A bill to require a review of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration preference for domestic suppliers.

II 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 1549 To require a review of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration preference for domestic suppliers. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES MAY 11, 2021 Mr. PETERS introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation A BILL To require a review of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration preference for domestic suppliers. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. REVIEW OF PREFERENCE FOR DOMESTIC SUP- 3 PLIERS. 4 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the Sense of Con- 5 gress that the National Aeronautics and Space Adminis- 6 tration (referred to in this section as ‘‘NASA’’) should, 7 to the maximum extent practicable and with due consider- 8 ation of foreign policy goals and obligations under Federal 9 law— 10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:30 May 27, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1549.IS S1549 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •S 1549 IS (1) use domestic suppliers of goods and serv- 1 ices; and 2 (2) ensure compliance with the Federal acquisi- 3 tion regulations, including subcontract flow-down 4 provisions. 5 (b) REVIEW.— 6 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 7 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Ad- 8 ministrator of NASA shall undertake a comprehen- 9 sive review of the domestic supplier preferences of 10 NASA and the obligations of NASA under the Fed- 11 eral acquisition regulations to ensure compliance, 12 particularly with respect to Federal acquisition regu- 13 lations provisions that apply to foreign-based sub- 14 contractors. 15 (2) ELEMENTS.—The review under paragraph 16 (1) shall include— 17 (A) an assessment as to whether NASA 18 has provided funding for infrastructure of a for- 19 eign-owned company or State-sponsored entity 20 in recent years; and 21 (B) a review of any impact such funding 22 has had on domestic service providers. 23 (c) REPORT.—The Administrator of NASA shall sub- 24 mit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Trans- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:30 May 27, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1549.IS S1549 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •S 1549 IS portation of the Senate and the Committee on Science, 1 Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives 2 a report on the results of the review. 3 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:30 May 27, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S1549.IS S1549 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS