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§31505 Development of enhanced-use lease policy

Title 51 › Subtitle Subtitle III— - Administrative Provisions › Chapter CHAPTER 315— - MISCELLANEOUS › § 31505

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Administrator must make one agency-wide policy for enhanced-use leases. It must follow good business practices and use lessons from the demonstration centers. It must set rules to protect the Government and make people accountable. The policy must explain how to decide if a lease is a better financial choice than other options (like funding by appropriations or selling the property). It must require plans and cost estimates for needed security and access changes, coordination with current tenants, ways to measure program success, and money-tracking rules such as an audit trail and supporting records.

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Title 51, §31505

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(a)The Administrator shall develop an agency-wide enhanced-use lease policy that—
(1)is based upon sound business practices and lessons learned from the demonstration centers; and
(2)establishes controls and procedures to ensure accountability and protect the interests of the Government.
(b)The policy required by subsection (a) shall include the following:
(1)Criteria for determining whether enhanced-use lease provides better economic value to the Government than other options, such as—
(A)Federal financing through appropriations; or
(B)sale of the property.
(2)Requirement for the identification of proposed physical and procedural changes needed to ensure security and restrict access to specified areas, coordination of proposed changes with existing site tenants, and development of estimated costs of such changes.
(3)Measures of effectiveness for the enhanced-use lease program.
(4)Accounting controls and procedures to ensure accountability, such as an audit trail and documentation to readily support financial transactions.

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Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 3150542 U.S.C. 17829.Pub. L. 110–422, title XI, § 1117, Oct. 15, 2008, 122 Stat. 4813.

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51 U.S.C. § 31505

Title 51National and Commercial Space Programs

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73