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139 STAT. 133 PUBLIC LAW 119–21—JULY 4, 2025 the purposes of expenses of the Office of Commercial Space Transportation of the Federal Aviation Administration and to carry out section 630(b) of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024. 70 percent of the amounts deposited into the fund shall be available for such purposes and shall be available without further appropria- tion and without fiscal year limitation.’’. (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections for chapter 509 of title 51, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 50923 the following: ‘‘50924. Space launch and reentry licensing and permitting user fees.’’. SEC. 40005. MARS MISSIONS, ARTEMIS MISSIONS, AND MOON TO MARS PROGRAM. (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 203 of title 51, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘§ 20306. Special appropriations for Mars missions, Artemis missions, and Moon to Mars program ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Administration for fiscal year 2025, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $9,995,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2032, to use as follows: ‘‘(1) $700,000,000, to be obligated not later than fiscal year 2026, for the procurement, using a competitively bid, firm fixed- price contract with a United States commercial provider (as defined in section 50101(7)), of a high-performance Mars tele- communications orbiter— ‘‘(A) that— ‘‘(i) is capable of providing robust, continuous communications for— ‘‘(I) a Mars sample return mission, as described in section 432(3)(C) of the National Aero- nautics and Space Administration Transition Authorization Act of 2017 (51 U.S.C. 20302 note; Public Law 115–10); and ‘‘(II) future Mars surface, orbital, and human exploration missions; ‘‘(ii) supports autonomous operations, onboard processing, and extended mission duration capabilities; and ‘‘(iii) is selected from among the commercial pro- posals that— ‘‘(I) received funding from the Administration in fiscal year 2024 or 2025 for commercial design studies for Mars Sample Return; and ‘‘(II) proposed a separate, independently launched Mars telecommunication orbiter sup- porting an end-to-end Mars sample return mission; and ‘‘(B) which shall be delivered to the Administration not later than December 31, 2028. ‘‘(2) $2,600,000,000 to meet the requirements of section 20302(a) using the program of record known, as of the date of the enactment of this section, as ‘Gateway’, and as described in section 10811(b)(2)(B)(iv) of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2022 (51 U.S.C. Time periods. Expiration date. Deadlines. 51 USC 20306. 51 USC prec. 50901.