101 STAT. 866 International agreements.
PUBLIC LAW 100-147—OCT. 30, 1987
SEC. 114. (a) The Administrator shall award to a domestic firm a contract that, under the use of competitive procedures, would be awarded to a foreign firm, if— (1) the final product of the domestic firm will be completely assembled in the United States; (2) when completely assembled, not less than 50 percent of the final product of the domestic firm will be domestically produced; d and (3) the difference between the bids submitted by the foreign and domestic firms is not more than 6 percent. (b) This section shall not apply to the extent to which— (1) such applicability would not be in the public interest; (2) compelling national security considerations require otherwise; or j| (3) the United States Trade Representative determines that
- • such an award would be in violation of the General Agreement
on Tariffs and Trade or an international agreement to which the United States is a party. (c) For purposes of this section— (1) the term "domestic firm" means a business entity that is incorporated in the United States and that conducts business 3 operations in the United States; and (2) the term "foreign firm" means a business entity not described in paragraph (1). (d) This section shall apply only to contracts for which— (1) amounts are made available pursuant to this Act; and (2) solicitations for bids are issued after the date of the enactment of this Act. SEC. 115. Title II of the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 (42 U.S.C. 2451 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: "DONATIONS FOR SPACE SHUTTLE ORBITER
Gifts and property.
42 USC 2476b.
"SEC. 208. (a) The Administrator may accept gifts and donations of services, money, and real, personal, tangible, and intangible property, and use such gifts and donations for the construction of a space shuttle orbiter. "OJXD The authority of the Administrator to accept gifts or donations pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall terminate five years after the date of the enactment of this section. "(2) All gifts and donations accepted by the Administrator pursuant to subsection (a) of this section which are not needed for construction of a space shuttle orbiter shall be used by the Administrator for an appropriate purpose— "(A) in tribute to the dedicated crew of the space shuttle Challenger; and "(B) in furtherance of the exploration of space. "(c) The name of a space shuttle orbiter constructed in whole or in part with gifts or donations whose acceptance and use are authorized by subsection (a) of this section shall be selected by the Administrator from among suggestions submitted by students in elementary and secondary schools.". SEC. 116. (a) It is the sense of the Congress that the space shuttle is a critical national resource that should be preserved; that it should be used primarily for those missions which require its unique capabilities; and that a diversified family of expendable launch
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