Sec. 833. TERMINATION LIABILITY

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## SEC. 833 TERMINATION LIABILITY It is the sense of Congress that— ####

(1)the ISS, the Space Launch System, and the Orion will enable the Nation to continue operations in low-Earth orbit and to send its astronauts to deep space; ####

(2)the James Webb Space Telescope will revolutionize our understanding of star and planet formation and how galaxies evolved, and will advance the search for the origins of our universe; ####

(3)as a result of their unique capabilities and their critical contribution to the future of space exploration, these systems have been designated by Congress and the Administration as priority investments; ####

(4)contractors are currently holding program funding, estimated to be in the hundreds of millions of dollars, to cover the potential termination liability should the Government choose to terminate a program for convenience; ####

(5)as a result, hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars are unavailable for meaningful work on these programs; ####

(6)according to the Government Accountability Office, the Administration procures most of its goods and services through contracts, and it terminates very few of them; ####

(7)in fiscal year 2010, the Administration terminated 28 of 16,343 active contracts and orders, a termination rate of about 0.17 percent; and ####

(8)the Administration should vigorously pursue a policy on termination liability that maximizes the utilization of its appropriated funds to make maximum progress in meeting established technical goals and schedule milestones on these high-priority programs.