113 HR 4412 IH: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2014
U.S. House of Representatives
2014-04-07
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1.Short title; table of contents
(a)This Act may be cited as the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2014
.
(b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Definitions.
Title I—Authorization of Appropriations
Sec. 101. Fiscal year 2014.
Title II—Human Space Flight
Subtitle A—Exploration
Sec. 201. Space exploration policy.
Sec. 202. Stepping stone approach to exploration.
Sec. 203. Space Launch System.
Sec. 204. Orion crew capsule.
Sec. 205. Advanced booster competition.
Subtitle B—Space Operations
Sec. 211. Findings.
Sec. 212. International Space Station.
Sec. 213. Commercial crew report.
Sec. 214. Flight readiness demonstration.
Sec. 215. Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel advice.
Sec. 216. Space communications.
Title III—Science
Subtitle A—General
Sec. 301. Science portfolio.
Sec. 302. Assessment of science mission extensions.
Sec. 303. Radioisotope thermoelectric generators.
Sec. 304. Congressional declaration of policy and purpose.
Sec. 305. Utilization of International Space Station for Science Missions.
Subtitle B—Astrophysics
Sec. 311. Decadal cadence.
Sec. 312. Extrasolar planet exploration strategy.
Sec. 313. James Webb Space Telescope.
Sec. 314. Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope.
Sec. 315. National Reconnaissance Office telescope donation.
Subtitle C—Planetary Science
Sec. 321. Decadal cadence.
Sec. 322. Near-Earth objects.
Sec. 323. Astrobiology strategy.
Sec. 324. Public-private partnerships.
Subtitle D—Heliophysics
Sec. 331. Decadal cadence.
Sec. 332. Review of space weather.
Sec. 333. Deep Space Climate Observatory.
Subtitle E—Earth Science
Sec. 341. Goal.
Sec. 342. Decadal cadence.
Sec. 343. Research to operations.
Sec. 344. Interagency coordination.
Sec. 345. Joint Polar Satellite System climate sensors.
Sec. 346. Land imaging.
Sec. 347. Sources of Earth science data.
Title IV—Aeronautics
Sec. 401. Sense of Congress.
Sec. 402. Unmanned aerial systems research and development.
Sec. 403. Research program on composite materials used in aeronautics.
Sec. 404. Hypersonic research.
Sec. 405. Supersonic research.
Sec. 406. Research on NextGen airspace management concepts and tools.
Sec. 407. Rotorcraft research.
Title V—Space Technology
Sec. 501. Space technology.
Sec. 502. Utilization of the International Space Station for technology demonstrations.
Title VI—Education
Sec. 601. Education.
Sec. 602. Independent review of the National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program.
Title VII—Policy Provisions
Sec. 701. Asteroid Retrieval Mission.
Sec. 702. Termination liability.
Sec. 703. Baseline and cost controls.
Sec. 704. Project and program reserves.
Sec. 705. Independent reviews.
Sec. 706. Space Act Agreements.
Sec. 707. Human spaceflight accident investigations.
Sec. 708. Commercial technology transfer program.
Sec. 709. Orbital debris.
Sec. 710. NASA Advisory Council.
Sec. 711. Cost estimation.
Sec. 712. Detection and avoidance of counterfeit electronic parts.
Sec. 713. Prohibition on use of funds for contractors that have committed fraud or other crimes.
2.In this Act:
(1)The term Administration means the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
(2)The term Administrator means the Administrator of the Administration.
(3)The term Orion crew capsule refers to the multipurpose crew vehicle described in section 303 of the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration Authorization Act of 2010 (42 U.S.C. 18323).
(4)The term Space Act Agreement means an agreement created under the authority to enter into other transactions
under section 20113(e) of title 51, United States Code.
(5)The term Space Launch System refers to the follow-on Government-owned civil launch system developed, managed, and operated by
the Administration to serve as a key component to expand human presence
beyond low-Earth orbit, as described in section 302 of the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2010 (42 U.S.C.
18322).
<enum>I</enum><header>Authorization of Appropriations</header>
<section id="H73662F2FAC7A4D48814314A0EEA62A5E"><enum>101.</enum><header>Fiscal year 2014</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to the Administration for fiscal year 2014 $17,646,500,000
as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="H7E52EF6FA247480497727BEEAC79B3A3"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For Space Exploration, $4,113,200,000, of which—</text>
<subparagraph id="H50E40D8B0BF943D584C4B5D2922880F3"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$1,918,200,000 shall be for the Space Launch System, of which $318,200,000 shall be for Exploration
Ground Systems;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDF3B2ED4E8B446018751B077E2D5807F"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$1,197,000,000 shall be for the Orion crew capsule;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE96D9AE90EAC4C798C58D81D1F4E7164"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$302,000,000 shall be for Exploration Research and Development; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3F7014AF8AF846A3BEC5D98BF4B0993F"><enum>(D)</enum><text>$696,000,000 shall be for Commercial Crew Development activities.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB956558090C040F8B1F3AFE9B8B679D6"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For Space Operations, $3,778,000,000, of which $2,984,100,000 shall be for the International Space
Station Program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H98D63E63B6C44A2296BDCF821294ACCD"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For Science, $5,151,200,000, of which—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE2E73590233E4D24A071680E34C0B226"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$1,826,000,000 shall be for Earth Science;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6BAF87AC325B4307A72EEFAAF790C477"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$1,345,000,000 shall be for Planetary Science, of which $30,000,000 shall be for the Astrobiology
Institute;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2EA32E5CA2C94DBC881A028456A01774"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$668,000,000 shall be for Astrophysics;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF29DD37792B54113AB6881556DF052C9"><enum>(D)</enum><text>$658,200,000 shall be for the James Webb Space Telescope; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9BFACBE01C134042AE1B857D8E56FF6C"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$654,000,000 shall be for Heliophysics.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HBA560658F8F8492097E269EF722ED388"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For Aeronautics, $566,000,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEA2548A946B240ADBEF927193915BF10"><enum>(5)</enum><text>For Space Technology, $576,000,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8A8212783E524D5A813236E0BCA35CD8"><enum>(6)</enum><text>For Education, $116,600,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD49146E4D86C48A9913E94083D29FE23"><enum>(7)</enum><text>For Cross-Agency Support, $2,793,000,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9765348D9AF848468E6C6A7AAF3BDEF7"><enum>(8)</enum><text>For Construction and Environmental Compliance and Restoration, $515,000,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDF72158C439A42D490C2CC5BBBFDDE02"><enum>(9)</enum><text>For Inspector General, $37,500,000.</text>
</paragraph></section><enum>II</enum><header>Human Space Flight</header>
<subtitle id="HA7D790C0D2714DD0AAFC3153FF863F07"><enum>A</enum><header>Exploration</header>
<section commented="no" id="HD99622B665BC4CC8A106B969AE0C3052"><enum>201.</enum><header>Space exploration policy</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H4C2F2EA526E3412ABF9DFB1999664DB5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress finds the following:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HBF5C534A3B514B7BB7F29CC21D08406A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Congress supports a human exploration program that is not critically dependent on the achievement
of milestones by fixed dates and an exploration technology development
program to enable lunar human and robotic operations, as described in
paragraphs (1) and (2) of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/51/70502">section 70502</external-xref> of title 51, United States Code.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HB30E182599524D3BA877393AC117D384"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congress supports the expansion of permanent human presence beyond low-Earth orbit, in a manner
involving international partners, commercial partners, and other
not-for-profit partners where practical.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HFBFA6495FBA64726B3D3CCC5777A2C75"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congress remains committed to ensuring that authorized budgets for the human space flight program
should allow the Administration to maintain high safety standards.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HDD4A257B0E3D4379AA75EAEDD59567A2"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Exploration deeper into the solar system should be the core mission of the Administration.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H1236243729F6485DBF9CE6472A94A87A"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Congress strongly supports the development of the Space Launch System and the Orion crew capsule as
the enabling elements for human exploration, advanced scientific missions,
and national security priorities beyond low-Earth orbit.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H9CAFA03509AB4E04A71C17CF9E11FE97"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Policy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the policy of the United States that the development of capabilities and technologies
necessary for human missions to lunar orbit, the surface of the Moon, the
surface of Mars, and beyond shall be the goal of the Administration’s
human space flight program.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H54AE4BA81A2C4C89B219A098A8C8FBEE"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Vision for space exploration</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/51/20302">Section 20302</external-xref> of title 51, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HF9E688CC749340BBAA8F23722FE6F4A3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H20C9E6C0FA304D6182E5ED916F707F37" style="USC">
<subsection commented="no" id="H34EC6AC0841B40269E382CB653A1D6E9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator shall establish a program to develop a sustained human presence on the Moon and
the surface of Mars, including a robust precursor program that follows the
stepping stone plan required in section 70504 to promote exploration,
science, commerce, and United States preeminence in space. The
Administrator is further authorized to develop and conduct appropriate
