Section was enacted as part of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2000, and not as part of the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 which is classified principally to this chapter.

2005—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 109–155, § 704(1)–(4), substituted “implementation” for “Phase B” and “$250,000,000” for “$150,000,000”, substituted “Administrator” for “Chief Financial Officer” in two places, and inserted “and consider” after “shall conduct”.

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 109–155, § 704(5), added subsec. (b) and struck out heading and text of former subsec. (b). Text read as follows: “For purposes of this section, the term ‘Phase B’ means the latter stages of project formulation, during which the final definition of a project is carried out and before project implementation (which includes the Design, Development, and Operations Phases) begins.”