[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S3431]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 6280. Mr. HUSTED submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2027 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 G of title X add the following:

     SEC. 1094. LEASE BY NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE 
                   ADMINISTRATION OF REAL PROPERTY TO OHIO 
                   AEROSPACE INSTITUTE.

       (a) Lease Authority.--
       (1) In general.--The Administrator of the National 
     Aeronautics and Space Administration may, without regard to 
     section 1302 of title 40, United States Code, or section 
     20145 of title 51, United States Code, and on such terms as 
     the Administrator determines appropriate, lease, for a term 
     not to exceed 99 years, real property located at the Glenn 
     Research Center in Ohio to the Ohio Aerospace Institute for 
     the purpose of the operation or construction on that property 
     of facilities of the Ohio Aerospace Institute the purposes of 
     which include--
       (A) conduct of aeronautical and space research;
       (B) education and training of aeronautical and space 
     engineers;
       (C) protection of national security; and
       (D) transfer of aeronautical and space technology between 
     the United States public and private sectors.
       (2) Renewal.--A lease entered into under paragraph (1) 
     shall be renewable for additional periods in the discretion 
     of the Administrator.
       (b) Additional Agreements.--Subject to the availability of 
     appropriations, the Administrator may enter into agreements, 
     on such terms as the Administrator determines appropriate, 
     with the Ohio Aerospace Institute pursuant to which the 
     Administration may directly--
       (1) lease any owned or operated facilities of the Ohio 
     Aerospace Institute;
       (2) provide administrative, maintenance, instructional, 
     infrastructure, or other appropriate support, with or without 
     reimbursement, to the Ohio Aerospace Institute; and
       (3) procure services from the Ohio Aerospace Institute the 
     purposes of which include--
       (A) conduct of aeronautical and space research;
       (B) education and training of aeronautical and space 
     engineers;
       (C) protection of national security; and
       (D) transfer of aeronautical and space technology between 
     the United States public and private sectors.
       (c) Redelegation Authority.--The Administrator may 
     redelegate the authority under subsections (a) and (b) to 
     such subordinate officers and employees of the National 
     Aeronautics and Space Administration as the Administrator may 
     designate.
       (d) References.--All references to the Ohio Aerospace 
     Institute in subsections (a) and (b) include the successors 
     and assigns of the Ohio Aerospace Institute.
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