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 PUBLIC LAW 99-170—DEC. 5, 1985

99 STAT. 1017

cational activities and such other activities as the President may deem appropriate. TITLE II—SHUTTLE PRICING POLICY FOR COMMERCIAL AND FOREIGN USERS SEC. 201. The Congress finds and declares that— (1) the Space Transportation System is a vital element of the United States space program, contributing to the United States leadership in space research, technology, and development; (2) the Space Transportation System is the primary space launch system for both United States national security and civil government missions; (3) the Space Transportation System contributes to the expansion of United States private sector investment and involvement in space and therefore should serve commercial users; (4) the availability of the Space Transportation System to foreign users for peaceful purposes is an important means of promoting international cooperative activities in the national interest and in maintaining access to space for activities which enhance the security and welfare of mankind; (5) the United States is committed to maintaining world leadership in space transportation; (6) making the Space Transportation System fully operational and cost effective in providing routine access to space will maximize the national economic benefits of the system; and (7) national goals and the objectives for the Space Transportation System can be furthered by a stable and fair pricing policy for the Space Transportation System. SEC. 202. The purpose of this title is to set the reimbursement pricing policy for the Space Transportation System for commercial and foreign users which is consistent with the findings included in section 201, encourages the full and effective use of space, and is designed to achieve the following goals— (1) the preservation of the role of the United States as a leader in space research, technology, and development; (2) the efficient and cost effective use of the Space Transportation System; (3) the achievement of greatly increased commercial space activity; and (4) the enhgmcement of the international competitive position of the United States. SEC. 203. For purposes of this title, the term— (1) "Administrator" means the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; and (2) "additive cost" means the average direct and indirect costs to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration of providing additional flights of the Space Transportation System beyond the costs associated with those flights necessary to meet the space transportation needs of the United States Government. SEC. 204. (a) The Administrator shall establish and implement a pricing system to recover reimbursement in accordance with the pricing policy under section 202 from each commercial or foreign user of the Space Transportation System, which except as provided in subsections (c), (d), and (e) shall include a base price of not less

Space Transportation System. 42 USC 2466.

42 USC 2466a.

42 USC 2466b.

42 USC 2466c.

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