51 U.S.C. § 50913 — Acquiring United States Government property and services

(a) General Requirements and Considerations. (1) The Secretary of Transportation must help and encourage the private sector and state governments to acquire: (A) U.S. Government launch or reentry property that's excess or not needed for public use; and (B) government launch and reentry services, including utilities, not otherwise needed for public use. (2) While doing this, the Secretary must consider whether substantially equivalent launch property or services are already commercially available on reasonable terms from a domestic source — whether that source is on or off a federal range. (b) Price. (1) In this subsection, "direct costs" means actual costs that (A) can be clearly tied to a commercial launch or reentry effort, and (B) the government wouldn't otherwise incur without that effort. (2) Working with the Secretary, the head of the executive agency providing the property or service sets its price. The price is: (A) fair market value, for launch property sold or exchanged; (B) the direct costs (including specific wear, tear, and property damage) the government incurs, for launch property acquired other than by sale or exchange; and (C) the direct costs (including the basic pay of government civilian and contractor staff) the government incurs, for launch or reentry services. (3) The Secretary must ensure uniform, consistent guidelines for this across all federal agencies. (c) Collection by Secretary. With the consent of the agency head who set the price, the Secretary may collect payment under this section. Collected amounts go to the Treasury. Except for excess launch property, they're credited back to the appropriation that originally paid for the property or services. (d) Collection by Other Governmental Heads. A department, agency, or instrumentality head may collect payment for an activity involved in producing a launch or reentry vehicle, or its payload, for launch or reentry — if the vehicle's or payload's owner or manufacturer agreed to that activity.