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 PUBLIC LAW 109–155—DEC. 30, 2005

119 STAT. 2935

section 614, the NASA Explorer School program, to motivate and develop the next generation of explorers. SEC. 619. IMPLEMENTATION OF PREVIOUS RECOMMENDATIONS.

42 USC 16798.

(a) GAO REPORT.—Not more than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall transmit to the Committee on Science of the House of Representatives and the Committee of Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report describing action taken by NASA to implement the recommendations contained in the Government Accountability Office’s Report No. 04–639. (b) COMPLIANCE.—To comply with title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.), the Administrator shall conduct compliance reviews of at least 2 grantees annually.

Subtitle C—Technology Transfer SEC. 621. COMMERCIAL TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER PROGRAM.

42 USC 16811.

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall execute a commercial technology transfer program with the goal of facilitating the exchange of services, products, and intellectual property between NASA and the private sector. This program shall place at least as much emphasis on encouraging the transfer of NASA technology to the private sector (‘‘spinning out’’) as on encouraging use of private sector technology by NASA. This program shall be maintained in a manner that provides clear benefits for the agency, the domestic economy, and the research community. (b) PROGRAM STRUCTURE.—In carrying out the program described in subsection (a), the Administrator shall provide program participants with at least 45 days notice of any proposed changes to the structure of NASA’s technology transfer and commercialization organizations that is in effect as of the date of enactment of this Act.

Deadline. Notice.

TITLE VII—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS Subtitle A—National Aeronautics and Space Administration SEC. 701. RETROCESSION OF JURISDICTION.

The National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 (42 U.S.C. 2451 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end of title III the following new section: ‘‘RETROCESSION

OF JURISDICTION

‘‘SEC. 316. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Administrator may relinquish to a State all or part of the legislative jurisdiction of the United States over lands or interests under the control of the Administrator in that State. ‘‘(b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘State’ means any of the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American

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