S 3103 ISRSCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

To amend the Iran, North Korea, and Syria Nonproliferation Act to allow certain extraordinary payments in connection with the International Space Station.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

June 9, 2008CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Mr. BIDEN (for himself and Mr. LUGAR) (by request) (for himself, Mr. LUGAR, and Mr. INHOFE) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign RelationsCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

To amend the Iran, North Korea, and Syria Nonproliferation Act to allow certain extraordinary payments in connection with the International Space Station.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ‘International Space Station Payments Act of 2008’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO MAKE CERTAIN EXTRAORDINARY PAYMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.

Section 7(1)(B) of the Iran, North Korea, and Syria Nonproliferation Act (Public Law 106-178; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) by striking ‘except that such term does not mean payments’ and inserting the following: ‘except that such term does not mean--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(i) payments’;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) by striking ‘or contract related thereto.’ and inserting ‘or contract related thereto; or’; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(3) by adding at the end the following new clause:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(ii) payments in cash or in kind made or to be made by the United States Government between January 1, 2012, and reentry into Earth’s atmosphere of the International Space Station at its end of life, for work to be performed or services to be rendered during that period necessary to meet United States obligations under the Agreement Concerning Cooperation on the Civil International Space Station, with annex, signed at Washington January 29, 1998, and entered into force March 27, 2001, or any protocol, agreement, memorandum of understanding, or contract related thereto, except that this clause does not allow for payments in cash or in kind to be made by the United States Government for--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(I) any cargo services provided by a Progress vehicle; orCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(II) any crew transportation or rescue services provided by a Soyuz vehicle after--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

‘(aa) the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle reaches full operational capability; orCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

‘(bb) a United States commercial provider of crew transportation and rescue services demonstrates the capability to meet mission requirements of the International Space Station.’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink