7) and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon; and (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs; "(8) space transportation, including the establishment and operation of launch sites and complementary facilities, the provision of launch services, the establishment of support facilities, and the provision of support services, is an important element of the Nation's transportation system, and in connection with the commerce of the United States there is a need to develop a strong space transportation infrastructure with significant private sector involvement; and Inter- "(9) the participation of State governments in encouraging governmental ^^d facilitating private sector involvement in space-related relations. activity, particularly through the establishment of space transportation-related infrastructure, including launch sites, complementary facilities, and launch site support facilities, is in the national interest and is of significant public benefit.".

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