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 PUBLIC LAW 109–155—DEC. 30, 2005

119 STAT. 2923

Survey program to achieve 90 percent completion of its nearEarth object catalogue (based on statistically predicted populations of near-Earth objects) within 15 years after the date of enactment of this Act. (2) AMENDMENTS.—Section 102 of the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 (42 U.S.C. 2451) is amended— (A) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (h); (B) by inserting after subsection (f) the following new subsection: ‘‘(g) The Congress declares that the general welfare and security of the United States require that the unique competence of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration be directed to detecting, tracking, cataloguing, and characterizing near-Earth asteroids and comets in order to provide warning and mitigation of the potential hazard of such near-Earth objects to the Earth.’’; and (C) in subsection (h), as so redesignated by subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, by striking ‘‘and (f)’’ and inserting ‘‘(f), and (g)’’. (3) FIFTH-YEAR REPORT.—The Administrator shall transmit to the Congress, not later than February 28 of the fifth year after the date of enactment of this Act, a report that provides the following: (A) A summary of all activities taken pursuant to paragraph (1) since the date of enactment of this Act. (B) A summary of expenditures for all activities pursuant to paragraph (1) since the date of enactment of this Act. (4) INITIAL REPORT.—The Administrator shall transmit to Congress not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act an initial report that provides the following: (A) An analysis of possible alternatives that NASA may employ to carry out the Survey program, including ground-based and space-based alternatives with technical descriptions. (B) A recommended option and proposed budget to carry out the Survey program pursuant to the recommended option. (C) Analysis of possible alternatives that NASA could employ to divert an object on a likely collision course with Earth.

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TITLE IV—AERONAUTICS 42 USC 16701.

SEC. 401. DEFINITION.

For purposes of this title, the term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the meaning given that term by section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001).

Subtitle A—Governmental Interest in Aeronautics Research and Development 42 USC 16711.

SEC. 411. GOVERNMENTAL INTEREST.

Congress reaffirms the national commitment to aeronautics research made in the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958.

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