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51 U.S.C. § 30309 — Use of abandoned and underutilized buildings, grounds, and facilities
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**(a) Definition of Depressed Communities.—** In this section, the term “depressed communities” means rural and urban communities that are relatively depressed, in terms of age of housing, extent of poverty, growth of per capita income, extent of unemployment, job lag, or surplus labor.
**(b) In General.—** In any case in which the Administrator considers the purchase, lease, or expansion of a facility to meet requirements of the Administration, the Administrator shall consider whether those requirements could be met by the use of one of the following:
(1) Abandoned or underutilized buildings, grounds, and facilities in depressed communities that can be converted to Administration usage at a reasonable cost, as determined by the Administrator.
(2) Any military installation that is closed or being closed, or any facility at such an installation.
(3) Any other facility or part of a facility that the Administrator determines to be—
(A) owned or leased by the United States for the use of another agency of the Federal Government; and
(B) considered by the head of the agency involved to be—
(i) excess to the needs of that agency; or
(ii) underutilized by that agency.
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**(a) Definition of Depressed Communities.—** In this section, the term “depressed communities” means rural and urban communities that are relatively depressed, in terms of age of housing, extent of poverty, growth of per capita income, extent of unemployment, job lag, or surplus labor.
**(b) In General.—** In any case in which the Administrator considers the purchase, lease, or expansion of a facility to meet requirements of the Administration, the Administrator shall consider whether those requirements could be met by the use of one of the following:
(1) Abandoned or underutilized buildings, grounds, and facilities in depressed communities that can be converted to Administration usage at a reasonable cost, as determined by the Administrator.
(2) Any military installation that is closed or being closed, or any facility at such an installation.
(3) Any other facility or part of a facility that the Administrator determines to be—
(A) owned or leased by the United States for the use of another agency of the Federal Government; and
(B) considered by the head of the agency involved to be—
(i) excess to the needs of that agency; or
(ii) underutilized by that agency.
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### Statutory Notes
Section, Pub. L. 106–391, title III, § 325, Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1600, related to use of abandoned and underutilized buildings, grounds, and facilities. See [section 30309 of Title 51](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title51-section30309&num=0&edition=prelim), National and Commercial Space Programs.
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TITLE 51—NATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL SPACE PROGRAMS
§ 30308
1 See References in Text note below.
‘‘(1) guidance on when to use an Independent Cost
Estimate and Independent Cost Assessment; and
‘‘(2) criteria to use to make a determination under
paragraph (1).’’
§ 30308. Cost effectiveness calculations
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
(1) COMMERCIAL PROVIDER.—The term ‘‘com-
mercial provider’’ means any person providing
space transportation services or other space-
related activities, the primary control of
which is held by persons other than a Federal,
State, local, or foreign government.
(2) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of
the several States of the United States, the
District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, Amer-
ican Samoa, the Commonwealth of the North-
ern Mariana Islands, and any other common-
wealth, territory, or possession of the United
States.
(b) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise required
by law, in calculating the cost effectiveness of
the cost of the Administration engaging in an
activity as compared to a commercial provider,
the Administrator shall compare the cost of the
Administration engaging in the activity using
full cost accounting principles with the price
the commercial provider will charge for such ac-
tivity.
(Pub. L. 111–314, § 3, Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3366.)
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42 U.S.C. 2459h.
Pub. L. 106–391, title III,
§ 304, Oct. 30, 2000, 114
Stat. 1592.
In subsection (a), definitions of ‘‘commercial pro-
vider’’ and ‘‘State’’ are added to carry forward the ap-
propriate definitions from section 3 of the National
Aeronautics and Space Adminis
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