international collaborations, commercial collaborations, and other
not-for-profit collaborations in pursuit of such program, but the absence
of such partnerships may not be justification for failure to pursue such
program in a timely manner.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HD3F3D7A6563047629178C220E300640D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HAFFA424F850C482293958B2BDD4A018E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H653EA8DD50A94798B87C8ECF225CFE21" style="USC">
<paragraph commented="no" id="HDBDA9D5C5C3348AE9D07F86B73D5A5E9"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Returning Americans to the Moon.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H97FD5BBA6C9C475BA04E0896EADABF3A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9A74A2BD16254C909670E31088C794BD" style="USC">
<paragraph commented="no" id="HFB098DD6D00A4BDA8E9FAC22C84595D4"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Launching the first crewed mission of the fully integrated Orion crew capsule with the Space Launch
System as close to 2020 as possible.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HE8329933B0934815A7B00D88793394F3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (4), by striking <quote>from Mars and</quote> and inserting <quote>from the Moon, Mars, and</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H93DDBF48CC76445E8A6648B6629EFA62"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7230F503869548C3BA203CFF32C79B33" style="USC">
<subsection commented="no" id="HD1C52A7D4B374E6D9DC4AED10BC5FB7F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H9B55D0E3C06246D58D2B50039C4D431E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Orion crew capsule</header><text>The term <term>Orion crew capsule</term> refers to the multipurpose crew vehicle described in section 303 of the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration Authorization Act of 2010 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/18323">42 U.S.C. 18323</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H39F6325EA7F341A594367716B4E3FD56"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Space Launch System</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Space Launch System</term> refers to the follow-on Government-owned civil launch system developed, managed, and operated by
the Administration to serve as a key component to expand human presence
beyond low-Earth orbit, as described in section 302 of the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2010 (42 U.S.C.
18322).</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H28071876C67E41CB83DB83F3678384D3"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Key objectives</header><text>Section 202(b) of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2010 (42
U.S.C. 18312(b)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H1210730D4DA348349488EF74E752A3E3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H26425C55E272443ABBBF2FF5E2568FCC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (4), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H8F4FBF87A4584AE3921926C88E7173A7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB503783C52B549758CBECA482276C298" style="USC">
<paragraph commented="no" id="H1C99E6D2DD7B429382E45B6EC50D9E42"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to accelerate the development of capabilities to enable a human exploration mission to the surface
of Mars and beyond through the prioritization of those technologies and
capabilities best suited for such a mission in accordance with the Mars
Human Exploration Roadmap under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/51/70504">section 70504</external-xref> of title 51, United States
Code.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HC91CD334B5A94D57BBAAE3BDAC0BEB80"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Use of non-United States human space flight transportation capabilities</header><text>Section 201(a) of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2010 (42
U.S.C. 18311(a)) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE486A487028C4942B328CF153173F60E" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" id="HC32C817C75B145C6A9776F0244C4F8CA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Use of non-United States human space flight transportation capabilities</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H0F236EFE16854F7C81FED6BC6485C1BE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">NASA may not obtain non-United States human space flight capabilities unless no domestic commercial
or public-private partnership provider that the Administrator has
determined to meet safety requirements established by NASA for the
transport of its astronauts is available to provide such capabilities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H3D2B8D9ED2AD4E3F995D246EDCE20B28"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>For purposes of this subsection, the term <term>domestic commercial provider</term> means a person providing space transportation services or other space-related activities, the
majority control of which is held by persons other than a Federal, State,
local, or foreign government, foreign company, or foreign national.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HEE2F557F6E9647349C975130E9319EB2"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Repeal of Space Shuttle capability assurance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 203 of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2010 (42
U.S.C. 18313) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HA790D08ADAFA49FE9981FF4F7D833B8D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking subsection (b);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H91F6A9FA12A1454197364636FD3ED5C8"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (d), by striking <quote>subsection (c)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (b)</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HF86EBF65C3D049CC8C6E453DEC17F171"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections (b) and (c), respectively.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H64C31F67754444C8ACE42FB58EC6C8F8"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Fullest commercial use of space</header>
<paragraph id="H491B78E8796841438F926B98EE7E30EE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall transmit to
the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
of the Senate a report on current and continuing efforts by the
Administration to <quote>seek and encourage, to the maximum extent possible, the fullest commercial use of space,</quote> as described in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/51/20102">section 20102(c)</external-xref> of title 51, United States Code.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H43F7612843454B9FB1185E848E544074"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The report required under subsection (a) shall include—</text>
<subparagraph id="H53A82D0C480845CCAC16A6D0E263CC77"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an assessment of the Administration’s efforts to comply with the policy;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB849EFE5B5CD41AEB94ADBFD2DE5F942"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an explanation of criteria used to define compliance;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H11DF2D6F6A264D7FB37B09FD4A9FFD86"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a description of programs, policies, and activities the Administration is using, and will continue
to use, to ensure compliance;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H54C6253BA0BE4EE992D431CC7362A42F"><enum>(D)</enum><text>an explanation of how the Administration could expand on the efforts to comply; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H85324575C6164A78AE7E8B1CA5BAB7D3"><enum>(E)</enum><text>a summary of all current and planned activities pursuant to this policy.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE0A58B214D384CEEB9824EC2A477A704"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Barriers to fullest commercial use of space</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall transmit to
the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
of the Senate a report on current and continuing efforts by the
Administration to reduce impediments, bureaucracy, redundancy, and burdens
to ensure the fullest commercial use of space as required in section
20102(c) of title 51, United States Code.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HA7D13BD971A149CCA6F297CCD83CFC4E"><enum>202.</enum><header>Stepping stone approach to exploration</header>
<subsection id="HBC656DF7DB1342EDA07A9AA5519163D2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/51/70504">Section 70504</external-xref> of title 51, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H44451287816F4AAF847F1B5225F6B4EF" style="USC">
<section id="H0E9CF7B827DB48F5AE05AB5D96A2FD50"><enum>70504.</enum><header>Stepping stone approach to exploration</header>
<subsection id="HC5E4E84E62E44E1B9B959CCCA5931D2E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In order to maximize the cost effectiveness of the long-term space exploration and utilization
activities of the United States, the Administrator shall direct the Human
Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate to develop a Mars Human
Exploration Roadmap to define the specific capabilities and technologies
necessary to extend human presence to the surface of Mars and the mission
sets required to demonstrate such capabilities and technologies.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H80FBB9C104A347078760F2F6BCE2E15A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>International participation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President should invite the United States partners in the International Space Station program
and other nations, as appropriate, to participate in an international
initiative under the leadership of the United States to achieve the goal
of successfully conducting a crewed mission to the surface of Mars.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H4C8699A30E9047E99200AC6968C751D0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Roadmap requirements</header><text>In developing the Mars Human Exploration Roadmap, the Administrator shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HEF23589C51B4491F8F3A17D70E74C499"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include the specific set of capabilities and technologies required to extend human presence to the
surface of Mars and the mission sets necessary to demonstrate the
proficiency of these capabilities and technologies with an emphasis on
using the International Space Station, lunar landings, cis-lunar space,
trans-lunar space, Lagrangian points, and the natural satellites of Mars,
Phobos and Deimos, as testbeds, as necessary, and shall include the most
appropriate process for developing such capabilities and technologies;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD23EE8BDAED2471A9DC9CCB646B1C0AA"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">describe those technologies already under development across the Federal Government or by
