- Record: Senate Floor
- Section type: Amendments
- Chamber: Senate
- Date: June 24, 2026
- Congress: 119th Congress
- Why this source matters: This section came from the Senate floor portion of the record.
SA 6280. Mr. HUSTED submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle G of title X add the following:
SEC. 1094. LEASE BY NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
ADMINISTRATION OF REAL PROPERTY TO OHIO
AEROSPACE INSTITUTE.
(a) Lease Authority.—
(1) In general.—The Administrator of the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration may, without regard to
section 1302 of title 40, United States Code, or section
20145 of title 51, United States Code, and on such terms as
the Administrator determines appropriate, lease, for a term
not to exceed 99 years, real property located at the Glenn
Research Center in Ohio to the Ohio Aerospace Institute for
the purpose of the operation or construction on that property
of facilities of the Ohio Aerospace Institute the purposes of
which include—
(A) conduct of aeronautical and space research;
(B) education and training of aeronautical and space
engineers;
(C) protection of national security; and
(D) transfer of aeronautical and space technology between
the United States public and private sectors.
(2) Renewal.—A lease entered into under paragraph (1)
shall be renewable for additional periods in the discretion
of the Administrator.
(b) Additional Agreements.—Subject to the availability of
appropriations, the Administrator may enter into agreements,
on such terms as the Administrator determines appropriate,
with the Ohio Aerospace Institute pursuant to which the
Administration may directly—
(1) lease any owned or operated facilities of the Ohio
Aerospace Institute;
(2) provide administrative, maintenance, instructional,
infrastructure, or other appropriate support, with or without
reimbursement, to the Ohio Aerospace Institute; and
(3) procure services from the Ohio Aerospace Institute the
purposes of which include—
(A) conduct of aeronautical and space research;
(B) education and training of aeronautical and space
engineers;
(C) protection of national security; and
(D) transfer of aeronautical and space technology between
the United States public and private sectors.
(c) Redelegation Authority.—The Administrator may
redelegate the authority under subsections (a) and (b) to
such subordinate officers and employees of the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration as the Administrator may
designate.
(d) References.—All references to the Ohio Aerospace
Institute in subsections (a) and (b) include the successors
and assigns of the Ohio Aerospace Institute.