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 124 STAT. 3407 PUBLIC LAW 111–314—DEC. 18, 2010 not be borne by the United States Government in the absence of such use. (2) CREDIT TO APPROPRIATION.—The amount of any payment received by the United States for use of facilities under this subsection shall be credited to the appropriation from which the cost of providing such facilities was paid. § 50505. Test facilities (a) CHARGES.—The Administrator shall establish a policy of charging users of the Administration’s test facilities for the costs associated with their tests at a level that is competitive with alter- native test facilities. The Administrator shall not implement a policy of seeking full cost recovery for a facility until at least 30 days after transmitting a notice to the Committee on Science and Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate. (b) FUNDING ACCOUNT.—In planning and budgeting, the Adminis- trator shall establish a funding account that shall be used for all test facilities. The account shall be sufficient to maintain the viability of test facilities during periods of low utilization. § 50506. Commercial Space Achievement Award (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a Commercial Space Achievement Award. The award shall consist of a medal, which shall be of such design and materials and bear such inscriptions as determined by the Secretary of Commerce. A cash prize may also be awarded if funding for the prize is available under subsection (d). (b) CRITERIA FOR AWARD.—The Secretary of Commerce shall periodically make awards under this section to individuals, corpora- tions, corporate divisions, or corporate subsidiaries substantially engaged in commercial space activities that in the opinion of the Secretary of Commerce best meet the following criteria: (1) NON-GOVERNMENTAL REVENUE.—For corporate entities, at least half of the revenues from the space-related activities of the corporation, division, or subsidiary is derived from sources other than the United States Government. (2) SUBSTANTIAL CONTRIBUTION.—The activities and achieve- ments of the individual, corporation, division, or subsidiary have substantially contributed to the United States gross national product and the stature of United States industry in international markets, with due consideration for both the economic magnitude and the technical quality of the activities and achievements. (3) SUBSTANTIAL ADVANCEMENT OF TECHNOLOGY.—The indi- vidual, corporation, division, or subsidiary has substantially advanced space technology and space applications directly related to commercial space activities. (c) LIMITATIONS.—No individual or corporate entity may receive an award under this section more than once every 5 years. (d) FUNDING FOR AWARD.—The Secretary of Commerce may seek and accept gifts of money from public and private sources for the purpose of making cash prize awards under this section. Such money may be used only for that purpose, and only such money may be used for that purpose. The Secretary of Commerce shall make publicly available an itemized list of the sources of such funding.