nongovernment entities which meet or exceed the needs described in
paragraph (1);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1E016099F7774BD9BC06C496CB32AD9F"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide a specific process for the evolution of the capabilities of the fully integrated Orion crew
capsule with the Space Launch System and how these systems demonstrate the
capabilities and technologies described in paragraph (1);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H104D41E319364C8DBF7429D15ACCD822"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide a description of the capabilities and technologies that could be demonstrated or research
data that could be gained through the utilization of the International
Space Station and the status of the development of such capabilities and
technologies;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H83277782722246C6B6BDA739ED0AD8C2"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">describe a framework for international cooperation in the development of all technologies and
capabilities required in this section, as well as an assessment of the
risks posed by relying on international partners for capabilities and
technologies on the critical path of development;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEE4A8E199279429A8E8A8D0C728E3B50"><enum>(6)</enum><text>describe a process for utilizing nongovernmental entities for future human exploration beyond
trans-lunar space and specify what, if any, synergy could be gained from—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFAC94BD65F104B4794BFB6738CBE986D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>partnerships using Space Act Agreements (as defined in section 2 of the <short-title>National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2014</short-title>); or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB949D5969F2F4299A9AF7CC12B4023C3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>other acquisition instruments;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HDD0905E2D00E4FA782F899D5CB4D8CD8"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include in the Roadmap an addendum from the NASA Advisory Council, and an addendum from the
Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel, each with a statement of review of the
Roadmap that shall include—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1F4FD023C78F4E09BE5B9694947D63CC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>subjects of agreement;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HECB507ACBD1B4CC49021ECE51DA6745C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>areas of concern; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H72AF18097D834422885F76E5B51FE0CF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>recommendations; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE60BE6851FAE4F539238E2B242441A09"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include in the Roadmap an examination of the benefits of utilizing current Administration launch
facilities for trans-lunar missions.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7FE6E2824B384E2C9CB7B660547DD241"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Updates</header><text>The Administrator shall update such Roadmap at least every 4 years and include it in the budget for
that fiscal year transmitted to Congress under section 1105(a) of title
31, and describe—</text>
<paragraph id="HEE83A3F79B3D4AAAA721201128F32915"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the achievements and goals reached in the process of developing such capabilities and technologies
during the 4-year period prior to the submission of the Roadmap to
Congress; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA149AB88670E4CA99ECFE43DA608F40D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the expected goals and achievements in the following 4-year period.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE462695B3CFB4797A40E443A4046169D"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>The terms <term>Orion crew capsule</term> and <term>Space Launch System</term> have the meanings given such terms in section 20302.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HC701363322344EE29D36805C8E96A2AA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header>
<paragraph id="HB319C81D394E4225BBCCE205C435AA41"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall transmit a
copy of the Mars Human Exploration Roadmap developed under section 70504
of title 51, United States Code, to the Committee on Science, Space, and
Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation of the Senate.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H633FADD0C0024E5EA721132BE713218F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Updates</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator shall transmit a copy of each updated Mars Human Exploration Roadmap to the
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
of the Senate not later than 7 days after such Roadmap is updated under
section 70504(b)(6) of such title.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HD85747195AF74B71B923A6218027F468"><enum>203.</enum><header>Space Launch System</header>
<subsection id="H490D14D61B434F07B368A67C08CF9646"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congress finds that—</text>
<paragraph id="HD3455513E17048DC9A2D95516DC1C35A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Space Launch System is the most practical approach to reaching the Moon, Mars, and beyond, and
Congress reaffirms the policy and minimum capability requirements for the
Space Launch System contained in section 302 of the National Aeronautics
and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2010 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/18322">42 U.S.C. 18322</external-xref>);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBDB7263FC2E04C36AF44007E1F3061BB"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the primary goal for the design of the fully integrated Space Launch System is to safely carry a
total payload of 130 tons or more to low-Earth orbit to enable human space
exploration of the Moon, Mars, and beyond over the course of the next
century as required in section 302(c) of the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration Authorization Act of 2010 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/18322">42 U.S.C. 18322(c)</external-xref>);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H224379E4DE314353BA15CE3F96D70E87"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the uncrewed flight test of the 70-ton core element of the Space Launch System fully integrated
with the Orion crew capsule as described in section 302(c)(1) of the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2010
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/18322">42 U.S.C. 18322(c)(1)</external-xref>) is a necessary flight demonstration in an overall
program plan, subject to appropriations; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H12A62827011B43E2B867ADFED9562D0B"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the schedule of the 70-ton core element crewed flight demonstration in 2021 with the Space Launch
System fully integrated with the Orion crew capsule as described in
section 302(c)(1) of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Authorization Act of 2010 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/18322">42 U.S.C. 18322(c)(1)</external-xref>) is subject to
appropriations.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HADACF5FC6781414BB0858AB55C86FFC6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As required in section 302(c)(2) of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization
Act of 2010 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/18322">42 U.S.C. 18322(c)(2)</external-xref>), the Administration shall design the
Space Launch System as a fully integrated vehicle capable of carrying a
total payload of 130 tons or more into low-Earth orbit in preparation for
transit for missions beyond low-Earth orbit.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H4BF031A93C2349D08E6C25FF5E97260E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Progress report</header>
<paragraph id="H61768994FB444777AD25CF48C79BA5B1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Using the President’s budget request for fiscal year 2014 and notional numbers requested therein as
a baseline, not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act
the Administrator shall transmit to the Committee on Science, Space, and
Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation of the Senate an estimate of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6CA49114F61B43C894993470DF981BE1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>when the 70-ton core element of the Space Launch System fully integrated with the Orion crew
capsule may be demonstrated as an operational capability;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBCD4C8A85D7C4CE5BCE6F01EDF887988"><enum>(B)</enum><text>when the 130-ton Space Launch System fully integrated with the Orion crew capsule may be
demonstrated as an operational capability;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD46F4CC3932147D799721EDE6515F813"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the projected annual operational costs through 2030 for the 130-ton Space Launch System fully
integrated with the Orion crew capsule after its operational capability
has been demonstrated; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBD23800796C24BAFB5F1BCB50E64E27C"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the projected flight rate for the 130-ton Space Launch System fully integrated with the Orion crew
capsule through 2030.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H776F68B4F8454E4591B604C80BFC3C44"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contingency funding estimates</header><text>If the Administrator determines that the uncrewed test flight of the 70-ton core element of the
Space Launch System fully integrated with the Orion crew capsule will not
occur on or before December 31, 2017, or that the crewed test flight of
the 70-ton core element of the Space Launch System fully integrated with
the Orion crew capsule will not occur on or before December 31, 2021, the
report transmitted under paragraph (1) shall include an estimate of
additional funds required through annual appropriations for fiscal years
2015 through 2021 which may be necessary to meet such goals in those
years.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1F30E6BCC85C45ABAC0B92FF41CAA322"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Utilization Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense and the Director of National
Intelligence, shall prepare a report that addresses the effort and budget
required to enable and utilize a cargo variant of the 130-ton Space Launch
System configuration described in section 302(c) of the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2010 (42 U.S.C.
