[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 115 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S4766]
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  SA 2448. Mr. RUBIO (for himself, Mr. Cornyn, and Mr. Scott of 
Florida) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the 
bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle A of title XV, add the following:

     SEC. 1510. NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 
                   AGREEMENTS WITH PRIVATE AND COMMERCIAL ENTITIES 
                   AND STATE GOVERNMENTS TO PROVIDE CERTAIN 
                   SUPPLIES, SUPPORT, AND SERVICES.

       Section 20113 of title 51, United States Code, is amended 
     by adding at the end the following:
       ``(o) Agreements With Commercial Entities and State 
     Governments.--The Administration--
       ``(1) may enter into an agreement with a private or 
     commercial entity or a State government to provide the entity 
     or State government with supplies, support, and services 
     related to private, commercial, or State government space 
     activities carried on at a property owned or operated by the 
     Administration; and
       ``(2) on request by such an entity or State government, may 
     include such supplies, support, and services in the 
     requirements of the Administration if--
       ``(A) the Administrator determines that the inclusion of 
     such supplies, support, or services in such requirements--
       ``(i) is in the best interest of the Federal Government;
       ``(ii) does not interfere with the requirements of the 
     Administration; and
       ``(iii) does not compete with the commercial space 
     activities of other such entities or State governments; and
       ``(B) the Administration has full reimbursable funding from 
     the entity or State government that requested such supplies, 
     support, and services before making any obligation for the 
     delivery of the supplies, support, or services under an 
     Administration procurement contract or any other 
     agreement.''.
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