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 114 STAT. 1592 PUBLIC LAW 106-391—OCT. 30, 2000 42 USC 2459h. 42 USC 2475b. 42 USC 2451 note. Deadline. SEC. 304. COST EFFECTIVENESS CALCULATIONS. Except as otherwise required by law, in calculating the cost effectiveness of the cost of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration engaging in an activity as compared to a commercial provider, the Administrator shall compare the cost of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration engaging in the activity using full cost accounting principles with the price the commercial provider will charge for such activity. SEC. 305. FOREIGN CONTRACT LIMITATION. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration shall not enter into any agreement or contract with a foreign government that grants the foreign government the right to recover profit in the event that the agreement or contract is terminated. SEC. 306. AUTHORITY TO REDUCE OR SUSPEND CONTRACT PAYMENTS BASED ON SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE OF FRAUD. Section 2307(i)(8) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking "and (4)" and inserting "(4), and (6)". SEC. 307. SPACE SHUTTLE UPGRADE STUDY. (a) STUDY. —The Administrator shall enter into appropriate arrangements for the conduct of an independent study to reassess the priority of all Space Shuttle upgrades which are under consideration by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration but for which substantial development costs have not been incurred. (b) PRIORITIES.— The study described in subsection (a) shall establish relative priorities of the upgrades within each of the following categories: (1) Upgrades that are safety related. (2) Upgrades that may have functional or technological applicability to reusable launch vehicles. (3) Upgrades that have a payback period within the next 12 years. (c) COMPLETION DATE.— The results of the study described in subsection (a) shall be transmitted to the Congress not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. SEC. 308. AERO-SPACE TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGY INTEGRA- TION. (a) INTEGRATION PLAN.—The Administrator shall develop a plan for the integration of research, development, and experimental demonstration activities in the aeronautics transportation technology and space transportation technology areas where appropriate. The plan shall ensure that integration is accomplished without losing unique capabilities which support the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's defined missions. The plan shall also include appropriate strategies for using aeronautics centers in integration efforts. (b) REPORTS TO CONGRESS. — Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall transmit to the Congress a report containing the plan developed under subsection (a). The Administrator shall transmit to the Congress annually thereafter for 5 years a report on progress in achieving such plan, to be transmitted with the annual budget request.

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