102 STAT. 3906	PUBLIC LAW 100-657—NOV. 15, 1988
(3) is licensed for launch tinder the Commercial Space Launch
Act
SEC. 7. PREEMPTION OF SCHEDULED LAUNCHES.
Section 15(b) of the Commeraal Space Launch Act (49 U.S.C. App.
2614(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
"(4XA) The Secretary, with the cooperation of the Secretary of
Defense and the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration, shall take steps to ensure that the launches
of payloads with respect to which a launch date commitment from
the United States has been obtained for a launch licensed under this
Act are not preempted from access to United States launch sites or
launch property, except in cases of imperative national need. Any
determination of imperative national need shall be made by the
Secretary of Defense or the Administrator of the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration, in consultation with the
Secretary, and shall not be delegated. A licensee or transferee
preempted from access to a launch site or launch property shall not
be required to pay to the United States any amount for launch
services solely attributable to the scheduled launch prevented by
such preemption.
Reports.	"(B) The Secretary of Defense or the Administrator of the Na-
tional Aeronautics and Space Administration, in cooperation with
the Secretary, as the case may be, shall report to the Congress
within 7 days after any determination of imperative national need
under subparagraph (A), including an explanation of the cir-
cumstances justifying such determination and a schedule for ensur-
ing the prompt launching of a preempted payload,"
SEC. 8- STUDY OF PROCESS FOR SCHEDULING LAUNCHES.
The Secretary of Transportation, in cooperation with the
Secretary of Defense and the Administrator of the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration, and in consultation with
representatives of the space launch and satellite industry, shall
study ways and means of scheduling Government and commercial
payloads on commercial launch vehicles at Government launch sites
in a manner which—
 (1)	makes the best practicable use of the launch property of
the United States; and
 (2)	assures that the launch property of the United States that
is available for commercial use will be available on a commer-
cially reasonable basis,
consistent with the objectives of the Commercial Space Launch Act.
Reports.	The Secretary shall report the results of such study to the Congress
within 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
SEC. 9. COMMERCIAL SPACE LAUNCH SERVICE COMPETITION.
It is the sense of the Congress that the United States should
explore ways and means of developing a dialogue with appropriate
foreign government representatives to seek the development of
guidelines for access to launch services by satellite builders and
users in a manner that assures the conduct of reasonable and fair
international competition in commercial space activities.