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 98 STAT. 426 15 USC 4261 note.

42 USC 2451.

Congress. Defense and national security.

Property, Federal.

PUBLIC LAW 98-361—JULY 16, 1984 SEC. 108. (a) The Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration is directed to continue and to enhance such Administration's programs of remote-sensing research and development. (b) The Administrator is authorized and encouraged to— (1) conduct experimental space remote-sensing prog^rams (including applications demonstration programs and basic research at universities); (2) develop remote-sensing technologies and techniques, including those needed for monitoring the Earth and its environment; and (3) conduct such research and development in cooperation with other public and private research entities, including private industry, universities, Federal, State, and local government agencies, foreign governments, and international organizations, and to enter into arrangements (including joint ventures) which will foster such cooperation. SEC. 109. It is the intent of the Congress that expenditures made from sums appropriated pursuant to the authorization contained in subsection (a)(S) of section 101 of this Act for activities in the advanced turboprop program should be recouped by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration if and when commercially successful products are developed by the aircraft industry as a direct result of such activities. For this purpose the Administrator shall submit to Congress within sixty days of enactment of this Act a plan for the payment to the Administrator of royalties by firms in the aircraft industry with respect to any such products which may be so developed by them. SEC. 110. (a) Section 102 of the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958, as amended, is amended— (1) by striking out "(e) and (f)" in subsection (g) and inserting in lieu thereof "(e), (f), and (g)"; (2) by redesignating subsections (c) through (g) as subsections (d) through (h); and (3) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection: "(c) The Congress declares that the general welfare of the United States requires that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (as established by title II of this Act) seek and encourage, to the maximum extent possible, the fullest commercial use of space.". (b) Section 102(d)(1) of the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958, as amended (and as redesignated by subsection (a) of this section), is amended by inserting "of the Earth and" after "knowledge". SEC. 111. (a) Any Federal personal property may be disposed of in accordance with subsection (b) if such property— (1) is scientific research or development equipment and is not personal property that may be used for general administrative purposes; (2) has been loaned by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to any academic institution or nonprofit organization; and (3) as of March 31, 1984, has been on loan to any such institution or organization for at least two years. (b) The Administrator may transfer title to property described in subsection (a) to an academic institution or nonprofit organization if the Administrator certifies that—

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