18322(c)). This report shall also include consideration of the technical
requirements of the scientific and national security communities related
to such Space Launch System and shall directly assess the utility and
estimated cost savings obtained by using such Space Launch System for
national security and space science missions. The Administrator shall
transmit such report to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of
the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation of the Senate not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H606B3FA3C2D54728B4D71CDADEC5F9BE"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Naming competition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Beginning not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act and concluding not later
than 1 year after such date of enactment, the Administrator shall conduct
a well-publicized competition among students in elementary and secondary
schools to name the elements of the Administration’s exploration program,
including—</text>
<paragraph id="H04C85D0A94584DD8A9A8396D18E08B15"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a name for the deep space human exploration program as a whole, which includes the Space Launch
System, the Orion crew capsule, lunar landers, and future missions; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H073AF1F5559D43F3B96598731B205831"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a name for the Space Launch System.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HE1A681E471F64490A5FF140C148E54FD"><enum>204.</enum><header>Orion crew capsule</header>
<subsection id="HE02D1E448ACD49DE8C746E4FC6D091AC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Orion crew capsule shall meet the practical needs and the minimum capability requirements
described in section 303 of the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration Authorization Act of 2010 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/18323">42 U.S.C. 18323</external-xref>).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H875D0A5F963145E7A2E0F71CC5CC3A8B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall transmit a
report to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
of the Senate—</text>
<paragraph id="H9E99ECF7339344319B9BA7E196F82F68"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">detailing those components and systems of the Orion crew capsule that ensure it is in compliance
with section 303(b) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/18323">42 U.S.C. 18323(b)</external-xref>);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCE2CEA8EC5F64D2D93652AA68C35CECA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>detailing the expected date that the Orion crew capsule will be available to transport crew and
cargo to the International Space Station; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6D0C97E40DD348609DF1FAC1DD348A09"><enum>(3)</enum><text>certifying that the requirements of section 303(b)(3) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/18323">42 U.S.C. 18323(b)(3)</external-xref>) will be
met by the Administration in time for the first crewed test flight in
2021.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H69D878167D5943D8A3639A8C61EB5A41"><enum>205.</enum><header>Advanced booster competition</header>
<subsection id="HC23EF7BCD5B94720A2EE3238EF9BD8BD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Associate Administrator of the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration shall transmit to the
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
of the Senate a report that—</text>
<paragraph id="HAF51E8317F2F4AD48909782D61CD01F1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>describes the estimated total development cost of an advanced booster for the Space Launch System;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0B5B18D5693240F6922795EA6249BF1C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>details any reductions or increases to the development cost of the Space Launch System which may
result from conducting a competition for an advanced booster; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2ABB2A8443924ABC9AD1E6572350CCC8"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">outlines any potential schedule delay to the Space Launch System 2017 EM–1 launch as a result of
increased costs associated with conducting a competition for an advanced
booster.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H53AF341C09C14E48B17EFB003CD691F3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Competition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Associate Administrator reports reductions pursuant to paragraph (2) of subsection (a), and
no adverse schedule impact pursuant to paragraph (3), then the
Administration shall conduct a full and open competition for an advanced
booster for the Space Launch System to meet the requirements described in
section 302(c) of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Authorization Act of 2010 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/18322">42 U.S.C. 18322(c)</external-xref>), to begin not later than 1
year after the Associate Administrator transmits the report required under
subsection (a).</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="H6371AA9BB16C491DBF68A51B5512BC3E"><enum>B</enum><header>Space Operations</header>
<section id="H6B90AC9F42E74748B12775B5B3E2A940"><enum>211.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress finds the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H73B774780F104343BD7AB7B3CB008651"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The International Space Station is the ideal short-term testbed for future exploration systems
development, including long-duration space travel.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBCA19F1ACA234DEC860A52314EADF630"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The use of the private market to provide cargo and crew transportation services is currently the
most expeditious process to restore domestic access to the International
Space Station and low-Earth orbit.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9D2FD337CF214D70BE7BC7E5BA0436BD"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Government-assured access to low-Earth orbit is paramount to the continued success of the
International Space Station and National Laboratory.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5A555BC06CA149A5A678DEC662B5E316"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Acquiring and maintaining an operational domestic commercial crew transportation service by the
year 2017 is of the utmost importance for the future viability of the
International Space Station and National Laboratory.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H1FACFC859C9F423DA4D0E60E2325E6DA"><enum>212.</enum><header>International Space Station</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HCE5D46F7251C45F6BD851DCB565F33B5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The following is the policy of the United States:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H226E9283CDE648CA8FFCD6D82B6544EC"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The International Space Station shall be utilized to the maximum extent practicable for the
development of capabilities and technologies needed for the future of
human exploration beyond low-Earth orbit.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB1E6AFA7DB784579B0F1B7817B1462ED"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Administrator shall, in consultation with the International Space Station partners—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HBD1A002F020D4E36810E3A5D9B8EDAEA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>take all necessary measures to support the operation and full utilization of the International
Space Station; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H3BE9D06B9E4A4B1AB7AEFEB11C33E292"><enum>(B)</enum><text>seek to minimize, to the extent practicable, the operating costs of the International Space
Station.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HBA9CE4934BFF4581B6C1051FC2FAAC7B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Reliance on foreign carriers for crew transfer is unacceptable, and the Nation’s human space flight
program must acquire the capability to launch United States astronauts on
United States rockets from United States soil as soon as is safe and
practically possible, whether on Government-owned and operated space
transportation systems or privately owned systems that have been certified
for flight by the appropriate Federal agencies.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF507B9C3CFF64308A6D8DBB2828B11FF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reaffirmation of policy</header><text>Congress reaffirms—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H6838FE4AB7CB4D38AE77E2608B0055CD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>its commitment to the development of a commercially developed launch and delivery system to the
International Space Station for crew missions as expressed in the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2005 (Public Law
109–155), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization
Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/110/422">Public Law 110–422</external-xref>), and the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration Authorization Act of 2010 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/111/267">Public Law 111–267</external-xref>);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6FA560FAD3264DF4B44D9A3CA1215597"><enum>(2)</enum><text>that the Administration shall make use of United States commercially provided International Space
Station crew transfer and crew rescue services to the maximum extent
practicable; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H0680C4709B9F44DBBE6E46C8FED86C43"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the policy stated in section 501(b) of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Authorization Act of 2010 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/18351">42 U.S.C. 18351(b)</external-xref>) that the Administration
shall pursue international, commercial, and intragovernmental means to
maximize International Space Station logistics supply, maintenance, and
operational capabilities, reduce risks to International Space Station
systems sustainability, and offset and minimize United States operations
costs relating to the International Space Station.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA5C35FF4F74F4165AD0429EA1C753B22"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Assured access to low-Earth orbit</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/51/70501">Section 70501(a)</external-xref> of title 51, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1A82C4E5DBB34A69AC1BE8C9DFA06506" style="USC">
<subsection id="H30E4FFACD3C345D99AC8C19D932CEB59"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Policy statement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the policy of the United States to maintain an uninterrupted capability for human space
flight and operations in low-Earth orbit, and beyond, as an essential
instrument of national security and the capability to ensure continued
United States participation and leadership in the exploration and
utilization of space.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H75E5ED7B6FA143ED8EA3D5EA347EEB92"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Repeals</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H325705B4B12740F78F9495A1740A8F1E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Use of space shuttle or alternatives</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/51/701">Chapter 701</external-xref> of title 51, United States Code, and the item relating to such chapter in the table of
