[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6540 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6540

To amend title 51, United States Code, to authorize the Director of the 
  Kennedy Space Center to convey excess property at the Kennedy Space 
     Center to a State or political subdivision, municipality, or 
   instrumentality of a State for the development and operation of a 
                               spaceport.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 21, 2012

  Mr. Posey introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
              Committee on Science, Space, and Technology

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 51, United States Code, to authorize the Director of the 
  Kennedy Space Center to convey excess property at the Kennedy Space 
     Center to a State or political subdivision, municipality, or 
   instrumentality of a State for the development and operation of a 
                               spaceport.

    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 ``Common Sense Utilization of 
Spaceport Assets Act'' or the ``Common Sense USA Act''.

SEC. 2. PUBLIC BENEFIT CONVEYANCE OF REAL PROPERTY AT THE KENNEDY SPACE 
              CENTER.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter III of chapter 201 of subtitle II of 
title 51, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following new section:

``SEC. 20148. PUBLIC BENEFIT CONVEYANCE OF REAL PROPERTY AT THE KENNEDY 
              SPACE CENTER.

    ``(a) Conveyance Authority.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Director of the Kennedy Space Center 
        (referred to in this section as the `Director') may convey 
        excess real property, including buildings, fixtures, and 
        equipment situated on the property, at the Kennedy Space Center 
        to a State or political subdivision, municipality, or 
        instrumentality of a State for the development and operation of 
        a spaceport.
            ``(2) No involvement of the general services 
        administration.--The Administrator of the General Services 
        Administration shall not be involved in any conveyance of 
        property made under this section.
            ``(3) Conveyance requirements.--A conveyance of property to 
        a State or political subdivision, municipality, or 
        instrumentality of a State under this section may be made only 
        after the Director has--
                    ``(A) received and approved a development plan 
                submitted by that State or political subdivision, 
                municipality, or instrumentality of that State that 
                commits adequate resources and establishes milestones 
                that assures that it will develop and operate a 
                spaceport;
                    ``(B) determined that the development and operation 
                of the conveyed property proposed by the State or 
                political subdivision, municipality, or instrumentality 
                of a State--
                            ``(i) furthers the National Aeronautics and 
                        Space Administration's purpose to encourage and 
                        foster the commercial use of space;
                            ``(ii) enables the development and 
                        operation of space launch and recovery 
                        facilities; and
                            ``(iii) contributes to the economic 
                        recovery or development of a region, and to the 
                        economic competitiveness and prosperity of the 
                        United States; and
                    ``(C) transmitted to Congress a statement that 
                includes--
                            ``(i) a description of the property to be 
                        conveyed;
                            ``(ii) the identity of the State or 
                        political subdivision, municipality, or 
                        instrumentality of a State to which it will 
                        convey such property; and
                            ``(iii) a description of the determination 
                        made under subparagraph (B).
    ``(b) No Monetary Consideration.--A conveyance under this section 
shall be made without monetary consideration to the Federal Government.
    ``(c) Deed of Conveyance.--The deed of conveyance of any excess 
real property conveyed under this section shall--
            ``(1) provide that all of the property be used and 
        maintained for the purpose for which it was conveyed in 
        perpetuity, and that if the property ceases to be used or 
        maintained for that purpose, all or any portion of the 
        property, shall, in its then existing condition, at the option 
        of the Government, revert to the United States; and
            ``(2) contain additional terms, reservations, restrictions, 
        and conditions that the Director may require to ensure use of 
        the property for the purposes for which it was conveyed and to 
        safeguard the interests of the United States.
    ``(d) Spaceport Defined.--The term `spaceport' means one or more 
locations that contain the necessary infrastructure, utilities, 
facilities, equipment, systems, commodities, and services that will 
support the manufacture, assembly, integration, processing, launch, or 
retrieval of payloads, spacecraft, or launch vehicles.''.
    (b) Table of Sections.--The table of sections of title 51 is 
amended by adding after the item relating to section 20147 the 
following:

``20148. Public benefit conveyance of real property at the Kennedy 
                            Space Center.''.
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