Sec. 11. Government astronauts
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Section 50901(15) is amended by inserting , government astronauts, after crew each place it appears. Section 50902 is amended— by redesignating paragraphs
(4)through
(22)as paragraphs
(7)through (25), respectively; and by inserting after paragraph
(3)the following: government astronaut means an individual who— is either— an employee of the United States Government, including the uniformed services, engaged in the performance of a Federal function under authority of law or an Executive act; or an international partner astronaut; is identified by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; is carried within a launch vehicle or reentry vehicle; and may perform or may not perform activities directly relating to the launch, reentry, or other operation of the launch vehicle or reentry vehicle. international partner astronaut means an individual designated under Article 11 of the International Space Station Intergovernmental Agreement, by a partner to that agreement other than the United States, as qualified to serve as an International Space Station crew member. International Space Station Intergovernmental Agreement means the Agreement Concerning Cooperation on the International Space Station, signed at Washington January 29, 1998 (TIAS 12927). . Paragraph
(7)of section 50902, as redesignated, is amended by striking and any payload, crew, or space flight participant and inserting and any payload or human being . Paragraph
(9)of section 50902, as redesignated, is amended by striking payload, crew (including crew training), or space flight participant and inserting payload, crew (including crew training), government astronaut, or space flight participant . Paragraph
(16)of section 50902, as redesignated, is amended by striking and its payload, crew, or space flight participants, if any, and inserting and its payload or human beings, if any, . Paragraph
(17)of section 50902, as redesignated, is amended by striking payload, crew (including crew training), or space flight participant, if any, and inserting payload, crew (including crew training), government astronaut, or space flight participant, if any, . Paragraph
(20)of section 50902, as redesignated, is amended to read as follows: space flight participant means an individual, who is not crew or a government astronaut, carried within a launch vehicle or reentry vehicle. . Paragraph (24)(E) of section 50902, as redesignated, is amended by inserting , government astronauts, after crew . Section 50904(d) is amended by striking activities involving crew or space flight participants and inserting activities involving crew, government astronauts, or space flight participants . Section 50905 is amended— in subsection (a)(2), by striking crews and space flight participants and inserting crew, government astronauts, and space flight participants ; in subsection (b)(2)(D), by striking crew or space flight participants and inserting crew, government astronauts, or space flight participants ; and in subsection (c)— in paragraph (1), by striking crew and space flight participants and inserting crew, government astronauts, and space flight participants ; and in paragraph (2), by striking to crew or space flight participants each place it appears and inserting to crew, government astronauts, or space flight participants . Section 50907(a) is amended by striking crew or space flight participant training and inserting crew, government astronaut, or space flight participant training . Section 50908(d)(1) is amended by striking to crew or space flight participants each place it appears and inserting to any human being . Section 50917(b)(1)(D)(i) is amended by striking crew or space flight participant training site, and inserting crew, government astronaut, or space flight participant training site, . Section 50919(g) is amended to read as follows: This chapter does not apply to— a launch, reentry, operation of a launch vehicle or reentry vehicle, operation of a launch site or reentry site, or other space activity the Government carries out for the Government; or planning or policies related to the launch, reentry, operation, or activity under subparagraph (A). The following activities are not space activities the Government carries out for the Government under paragraph (1): A government astronaut being carried within a launch vehicle or reentry vehicle under this chapter. A government astronaut performing activities directly relating to the launch, reentry, or other operation of the launch vehicle or reentry vehicle under this chapter. . Nothing in this Act, or the amendments made by this Act, may be construed to modify or affect any law relating to astronauts.