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PUBLIC LAW 93-74-JULY 23, 1973

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struction, maintenance, and operation of all manner of facilities and equipment for visitors to the several installations of the Administration and, in connection therewith, to provide services incident to the dissemination of information concerning its activities to such visitors, without charge or with a reasonable charge therefor (with this authority being in addition to any other authority which the Administration may have to provide facilities, equipment, and services for visitors to its installations). A concession agreement under this paragraph may be negotiated with any qualified proposer following due consideration of all proposals received after reasonable public notice of the intention to contract. The concessioner shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to make a profit commensurate with the capital invested and the obligations assumed, and the consideration paid by him for the concession shall be based on the probable value of such opportunity and not on nuiximizing revenue to the United States. Each con- recorTs^^a^ccess?cession agreement shall specify the manner in which the conces- biuty; possessory sioner's records are to be maintained, and shall provide for access interest. to any such records by the Administration and the Comptroller General of the United States for a period of five years after the close of the business year to which such records relate. A concessioner may be accorded a possessory interest, consisting of all incidents of ownership except legal title (which shall vest in the United States), in any structure, fixture, or improA^ement he constructs or locates upon land owned by the United States; and, with the approval of the Administration, such possessory interest may be assigned, transferred, encumbered, or relinquished by him, and, unless otherwise provided by contract, shall not be extinguished by the expiration or other termination of the concession and may not be taken for public use without just compensation;•'. SEC. 7. Title II of the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958, as amended (42 U.S.C. 2471 et seq.), is amended by adding at the end Jl^H^^.^^^'^' thereof the following new section: u DISPOSAL o r EXCESS I.ANI)

"SEC. 207. Notwithstanding the provisions of this or any other law, the Administration may not report to a disposal agency as excess to the needs of the Administration any land having an estimated value in excess of $50,000 which is owned by the United States and under the jurisdiction and control of the Administration, unless (A) Report. a period of thirty days has passed after the receipt by the Speaker and the Committee on Science and Astronautics of the House of Representatives and the President and the Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences of the Senate of a report by the Administrator or his designee containing a full and complete statement of the action proposed to be taken and the facts and circumstances relied upon in support of such action, or (B) each such committee before the Approval expiration of such period has transmitted to the Administrator written notice to the effect that such committee has no objection to the proposed action." Asso t SEC. 8. Section 5316, title 5, United States Code, is amended by ^^_^^n icsita ae o r s, Admi r t deleting paragraphs (15), (16), and (17) and by substituting therefor NASA a new paragraph (15) to read as follows: ^° ^*^'- '^^^ "(15) Associate Administrators, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (6)." SEC. 9. This Act may be cited as the "National Aeronautics and short title. Space Administration Authorization Act, 1974"'. Approved July 23, 1973^

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