[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2617 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2617

   To allow the procurement of supplies and services for commercial 
  activities at National Aeronautics and Space Administration centers.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 17, 2019

     Mr. Rubio (for himself, Mr. Cornyn, and Mr. Scott of Florida) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
           Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
   To allow the procurement of supplies and services for commercial 
  activities at National Aeronautics and Space Administration centers.

    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 ``Contracts and Obligations 
Modernization for Efficient Terms of Service Act'' or the ``COMETS 
Act''.

SEC. 2. PROCUREMENT OF SUPPLIES AND SERVICES FOR COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES 
              AT NASA CENTERS.

    Notwithstanding section 2384a(a)(1)(B) of title 10, United States 
Code, and section 3310(a)(2) of title 41, United States Code, with 
respect to the acquisition of supplies or services to carry out, under 
section 20113(e) of title 51, United States Code, a transaction (other 
than a contract, lease, or cooperative agreement) that supports a 
commercial activity at a National Aeronautics and Space Administration 
center, the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration may procure such supplies or services in a quantity the 
Administrator reasonably expects to be necessary to meet the needs of 
such activity.
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