124 STAT. 3366 PUBLIC LAW 111–314—DEC. 18, 2010 accounting and reporting standards for carrying out this section, the Administrator shall, to the extent practicable and consistent with other laws, solicit the advice of experts outside of the Adminis- tration. § 30308. Cost effectiveness calculations (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: (1) COMMERCIAL PROVIDER.—The term ‘‘commercial 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 Common- wealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and any other commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States. (b) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise required by law, in calcu- lating 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 activity. § 30309. Use of abandoned and underutilized buildings, grounds, and facilities (a) DEFINITION OF DEPRESSED COMMUNITIES.—In this section, the term ‘‘depressed communities’’ means rural and urban commu- nities that are relatively depressed, in terms of age of housing, extent of poverty, growth of per capita income, extent of unemploy- ment, job lag, or surplus labor. (b) IN GENERAL.—In any case in which the Administrator con- siders the purchase, lease, or expansion of a facility to meet require- ments 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 facili- ties in depressed communities that can be converted to Adminis- tration 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 Adminis- trator 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. § 30310. Exception to alternative fuel procurement require- ment Section 526(a) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17142(a)) does not prohibit the Administration from entering into a contract to purchase a generally available
