Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 114 Part 1.djvu/78

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114 STAT. 42 PUBLIC LAW 106-178—MAR. 14, 2000 which a determination pursuant to section 5 has been or will be made). Deadline. (c) PRIOR NOTIFICATION.— Not less than 5 days before making a determination under subsection (b), the President shall notify the Committee on International Relations and the Committee on Science of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate of his intention to make such determination. (d) WRITTEN JUSTIFICATION.—A determination of the President under subsection (b) shall include a written justification describing in detail the facts and circumstances supporting the President's conclusion. (e) SUBMISSION IN CLASSIFIED FORM. — When the President considers it appropriate, a determination of the President under subsection (b), a prior notification under subsection (c), and a written justification under subsection (d), or appropriate parts thereof, may be submitted in classified form. (f) EXCEPTION FOR CREW SAFETY.— (1) EXCEPTION.— The National Aeronautics and Space Administration may make extraordinary payments that would otherwise be prohibited under this section to the Russian Aviation and Space Agency or any organization or entity under the jurisdiction or control of the Russian Aviation and Space Agency if the President has notified the Congress in writing that such payments are necessary to prevent the imminent loss of life by or grievous injury to individuals aboard the International Space Station. Deadline. (2) REPORT. —Not later than 30 days after notifying Congress that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration will make extraordinary payments under paragraph (1), the President shall submit to Congress a report describing— (A) the extent to which the provisions of subsection (b) had been met as of the date of notification; and (B) the measures that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration is taking to ensure that— (i) the conditions posing a threat of imminent loss of life by or grievous injury to individuals aboard the International Space Station necessitating the extraordinary payments are not repeated; and (ii) it is no longer necessary to make extraordinary payments in order to prevent imminent loss of life by or grievous injury to individuals aboard the International Space Station. (g) SERVICE MODULE EXCEPTION.— (1) The National Aeronautics and Space Administration may make extraordinary payments that would otherwise be prohibited under this section to the Russian Aviation and Space Agency, any organization or entity under the jurisdiction or control of the Russian Aviation and Space Agency, or any subcontractor thereof for the construction, testing, preparation, delivery, launch, or maintenance of the Service Module, and for the purchase (at a total cost not to exceed $14,000,000) of the pressure dome for the Interim Control Module and the Androgy- nous Peripheral Docking Adapter and related hardware for the United States propulsion module, if— (A) the President has notified Congress at least 5 days before making such payments;