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 104 STAT. 3204 PUBLIC LAW 101-611—NOV. 16, 1990 deductions from appropriated funds received or to be received by that center. SEC. 121. USERS' ADVISORY GROUP. (a) ESTABLISHMENT. —(1) The National Space Council shall establish a Users' Advisory Group composed of non-Federal representatives of industries and other persons involved in aeronautical and space activities. (2) The Vice President shall name a chairman of the Users' Advisory Group. (3) The National Space Council shall from time to time, but not less than once a year, meet with the Users' Advisory Group. (4) The function of the Users' Advisory Group shall be to ensure that the interests of industries and other non-Federal entities involved in space activities, including in particular commercial entities, are adequately represented in the National Space Council. (5) The Users' Advisory Group may be assisted by personnel detailed to the National Space Council. (b) EXEMPTION.—The Users' Advisory Group shall not be subject to section 14(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. SEC. 122. SCIENTIFIC BALLOON LAUNCH SITE. The Administrator may purchase approximately 8 acres within section 16, Township 3 North, Range 26 East, N.M.P.M., De Baca County, New Mexico, to use as a balloon launching facility. SEC. 123. PEACEFUL USES OF SPACE STATION. No civil space station authorized under section 103(a)(1) of this Act may be used to carry or place in orbit any nuclear weapon or any other weapon of mass destruction, to install any such weapon on any celestial body, or to station any such weapon in space in any other manner. This civil space station may be used only for peaceful purposes. SEC. 124. SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH PROGRAM. The Administrator may utilize up to 5 percent of the funds provided for the Small Business Innovation Research Program for program management and promotional activities. SEC. 125. PROPULSION STRATEGIC ASSESSMENT. By July 1, 1991, the Administrator shall submit to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate an assessment by the National Research Council of the requirements, benefits, technological feasibility, and roles of Earthto-orbit propulsion system options that could be developed in support of the national space program including the assembly and operation of the Space Station and potential space activities beyond the year 2000. SEC. 126. NATIONAL CIVIL REMOTE-SENSING ADVISORY COMMITTEE. Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall report to the Congress on the advisability of establishing a permanent National Civil Remote-Sensing Advisory Committee. 'The report should address concerns related to national security, conflict of interest, and duplication of existing authorities. In preparing the report, the Director shall assess the effectiveness of a National Civil

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