chapters for such title, are repealed.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H3EEA8F54F8714A1BA105BE81C8870563"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Shuttle pricing policy for commercial and foreign users</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/51/703">Chapter 703</external-xref> of title 51, United States Code, and the item relating to such chapter in the table of
chapters for such title, are repealed.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H9C8C32F9323B4BFBBC3070D89A003E5F"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Shuttle privatization</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/51/50133">Section 50133</external-xref> of title 51, United States Code, and the item relating to such section in the table
of sections for chapter 501 of such title, are repealed.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC066A0E3C4B74A4487DDC3911DBB1408"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Extension criteria report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit to
the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
of the Senate a report on the feasibility of extending the operation of
the International Space Station that includes—</text>
<paragraph id="H1FB6B27DF5A44150A83E1169FF4FE389"><enum>(1)</enum><text>criteria for defining the International Space Station as a research success;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1BE8E47F850F4EEDA511C0C2FB4195F9"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">cost estimates for operating the International Space Station to achieve the criteria in paragraph
(1);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6EE53690C0A449009A215306DAA38C29"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">cost estimates for extending operations to 2020, 2025, and 2030; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5BB04B0CC5D8495E98EFDDDEEB2044EB"><enum>(4)</enum><text>an assessment of how the defined criteria under paragraph (1) respond to the National Academies
Decadal Survey on Biological and Physical Sciences in Space.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA042BEA0CEDF49EB850905E520071D11"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Strategic plan for International Space Station research</header>
<paragraph id="H1F53EF00F2B6460EAA6B1254F6D5A410"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, in consultation with the
Administrator, academia, other Federal agencies, the International Space
Station National Laboratory Advisory Committee, and other potential
stakeholders, shall develop and transmit to the Committee on Science,
Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee on
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a strategic plan for
conducting competitive, peer-reviewed research in physical and life
sciences and related technologies on the International Space Station
through at least 2020.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H10B7954C11A74506BB0CBDDBF1ECA693"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Plan requirements</header><text>The strategic plan shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H51E46C011CAD4CCAAFE41324D642096C"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be consistent with the priorities and recommendations established by the National Academies in its
Decadal Survey on Biological and Physical Sciences in Space;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8D8FFC2D6B8A406585DEEB466C382C44"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provide a research timeline and identify resource requirements for its implementation, including
the facilities and instrumentation necessary for the conduct of such
research; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE2112EB037F24F9AACD45E03D2257108"><enum>(C)</enum><text>identify—</text>
<clause id="HC2E212F051AA4713B2E10E0212584803"><enum>(i)</enum><text>criteria for the proposed research, including—</text>
<subclause id="H08E2DA7A4AAD469C85CF4D37316F32BD"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a justification for the research to be carried out in the space microgravity environment;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HCA819307C71C422D8C27BCC89B11523B"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the use of model systems;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HB00ECBEE38BA4E8EA6634A4BB1FAE947"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the testing of flight hardware to understand and ensure its functioning in the microgravity
environment;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H2FA18D0BDC704E05920AF1C51E5159B8"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>the use of controls to help distinguish among the direct and indirect effects of microgravity,
among other effects of the flight or space environment;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H36985229DD724E108A3FE11BD2965F35"><enum>(V)</enum><text>approaches for facilitating data collection, analysis, and interpretation;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H4C638B30FE654C598926A26AE17A85D1"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>procedures to ensure repetition of experiments, as needed;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H476A8AC6091E48738E2B08AE4257A2AF"><enum>(VII)</enum><text>support for timely presentation of the peer-reviewed results of the research; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HB335DFB75BAD424D8205103A13771461"><enum>(VIII)</enum><text>defined metrics for the success of each study;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="HC92B09A409F44761AA69F26B614E1816"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>instrumentation required to support the measurements and analysis of the research to be carried out
under the strategic plan;</text>
</clause><clause id="HECAB9A60DE6C4BAB924EECDE67E9194C"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the capabilities needed to support direct, real-time communications between astronauts working on
research experiments onboard the International Space Station and the
principal investigator on the ground;</text>
</clause><clause id="HD3DC29E9AC9D4A369FDD860AEB0561A3"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>a process for involving the external user community in research planning, including planning for
relevant flight hardware and instrumentation, and for utilization of the
International Space Station, free flyers, or other research platforms;</text>
</clause><clause id="H8550B187EE484F4890F31E1CA24A88E9"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the acquisition strategies the Administration plans to use to acquire any new capabilities which
are not operational on the International Space Station as of the date of
enactment of this Act and which have an estimated total life cycle cost of
$10,000,000 or more, along with a justification of any anticipated use of
less than full and open competition and written approval therefor from the
Administration’s Assistant Administrator for Procurement; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H84EC0790DA50447E9D9F1EA132CC0BF5"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>defined metrics for success of the research plan.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE8BF3AA928BB464CA1E428B69F5A28A6"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Report</header>
<subparagraph id="H354C31E30B27435EACDDF6E3486E3E8B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the
United States shall transmit to the Committee on Science, Space, and
Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report on the progress of the
organization chosen for the management of the International Space Station
National Laboratory as directed in section 504 of the National Aeronautics
and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2010 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/18354">42 U.S.C. 18354</external-xref>).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9CA4644FA62D40C3BC5427754D16906D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Specific requirements</header><text>The report shall assess the management, organization, and performance of such organization and
shall include a review of the status of each of the 7 required activities
listed in section 504(c) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/18354">42 U.S.C. 18354(c)</external-xref>).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HCC973FD8B75542AB99F36FE9DDDF2B0B"><enum>213.</enum><header>Commercial crew report</header>
<subsection id="HD23BA4B426C1465186167BEE00774B09"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administration shall consider the ramifications of and create contingencies as the
sequestration adopted in the Budget Control Act of 2011 (Public Law
112–25) continues to reduce the Administration’s overall budget.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HAA76CE6412694445B7E44D25BF5BAD6B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header>
<paragraph id="HBE2F30B1C30143989D327B00FC342B22"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall transmit to
the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
of the Senate a report containing 5 distinct options for the final stages
of the commercial crew program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAC9F2CC75AC14233A4A484A401100752"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">These options shall include—</text>
<subparagraph id="HACFF56B0D8B74608B70B60B1BB74ED15"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a strategy that assumes an appropriation of $500,000,000 over the next 3 fiscal years;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1E72CC85430F474C82C9B2FE697083AF"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a strategy that assumes an appropriation of $600,000,000 over the next 3 fiscal years;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDD2D852E28044D24947868F158B463CB"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a strategy that assumes an appropriation of $700,000,000 over the next 3 fiscal years;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFBFFF84A77AA4E298860C8F3226EC235"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a strategy that assumes an appropriation of $800,000,000 over the next 3 fiscal years; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE1CE196FD03B42878D6E55E0FB5252DE"><enum>(E)</enum><text>a strategy that has yet to be considered previously in any budget submission but that the
Administration believes could ensure the flight readiness date of 2017 for
at least one provider or significantly decreases the overall program
lifecycle cost.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA9D9061216DE4FFAA245FDE5A37F3089"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each strategy shall include the contracting instruments the Administration will employ to acquire
the services in each phase of development or acquisition, the number of
commercial providers the Administration will include in the program, and
the estimated flight readiness date in each scenario.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H194512E5B09445629D46BF0CE38A49B3"><enum>214.</enum><header>Flight readiness demonstration</header>
<subsection id="H949A0DB1C6E842E2A98148F8EB073D74"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Administration shall carry out its flight readiness demonstration, in which one or more
