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 119 STAT. 2912

PUBLIC LAW 109–155—DEC. 30, 2005

‘‘(j) USE OF NASA NAME AND INSIGNIA.—A registered participant in a competition under this section may use the Administration’s name, initials, or insignia only after prior review and written approval by the Administration. ‘‘(k) COMPLIANCE WITH EXISTING LAW.—The Federal Government shall not, by virtue of offering or providing a prize under this section, be responsible for compliance by registered participants in a prize competition with Federal law, including licensing, export control, and non-proliferation laws, and related regulations.’’. 42 USC 16614.

SEC. 105. FOREIGN LAUNCH VEHICLES.

(a) ACCORD WITH SPACE TRANSPORTATION POLICY.—NASA shall not launch a payload on a foreign launch vehicle except in accordance with the Space Transportation Policy announced by the President on December 21, 2004. This subsection shall not be construed to prevent the President from waiving the Space Transportation Policy. (b) INTERAGENCY COORDINATION.—NASA shall not launch a payload on a foreign launch vehicle unless NASA commenced the interagency coordination required by the Space Transportation Policy announced by the President on December 21, 2004, at least 90 days before entering into a development contract for the payload. (c) APPLICATION.—This section shall not apply to any payload for which development has begun prior to the date of enactment of this Act, including the James Webb Space Telescope.

Deadline.

SEC. 106. SAFETY MANAGEMENT.

Section 6 of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act, 1968 (42 U.S.C. 2477) is amended— (1) by inserting ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’ before ‘‘There’’; (2) by striking ‘‘to it’’ and inserting ‘‘to it, including evaluating NASA’s compliance with the return-to-flight and continueto-fly recommendations of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board,’’; (3) by inserting ‘‘and the Congress’’ after ‘‘advise the Administrator’’; (4) by striking ‘‘and with respect to the adequacy of proposed or existing safety standards and shall’’ and inserting ‘‘with respect to the adequacy of proposed or existing safety standards, and with respect to management and culture related to safety. The Panel shall also’’; and (5) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(b) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Panel shall submit an annual report to the Administrator and to the Congress. In the first annual report submitted after the date of enactment of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2005, the Panel shall include an evaluation of NASA’s management and culture related to safety. Each annual report shall include an evaluation of the Administration’s compliance with the recommendations of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board through retirement of the Space Shuttle.’’. 42 USC 16615. Deadline.

VerDate 14-DEC-2004

SEC. 107. LESSONS LEARNED AND BEST PRACTICES.

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall transmit to the Committee on Science of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate an implementation plan describing NASA’s approach for obtaining, implementing, and sharing lessons learned and best practices for

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