Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 95.djvu/1236

 95 STAT. 1210

PUBLIC LAW 97-96—DEC. 21, 1981

(2) no amount appropriated pursuant to this Act may be used for any program in excess of the amount actually authorized for that particular program by subsections 1(a) and 1(c), and (3) no amount appropriated pursuant to this Act may be used for any program which has not been presented to or requested of either such committee, Notification to unless (A) a period of 30 days has passed after the receipt by the congressional Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the committees. Senate and each such committee of notice given 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 proposed action, or (B) each such committee before the expiration of such period has transmitted to the Administrator written notice to the effect that such committee has no objection to the proposed action. Federal research SEC. 5. It is the sense of the Congress that it is in the national funds, interest that consideration be given to geographical distribution of geographical Federal research funds whenever feasible, and that the National distribution. Aeronautics and Space Administration should explore ways and 42 USC 2459 note. means of distributing its research and development funds whenever feasible. SEC. 6. Section 7 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting at the end thereof the following new paragraph: "(6) Any vehicle used or designed for flight or navigation in space and on the registry of the United States pursuant to the Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, Including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies and the Convention on Registration of Objects Launched into Outer Space, while that vehicle is in flight, which is from the moment when all external doors are closed on Earth following embarkation until the moment when one such door is opened on Earth for disembarkation or in the case of a forced landing, until the competent authorities take over the responsibility for the vehicle and for persons and property aboard.". 42 USC 2451 SEC. 7. The National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958, as note. amended, is amended by inserting at the end of section 305, the 42 USC 2457. following new subsections: "(k) Any object intended for launch, launched, or assembled in outer space shall be considered a vehicle for the purpose of section 272 of title 35, United States Code. "(1) The use or manufacture of any patented invention incorporated in a space vehicle launched by the United States Government for a person other than the United States shall not be considered to be a use or manufacture by or for the United States within the meaning of section 1498(a) of title 28, United States Code, unless the Administration gives an express authorization or consent for such use or manufacture.".

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