10 U.S.C. § 2277 — Disclosure of National Security Space Launch program contract pricing terms
submitted 5 years ago by Pub. L. 117-81 to r/title-10-ARMED-FORCES · 191 words · no verdicts yet
The Secretary of the Air Force must report the pricing terms of covered National Security Space Launch contracts to specified congressional committees within 30 days. The committees must protect and use those descriptions only for committee purposes.
(a) generally .— for any contract awarded by the Secretary of the Air Force for the launch of a national security payload under the National Security Space Launch program, by 30 days after entering into such a contract, the Secretary must submit to the congressional defense committees* a description of the pricing terms of the contract. For those contracts that include the launch of assets of the National Reconnaissance Office, the Secretary must also submit the pricing terms to the congressional intelligence committees (as defined by section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3003 )).
(b) Competitively Sensitive Trade Secret Data .— The congressional defense committees and the congressional intelligence committees must—
(1) treat a description of pricing terms submitted under subsection
(a) as competitively sensitive trade secret data; and
(2) use the description solely for committee purposes, subject to appropriate restrictions to maintain the confidentiality of the description.
(c) Rule of Construction .— for section 1905 of title 18 , a disclosure of contract pricing terms under subsection
(a) is construed as a disclosure authorized by law.
With respect to any contract awarded by the Secretary of the Air Force for the launch of a national security payload under the National Security Space Launch program, not later than 30 days after entering into such a contract, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees* a description of the pricing terms of the contract. For those contracts that include the launch of assets of the National Reconnaissance Office, the Secretary shall also submit the pricing terms to the congressional intelligence committees (as defined by section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003)).
The congressional defense committees and the congressional intelligence committees shall—
treat a description of pricing terms submitted under subsection (a) as competitively sensitive trade secret data; and
use the description solely for committee purposes, subject to appropriate restrictions to maintain the confidentiality of the description.
For purposes of section 1905 of title 18, a disclosure of contract pricing terms under subsection (a) shall be construed as a disclosure authorized by law.
Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title XVI, § 1601(a)(1), Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 2073.)
- 2021Enacted · Pub. L. 117-81 · 135 Stat. 2073
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