S.Amdt. 527

SA 527. Mr. RUBIO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2024 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. 1083. 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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