121 STAT. 1932 Certification.
Effective date. 42 USC 2459j note. 5 USC app. 6 note.
Contracts. Grants. Certification.
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ED 1.0 Act. 47 USC 902 note.
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PUBLIC LAW 110–161—DEC. 26, 2007
‘‘(2) NASA is not authorized to enter into an out-lease under this section unless the Administrator certifies that such out-lease will not have a negative impact on NASA’s mission.’’. (d) Such section is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection (f): ‘‘(f) SUNSET.—The authority to enter into leases under this section shall expire on the date that is ten years after the date of the enactment of the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2008. The expiration under this subsection of authority to enter into leases under this section shall not affect the validity or term of leases or NASA’s retention of proceeds from leases entered into under this section before the date of the expiration of such authority.’’. (e) The heading of such section is amended by striking ‘‘Enhanced-use lease of real property demonstration’’ and inserting ‘‘Lease of non-excess property’’. (f) This section shall become effective on December 31, 2008. SEC. 534. The Departments, agencies, and commissions funded under this Act, shall establish and maintain on the homepages of their Internet websites— (1) a direct link to the Internet websites of their Offices of Inspectors General; and (2) a mechanism on the Offices of Inspectors General website by which individuals may anonymously report cases of waste, fraud, or abuse with respect to those Departments, agencies, and commissions. SEC. 535. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used to enter into a contract in an amount greater than $5,000,000 or to award a grant in excess of such amount unless the prospective contractor or grantee certifies in writing to the agency awarding the contract or grant that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, the contractor or grantee has filed all Federal tax returns required during the three years preceding the certification, has not been convicted of a criminal offense under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and has not, more than 90 days prior to certification, been notified of any unpaid Federal tax assessment for which the liability remains unsatisfied, unless the assessment is the subject of an installment agreement or offer in compromise that has been approved by the Internal Revenue Service and is not in default, or the assessment is the subject of a non-frivolous administrative or judicial proceeding. SEC. 536. This section may be cited as the ‘‘ED 1.0 Act’’. (a) In this section: (1) The term ‘‘Administrator’’ means the Administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration. (2) The term ‘‘eligible educational institution’’ means an institution that is— (A) a historically Black college or university; (B) a Hispanic-serving institution as that term is defined in section 502(a)(5) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1101a(a)(5)); (C) a tribally controlled college or university as that term is defined in section 2(a)(4) of the Tribally Controlled College or University Assistance Act of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 1801(a)(4));
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