[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1001 Introduced in House (IH)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1001

 To amend the Iran Nonproliferation Act of 2000 to allow extraordinary 
payments in connection with the International Space Station to be made 
  to the Russian Aviation and Space Agency for safety and maintenance 
  purposes during any period in which the United States Space Shuttle 
               fleet is grounded, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 27, 2003

  Mr. Lampson (for himself, Mr. Gordon, and Mr. Hall) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on International 
Relations, and in addition to the Committee on Science, for a period to 
      be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
                          committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Iran Nonproliferation Act of 2000 to allow extraordinary 
payments in connection with the International Space Station to be made 
  to the Russian Aviation and Space Agency for safety and maintenance 
  purposes during any period in which the United States Space Shuttle 
               fleet is grounded, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Amendment to the Iran 
Nonproliferation Act of 2000''.

 SEC. 2. AMENDMENT.

    Section 6 of the Iran Nonproliferation Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-
178; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note), is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsection:
    ``(i) Exception for International Space Station Support Activities 
While the Space Shuttle Fleet Is Grounded.--
            ``(1) Exception.--The National Aeronautics and Space 
        Administration may make extraordinary payments that may 
        otherwise be prohibited under this section to the Russian 
        Aviation and Space Agency if the President has notified the 
        Congress in writing that such payments are necessary to ensure 
        the safety of the crew aboard the International Space Station 
        and to maintain continued operation of the International Space 
        Station during such period that the United States Space Shuttle 
        fleet is grounded due to an accident or other safety-related 
        matter. Such payments shall cease not later than 60 days after 
        the Space Shuttle operations resume at the end of such period.
            ``(2) Reports.--Not later than 90 days after Space Shuttle 
        operations resume at the end of a period described in paragraph 
        (1) during which the Space Shuttle fleet is grounded, the 
        President shall submit to the Congress a report describing--
                    ``(A) any payments made to the Russian Aviation and 
                Space Agency under paragraph (1) by reason of such 
                grounding, and any specific goods and services obtained 
                in return for those payments; and
                    ``(B) any agreements made between the National 
                Aeronautics and Space Administration and the Russian 
                Aviation and Space Agency related to such payments.''.
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