114 STAT. 1588 PUBLIC LAW 106-391—OCT. 30, 2000 (2) CALCULATION OF LAUNCH COSTS.— For purposes of paragraph (1)(B)— (A) not more than $380,000,000 in costs for any single space shuttle launch shall be taken into account; and Deadline. (B) if the space shuttle launch costs taken into account for any single space shuttle launch are less than $380,000,000, then the Administrator shall arrange for a verification, by the General Accounting Office, of the accounting used to determine those costs and shall submit that verification to the Congress within 60 days after the date on which the next budget request is transmitted to the Congress. (b) COSTS TO WHICH LIMITATION APPLIES. — (1) DEVELOPMENT COSTS.—The limitation imposed by subsection (a)(1)(A) does not apply to funding for operations, research, or crew return activities subsequent to substantial completion of the International Space Station. (2) LAUNCH COSTS. —The limitation imposed by subsection (a)(1)(B) does not apply— (A) to space shuttle launch costs in connection with operations, research, or crew return activities subsequent to substantial completion of the International Space Station; (B) to space shuttle launch costs in connection with a launch for a mission on which at least 75 percent of the shuttle payload by mass is devoted to research; nor (C) to any additional costs incurred in ensuring or enhancing the safety and reliability of the space shuttle. (3) SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION.— For purposes of this subsection, the International Space Station is considered to be substantially completed when the development costs comprise 5 percent or less of the total International Space Station costs for the fiscal year. (c) NOTICE OF CHANGES TO SPACE STATION COSTS. —The Administrator shall provide with each annual budget request a written notice and analysis of any changes under subsection (d) to the amounts set forth in subsection (a) to the Senate Committees on Appropriations and on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and to the House of Representatives Committees on Appropriations and on Science. In addition, such notice may be provided at other times, as deemed necessary by the Administrator. The written notice shall include— (1) an explanation of the basis for the change, including the costs associated with the change and the expected benefit to the program to be derived from the change; (2) an analysis of the impact on the assembly schedule and annual funding estimates of not receiving the requested increases; and (3) an explanation of the reasons that such a change was not anticipated in previous program budgets. (d) FUNDING FOR CONTINGENCIES. — (1) NOTICE REQUIRED. —I f funding in excess of the limitation provided for in subsection (a) is required to address the contingencies described in paragraph (2), then the Administrator shall provide the written notice required by subsection (c). In the case of funding described in paragraph (3)(A), such notice shall be required prior to obligating any of the funding.
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