commercial crew partner companies safely transports United States
astronauts to the International Space Station, by December 31, 2017.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H03D935B7AE9145FF851184E925C891F8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act and every 90 days thereafter until
the Administration carries out its flight readiness demonstration, the
Administrator shall transmit to the Committee on Science, Space, and
Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report—</text>
<paragraph id="H6A374BCD7E764E0DB563EF66494FFF6D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">describing the current status of the Commercial Crew program, including all funding paid to any
partner company throughout the life of the program detailed by specific
dollar amounts provided for each milestone completed for each partner
company;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5F556CF9080F4C69978ECE49F483CAB6"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">specifying the accomplishments and milestones completed in the 90 days prior to the date of
transmission of the report under any phase of the program and all dollar
amounts provided for each of those milestones;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H60AB3750661047CE9895E847A80D2629"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identifying those accomplishments and milestones that were expected to be completed in the 90 days
prior to the date of transmission of such report under any phase of the
program but that were not completed in that timeframe;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF29703FC6CA045CDBAB1B543EC00E2AD"><enum>(4)</enum><text>setting forth the accomplishments and milestones that are expected to be completed in the 90-day
period following the transmission of such report under any phase of the
program; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9542CD767B5A4B62AA7F8EE62E6FB1B7"><enum>(5)</enum><text>containing a statement of flight readiness under subsection (c).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H670D1EE478594BF58C2A35AE5E1F0E35"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Statement of Flight Readiness</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The statement of flight readiness required by subsection (b)(5) shall include—</text>
<paragraph id="H5F81054765894826A35D9FE247D89341"><enum>(1)</enum><text>either—</text>
<subparagraph id="H00DC382AF33940908BF680C1B99727E2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a certification by the Administrator that the Administration is on schedule to comply with
subsection (a); or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6ECC1695E624417E8302E1210023BD57"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an explanation as to why the Administration is not on schedule to comply with subsection (a) and
why the Administration did not develop an acquisition strategy based on
existing budget authority; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7F676866D75944E0826344D8F6542DE3"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a certification by the Administrator that all deviations from the Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel
recommendations have been reported in accordance with section 215.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1643FD73426A4D678AA526664D7E7556"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 60 days after the issuance of the explanation described in subsection (c)(2), the
Administrator shall provide, and begin implementation of, a new
acquisition strategy that ensures that at least 1 company will be prepared
to provide crew transport services by December 31, 2017.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HB9561291759747EDAC28A737B87F6C11"><enum>215.</enum><header>Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel advice</header>
<subsection id="H6DBBD6D33F23442A8D8A5E205AE9E939"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Importance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congress reaffirms the importance of the Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel in providing advice to the
Administrator and Congress in accordance with the duties prescribed in
<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/51/31101">section 31101</external-xref> of title 51, United States Code.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H955F1DFE7BC5428896D4E81A1A741025"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Initial report</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall report to
the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
of the Senate on the extent to which the Administration has followed,
intends to follow, or does not intend to follow the advice in the 2012
Annual Report of the Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H7274ED2938334AFAAED66B1BDB36E4D7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Annual reports</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/51/31101">Section 31101</external-xref> of title 51, United States Code, is amended by striking subsection (e) and inserting
the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H032BC06B7D10448285845C13F3C921D2" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H18D4C12D10DF4AB88B2670AF3899FDEE"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Panel annual report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Panel shall submit an annual report to the Administrator and to Congress. The Panel shall
include in such report an evaluation of the Administration’s management
and culture related to safety. Each annual report shall include an
evaluation of the extent to which the Administration follows the Panel’s
advice.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H768287BCD11C4BD58264885149682298"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Administrator annual report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 30 days after each annual report by the Panel under subsection (e), the
Administrator shall report to the Committee on Science, Space, and
Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation of the Senate on the extent to which the
Administration has followed, intends to follow, or does not intend to
follow the Panel’s advice.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="HF7A14AC5B7204F95916C12DEBA986729"><enum>216.</enum><header>Space communications</header>
<subsection id="HD9966CF261344359A2D6D18BC654006D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Plan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator shall develop a plan, in consultation with relevant Federal agencies, for
updating the Administration’s space communications architecture for both
low-Earth orbital operations and deep space exploration so that it is
capable of meeting the Administration’s needs over the next 20 years. The
plan shall include lifecycle cost estimates, milestones, estimated
performance capabilities, and 5-year funding profiles. The plan shall also
include an estimate of the amounts of any reimbursements the
Administration is likely to receive from other Federal agencies during the
expected life of the upgrades described in the plan. At a minimum, the
plan shall include a description of the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H7318D830AF6D42F58896E0706B184E13"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Projected Deep Space Network requirements for the next 20 years, including those in support of
human space exploration missions.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDF81F26B57A34CEAB85C017FB9C2CF85"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Upgrades needed to support Deep Space Network requirements, including cost estimates and schedules.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H850EE43C5B4B43BC8DFEE612C60EB4A2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Cost estimates for the maintenance of existing Deep Space Network capabilities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H34A103E8A8644F99B01A56931BE49B0C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Projected Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System requirements for the next 20 years, including
those in support of other relevant Federal agencies.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5174581C64E84F758AB4A074649F98D7"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Cost and schedule estimates to maintain and upgrade the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System to
meet projected requirements.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5864430BE96C46AEB02A17C30C9FB051"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Steps the Administration is taking to mitigate threats to electromagnetic spectrum use.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9DC40823DAC548D28314262A22F9E679"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Schedule</header><text>The Administrator shall transmit the plan developed under this section to the Committee on Science,
Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee on
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate not later than 1 year
after the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><enum>III</enum><header>Science</header>
<subtitle id="HEBB2E5FC0A8048AC88A733E755B02737"><enum>A</enum><header>General</header>
<section id="H6393845556C745679685CF7BB5A88342"><enum>301.</enum><header>Science portfolio</header>
<subsection id="H4710575A63E345E1AC7EBF92751F51ED"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Balanced and adequately funded activities</header><text>Section 803 of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2010 (124
Stat. 2832) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1C47C985C1884F1EAA08D89F325AF5F5" style="OLC">
<section id="H6951D79641224AAAA058E49976326753"><enum>803.</enum><header>Overall science portfolio; Sense of Congress</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress reaffirms its sense, expressed in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Authorization Act of 2010, that a balanced and adequately funded set of
activities, consisting of research and analysis grants programs,
technology development, small, medium, and large space missions, and
suborbital research activities, contributes to a robust and productive
science program and serves as a catalyst for innovation and discovery.</text></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HFA61B770F5EE42A3A5DAAFB4C2FAD6A9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Decadal surveys</header><text>In proposing the funding of programs and activities for the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration for each fiscal year, the Administrator shall, to the
greatest extent practicable, follow guidance provided in the current
decadal surveys from the National Academies’ Space Studies Board.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H80C9B5A1AF414440B113E4CBF7AA73F7"><enum>302.</enum><header>Assessment of science mission extensions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/51/30504">Section 30504</external-xref> of title 51, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA11B66A536854DB08EF356F564CCB589" style="USC">
<section id="H2A96FA32A9584B688D5833A174C45E9F"><enum>30504.</enum><header>Assessment of science mission extensions</header>
<subsection id="H324E58B035194704B2489D063954C435"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Assessment</header><text>The Administrator shall carry out biennial reviews within each of the Science divisions to assess
the cost and benefits of extending the date of the termination of data
collection for those missions that exceed their planned mission lifetime.
