TITLE 42 - US CODE - SUBCHAPTER II - AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

42 USC 16631 - Fiscal year 2007

There are authorized to be appropriated to NASA for fiscal year 2007, $17,932,000,000, as follows:
(1) For Science, Aeronautics, and Education (including amounts for construction of facilities), $7,136,800,000, of which $962,000,000 shall be for Aeronautics.
(2) For Exploration Systems and Space Operations (including amounts for construction of facilities), $10,761,700,000, of which $6,618,600,000 shall be for Space Operations.
(3) For the Office of Inspector General, $33,500,000.

42 USC 16632 - Fiscal year 2008

There are authorized to be appropriated to NASA for fiscal year 2008, $18,686,300,000 as follows:
(1) For Science, Aeronautics, and Education (including amounts for construction of facilities), $7,747,800,000, of which $990,000,000 shall be for Aeronautics.
(2) For Exploration Systems and Space Operations (including amounts for construction of facilities), $10,903,900,000, of which $6,546,600,000 shall be for Space Operations.
(3) For the Office of Inspector General, $34,600,000.

42 USC 16633 - ISS research

Beginning with fiscal year 2006, the Administrator shall allocate at least 15 percent of the funds budgeted for ISS research to ground-based, free-flyer, and ISS life and microgravity science research that is not directly related to supporting the human exploration program, consistent with section 16655 of this title.

42 USC 16634 - Test facilities

(a) Charges 
The Administrator shall establish a policy of charging users of NASAs test facilities for the costs associated with their tests at a level that is competitive with alternative test facilities. The Administrator shall not implement a policy of seeking full cost recovery for a facility until at least 30 days after transmitting a notice to the Committee on Science of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate.
(b) Funding account 
In planning and budgeting, the Administrator shall establish a funding account that shall be used for all test facilities. The account shall be sufficient to maintain the viability of test facilities during periods of low utilization.

42 USC 16635 - Official representation fund

Amounts appropriated pursuant to this chapter may be used, but not to exceed a total of $70,000 in any fiscal year, for official reception and representation expenses.

42 USC 16636 - ISS cost cap

(a) Report 
The Administrator shall transmit to the Committee on Science of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report providing the current expected development costs of the ISS and describing any changes to those costs that have occurred because of the grounding of the Space Shuttle after the loss of the Space Shuttle Columbia and because of the implementation of full-cost accounting.
(b) Repeal 
Thirty days after the transmittal of the report described in subsection (a), section 202 of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 2451 note )[1] is repealed.
[1] See References in Text note below.