INSURANCE, INDEMNIFICATION, AND CROSS-WAIVERS.

SEC. 324. INSURANCE, INDEMNIFICATION, AND CROSS-WAIVERS. (a) Technical Amendment.—Title III of the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 is amended— (1) by redesignating sections 309 through 311 as sections 310 through 312, respectively; and (2) by inserting “Sec. 309.” before “(a) In General.—” in the undesignated section added by section 435 of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000. 114 STAT. 1600 (b) Amendments.—Section 309 of the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 (as so designated by subsection (a)(2) of this section) is amended— (1) in subsection (c)(1), by striking “departments, agencies, and related entities” and inserting “departments, agencies, and instrumentalities”; (2) in subsection (c)(2), by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: “(D) Willful misconduct.—A reciprocal waiver under paragraph (1) may not relieve the United States, the developer, the cooperating party, or the related entities of the developer or cooperating party, of liability for damage or loss resulting from willful misconduct.”; and (3) by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(f) Termination.— “(1) In general.—The provisions of this section shall terminate on December 31, 2002, except that the Administrator may extend the termination date to a date not later than September 30, 2005, if the Administrator determines that such extension is in the interests of the United States. “(2) Effect of termination on agreement.—The termination of this section shall not terminate or otherwise affect any cross-waiver agreement, insurance agreement, indemnification agreement, or other agreement entered into under this section, except as may be provided in that agreement”.