The assessment shall take into consideration how extending existing
missions impacts the start of future missions.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H86248DD7FC084684AB098DD4F831C273"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Consultation and Consideration of Potential Benefits of Instruments on Missions</header><text>When deciding whether to extend a mission that has an operational component, the Administrator
shall consult with any affected Federal agency and shall take into account
the potential benefits of instruments on missions that are beyond their
planned mission lifetime.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB35B6797586342ED85FDEDF93BCCFF65"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Costs</header><text>If a mission is extended based on consultation required under subsection (b), the full costs of the
extension shall be paid for by the operational agency or agencies.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H71F8385D20ED41CBBF78FBC83F576ACB"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator shall transmit to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
of the Senate, at the same time as the submission to Congress of the
President’s annual budget request, a report detailing any assessment
required by subsection (a) that was carried out during the previous year.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="HA3FF337FFDE94936AF086C3DBD219325"><enum>303.</enum><header>Radioisotope thermoelectric generators</header>
<subsection id="HDA3BD47237274D35856AE058DE955088"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Analysis of Requirements and Risks</header><text>The Administrator, in consultation with other Federal agencies, shall conduct an analysis of—</text>
<paragraph id="HA64E048B31DF4C06B9620B03DD3D0B2B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the requirements of the Administration for radioisotope power system material that is needed to
carry out planned, high priority robotic missions in the solar system and
other surface exploration activities beyond low-Earth orbit; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5B2D8345D4434BD699A6C8B5C5D18600"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the risks to missions of the Administration in meeting those requirements, or any additional
requirements, due to a lack of adequate radioisotope power system
material.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8AAF321C1D9E41B08071AA2541F46985"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents of analysis</header><text>The analysis conducted under subsection (a) shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HDB66BFFDCF8248D2B5B3582FBE690668"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">detail the Administration’s current projected mission requirements and associated timeframes for
radioisotope power system material;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAEB84C9BC08F49F891EFCA26F47C7E9B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">explain the assumptions used to determine the Administration’s requirements for the material,
including—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7D567C88A88E4CB99D2D5E4C2A86B35F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the planned use of Advanced Stirling Radioisotope Generator technology;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB5E404A62189477688FFFF67D4646916"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the status of and timeline for completing development and demonstration of the Advanced Stirling
Radioisotope Generator technology, including the development of flight
readiness requirements; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H96AEA57F18EC4321856480A3B927E4F4"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the risks and implications of, and contingencies for, any delays or unanticipated technical
challenges affecting or related to the Administration’s mission plans for
the anticipated use of Advanced Stirling Radioisotope Generator
technology;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H50958BD966EC4AE1805FB8DE7ADA680F"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assess the risk to the Administration’s programs of any potential delays in achieving the schedule
and milestones for planned domestic production of radioisotope power
system material;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEC0297036E584179BF4874D10C9BDB86"><enum>(4)</enum><text>outline a process for meeting any additional Administration requirements for the material;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBC5DE173DC674978A575A9132659BFC7"><enum>(5)</enum><text>estimate the incremental costs required to increase the amount of material produced each year, if
such an increase is needed to support additional Administration
requirements for the material;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5931843E751F43C4A8F396FFD7BC805A"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">detail how the Administration and other Federal agencies will manage, operate, and fund production
facilities and the design and development of all radioisotope power
systems used by the Administration and other Federal agencies as
necessary;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB0303C69C0804529B612C1EF3BBCADB6"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">specify the steps the Administration will take, in consultation with the Department of Energy, to
preserve the infrastructure and workforce necessary for production of
radioisotope power systems; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8C9B8D9D8EE44823880D4B3FB89890F8"><enum>(8)</enum><text>detail how the Administration has implemented or rejected the recommendations from the National
Research Council’s 2009 report titled <quote>Radioisotope Power Systems: An Imperative for Maintaining U.S. Leadership in Space Exploration</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H77567863933941A18BD66CA956CE9AC0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Transmittal</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall transmit
the results of the analysis to the Committee on Science, Space, and
Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation of the Senate.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H8F430A4EDFB24A9CB9E90027717FFA40"><enum>304.</enum><header>Congressional declaration of policy and purpose</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/51/20102">Section 20102(d)</external-xref> of title 51, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9085EB12E85A41688FDE8684A17158CB" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H9C0ADF0641564337A205DB63104702BC"><enum>(10)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The direction of the unique competence of the Administration to the search for life’s origin,
evolution, distribution, and future in the Universe. In carrying out this
objective, the Administration may use any practicable ground-based,
airborne, or space-based technical means and spectra of electromagnetic
radiation.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H7BD71CAEEAC14ACDA02BE304E54F201C"><enum>305.</enum><header>Utilization of International Space Station for Science Missions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Administrator shall utilize the International Space Station and commercial services for Science
Mission Directorate missions in low-Earth orbit wherever it is practical
and cost effective to do so.</text>
</section></subtitle><subtitle id="HB83A73B81B2E4F9FA5C772751EE4303C"><enum>B</enum><header>Astrophysics</header>
<section id="H7B7D11133E2F4D2493765372576351C6"><enum>311.</enum><header>Decadal cadence</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In carrying out section 301(b), the Administrator shall ensure a steady cadence of large, medium,
and small astrophysics missions.</text>
</section><section id="H362AB1DC172B4B3BB52D4E9409F936C5"><enum>312.</enum><header>Extrasolar planet exploration strategy</header>
<subsection id="HDCBB443BD3AC487F9E1D5FF06EB7B815"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Strategy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator shall enter into an arrangement with the National Academies to develop a science
strategy for the study and exploration of extrasolar planets, including
the use of TESS, the James Webb Space Telescope, WFIRST, or any other
telescope, spacecraft, or instrument as appropriate. Such strategy shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H34DAEAAC60D6414EB43BD59172915B82"><enum>(1)</enum><text>outline key scientific questions;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF25E6302E39C46DC9320F565B7038589"><enum>(2)</enum><text>identify the most promising research in the field;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9A7DDBC6DA474D7594E3490CC4004549"><enum>(3)</enum><text>indicate the extent to which the mission priorities in existing decadal surveys address key
extrasolar planet research goals; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC1BE3A3594EA48D087366D21310AE025"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">make recommendations with respect to optimal coordination with international partners, commercial
partners, and other not-for-profit partners.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H468230D7D97D4342B21DE7B599584EFB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Use of strategy</header><text>The Administrator shall use the strategy to—</text>
<paragraph id="HB21D5CE3B6F14A0CA630F4965A063DF4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>inform roadmaps, strategic plans, and other activities of the Administration as they relate to
extrasolar planet research and exploration; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE79E50F87E4D43BB8A6D025FE644AC0A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provide a foundation for future activities and initiatives.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H39FF89AE75934F6F867EC7BA8B6A3926"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report to Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the National Academies shall
transmit a report to the Administrator, and to the Committee on Science,
Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee on
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, containing the
strategy developed under subsection (a).</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" id="H4664F90FE0F44083B6E8CCAAD75F6E13"><enum>313.</enum><header>James Webb Space Telescope</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that the James Webb Space Telescope program is significant to our
understanding of the history of the universe, including galaxies, stars,
and planetary systems, and should continue to receive priority of funding
in accord with the recommendation of the most recent decadal survey for
Astronomy and Astrophysics of the National Academies’ Space Studies Board.</text>
</section><section id="H30AA8B1CB37849E795FDDB36EE90B57C"><enum>314.</enum><header>Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Administrator shall ensure that the development of the Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope
continues while the James Webb Space Telescope is completed.</text>
