51 U.S.C. § 20142 — Contracts regarding expendable launch vehicles
submitted 16 years ago by Pub. L. 111-314 to r/title-51-NATIONAL-AND-COMMERCIAL-SPACE-PROGRAMS · 194 words · no verdicts yet
The Administrator may sign launch-vehicle contracts that run longer than current funding. These contracts can cover termination costs and advance payments, capped at appropriated amounts. If funds run out, the contract must end, and its costs are paid from available appropriations.
(a) Commitments Beyond Available Appropriations. The Administrator* may sign contracts for expendable launch vehicle services that last longer than the period funds are currently available for, may agree to pay contingent liability that goes beyond available appropriations if the government cancels the contract for its own convenience, and may agree to reasonable advance payments tied to launch vehicle and related equipment, building, and buying costs — as long as the contract caps what the government must pay to amounts already provided in appropriations laws. The Administrator may limit these contracts to U.S. sources when the Administrator decides that serves the public interest.
(b) Termination if Funds Not Available. If funds are not available to keep a contract going, the contract must be ended for the government's convenience. Its costs must then be paid from the appropriations originally meant for that contract, from other unobligated funds currently available for buying launch services, or from funds appropriated specifically for such payments.
The Administrator* may enter into contracts for expendable launch vehicle services that are for periods in excess of the period for which funds are otherwise available for obligation, provide for the payment for contingent liability which may accrue in excess of available appropriations in the event the Federal Government for its convenience terminates such contracts, and provide for advance payments reasonably related to launch vehicle and related equipment, fabrication, and acquisition costs, if any such contract limits the amount of the payments that the Government is allowed to make under such contract to amounts provided in advance in appropriation Acts. Such contracts may be limited to sources within the United States when the Administrator determines that such limitation is in the public interest.
If funds are not available to continue any such contract, the contract shall be terminated for the convenience of the Government, and the costs of such contract shall be paid from appropriations originally available for performance of the contract, from other unobligated appropriations currently available for the procurement of launch services, or from funds appropriated for such payments.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 111–314, § 3, Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3348.)
- 2010Enacted · Pub. L. 111-314 · 124 Stat. 3348
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