Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 119.djvu/2954

 119 STAT. 2936

PUBLIC LAW 109–155—DEC. 30, 2005

Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, and any other commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States.’’. SEC. 702. EXTENSION OF INDEMNIFICATION.

Section 309 of the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 (42 U.S.C. 2458c) is amended in subsection (f)(1) by striking ‘‘December 31, 2002’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2010.’’. SEC. 703. NASA SCHOLARSHIPS.

(a) AMENDMENTS.—Section 9809 of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(2) by striking ‘‘Act.’’ and inserting ‘‘Act (42 U.S.C. 1885a or 1885b).’’; (2) in subsection (c) by striking ‘‘require.’’ and inserting ‘‘require to carry out this section.’’; (3) in subsection (f)(1) by striking the last sentence; and (4) in subsection (g)(2) by striking ‘‘Treasurer of the’’ and all that follows through ‘‘by 3’’ and inserting ‘‘Treasurer of the United States’’. (b) REPEAL.—The Vision 100-Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act is amended by striking section 703 (42 U.S.C. 2473e). SEC. 704. INDEPENDENT COST ANALYSIS.

Section 301 of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 2459g) is amended— (1) by striking ‘‘Phase B’’ in subsection (a) and inserting ‘‘implementation’’; (2) by striking ‘‘$150,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$250,000,000’’; (3) by striking ‘‘Chief Financial Officer’’ each place it appears in subsection (a) and inserting ‘‘Administrator’’; (4) by inserting ‘‘and consider’’ in subsection (a) after ‘‘shall conduct’’; and (5) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following: ‘‘(b) IMPLEMENTATION DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘implementation’ means all activity in the life cycle of a project after preliminary design, independent assessment of the preliminary design, and approval to proceed into implementation, including critical design, development, certification, launch, operations, disposal of assets, and, for technology programs, development, testing, analysis, and communication of the results.’’. SEC. 705. RECOVERY AND DISPOSITION AUTHORITY.

Title III of the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958, as amended by section 701 of this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the following: 42 USC 2459l.

‘‘SEC. 317. RECOVERY AND DISPOSITION AUTHORITY.

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— ‘‘(1) CONTROL OF REMAINS.—Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), when there is an accident or mishap resulting in the death of a crewmember of a NASA human space flight vehicle, the Administrator may take control over the remains of the crewmember and order autopsies and other scientific or medical tests.

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