</section><section commented="no" id="HE87BB9A3870940499CEC1F05D5903E69"><enum>315.</enum><header>National Reconnaissance Office telescope donation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall transmit a
report to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
of the Senate outlining the cost of the Administration’s potential plan
for developing the Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope as described in
the most recent astronomy and astrophysics decadal survey, including an
alternative plan for the Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope 2.4, which
includes the donated 2.4-meter aperture National Reconnaissance Office
telescope. Due to the budget constraints on the Administration’s science
programs, this report shall include—</text>
<paragraph id="HBDCC040DFBDB4DC1AA43DD9D99CFE6D8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an assessment of affordable approaches to develop the Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2F957A42CB254A4C9AD421BC708CC9CA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a comparison to the development of mission concepts that exclude the utilization of the donated
asset;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H637715B705AB4D65A37596BC2915045F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>an assessment of how the Administration’s existing science missions will be affected by the
utilization of the donated asset described in this section; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HED139D5E93A340BF9090660BE0DB0153"><enum>(4)</enum><text>a description of the cost associated with storing and maintaining the donated asset.</text>
</paragraph></section></subtitle><subtitle id="HF51A9FD52C2240489E4A141BEE671176"><enum>C</enum><header>Planetary Science</header>
<section id="HA0221CB6E35C413D8A13CDDEAB8FD32C"><enum>321.</enum><header>Decadal cadence</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In carrying out section 301(b), the Administrator shall ensure, to the greatest extent practicable,
that the Administration carries out a balanced set of planetary science
programs in accordance with the priorities established in the most recent
decadal survey for planetary science. Such programs shall include, at a
minimum—</text>
<paragraph id="H3AE6C613EC0A464080DE7659CB56DC56"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a Discovery-class mission at least once every 24 months;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H976EA214A03046DABA8C44FBEB429D3D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a New Frontiers-class mission at least once every 60 months; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H40556CA876FB4C368D830DC368ADC244"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">at least one Flagship-class mission per decadal survey period, starting with a Europa mission with
a goal of launching by 2021.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" id="H7001A3EC992B49ACA8A45A822A63AA45"><enum>322.</enum><header>Near-Earth objects</header>
<subsection id="HF1B31E4E61FD41EFA32A22B4AD1E6423"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress makes the following findings:</text>
<paragraph id="HC9B538DFBEF44587A9FA9E37133C68A1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Near-Earth objects pose a serious and credible threat to humankind, as many scientists believe that
a major asteroid or comet was responsible for the mass extinction of the
majority of the Earth’s species, including the dinosaurs, nearly
65,000,000 years ago.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC71488A7C851497AA0B73C16201E30A8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Similar objects have struck the Earth or passed through the Earth’s atmosphere several times in the
Earth’s history and pose a similar threat in the future.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB2129E6C09B745128D7AB58D1E4AC81A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Several such near-Earth objects have only been discovered within days of the objects’ closest
approach to Earth, and recent discoveries of such large objects indicate
that many large near-Earth objects remain to be discovered.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE2F8FDBAF61A443E9EFAAB097EC8E73D"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The efforts taken to date by the Administration for detecting and characterizing the hazards of
near-Earth objects must continue to fully determine the threat posed by
such objects to cause widespread destruction and loss of life.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3ACFBF26E1BE47E588BB2F0F60F44A2B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>For purposes of this section, the term <term>near-Earth object</term> means an asteroid or comet with a perihelion distance of less than 1.3 Astronomical Units from the
Sun.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H8D0FC00356B44CB19DBBDD57E4C023EA"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Near-Earth object survey</header><text>The Administrator shall continue to discover, track, catalogue, and characterize the physical
characteristics of near-Earth objects equal to or greater than 140 meters
in diameter in order to assess the threat of such near-Earth objects to
the Earth, pursuant to the George E. Brown, Jr. Near-Earth Object Survey
Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/16691">42 U.S.C. 16691</external-xref>). It shall be the goal of the Survey program to
achieve 90 percent completion of its near-Earth object catalogue (based on
statistically predicted populations of near-Earth objects) by 2020.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HCFDE8868A7374C2BA168BBEAE709E074"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Warning and mitigation of potential hazards of near-Earth objects</header><text>Congress reaffirms the policy set forth in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/51/20102">section 20102(g)</external-xref> of title 51, United States Code
(relating to detecting, tracking, cataloguing, and characterizing
asteroids and comets).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF6ACDFD8B92848098813808316EA54C4"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Program Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy and the Administrator shall transmit to
the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
of the Senate, not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this
Act, an initial report that provides—</text>
<paragraph id="HF9FE5A372AEB4162BC2BCB6C50617A94"><enum>(1)</enum><text>recommendations for carrying out the Survey program and an associated proposed budget;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H92B101541F244E5390BE4FD5B2F1ED31"><enum>(2)</enum><text>analysis of possible options that the Administration could employ to divert an object on a likely
collision course with Earth; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA55EA5E1B11A402BABE7A88C0DD70765"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a description of the status of efforts to coordinate and cooperate with other countries to discover
hazardous asteroids and comets, plan a mitigation strategy, and implement
that strategy in the event of the discovery of an object on a likely
collision course with Earth.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1A6B317F157C42CD9623D3752D04DA3D"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Annual reports</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator shall annually transmit to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the
House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation of the Senate a report that provides—</text>
<paragraph id="HCDB1D2B141364454BFC9CB1D1A8AB6D1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a summary of all activities carried out pursuant to subsection (c) since the date of enactment of
this Act; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H29E122D4F3A44996A984712E0577C8BF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a summary of expenditures for all activities carried out pursuant to subsection (c) since the date
of enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H80A91DABD5914EE48729CB00995996AA"><enum>323.</enum><header>Astrobiology strategy</header>
<subsection id="HD215CEBEC704465B87AE81701DF6E035"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Strategy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator shall enter into an arrangement with the National Academies to develop a science
strategy for astrobiology that would outline key scientific questions,
identify the most promising research in the field, and indicate the extent
to which the mission priorities in existing decadal surveys address the
search for life’s origin, evolution, distribution, and future in the
Universe.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HED24748AE32D4C8DA8FA721FF0239EAC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Use of strategy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator shall use the strategy developed under subsection (a) in planning and funding
research and other activities and initiatives in the field of
astrobiology. The strategy shall include recommendations for coordination
with international partners.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB474CC60378342358EC219DAEE47001F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report to Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the National Academies shall
transmit a report to the Administrator, and to the Committee on Science,
Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee on
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, containing the
strategy developed under subsection (a).</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" id="HBB1C8FB5A31A4617A625EC5CB2B2CC69"><enum>324.</enum><header>Public-private partnerships</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall transmit
to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
of the Senate a report describing how the Administration can expand
collaborative public-private partnerships to study life’s origin,
evolution, distribution, and future in the Universe.</text>
</section></subtitle><subtitle id="HCCBC3364E30D41149DF4C4D9492DFF8E"><enum>D</enum><header>Heliophysics</header>
<section id="HB04CE25091934E35847F87C720E9931B"><enum>331.</enum><header>Decadal cadence</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In carrying out section 301(b), the Administrator shall ensure a steady cadence of large, medium,
and small heliophysics missions.</text>
</section><section id="HDB27C6B5FC0340EEB78B608BD76F22A7"><enum>332.</enum><header>Review of space weather</header>
<subsection id="HB4405F018E3B480D934CDFAF9A192F2D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, in consultation with the
Administrator, the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, the Director of the National Science Foundation, the
Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Energy, and the Secretary of
Homeland Security, shall enter into an arrangement with the National
Academies to provide a comprehensive study that reviews current and
planned space weather monitoring requirements and capabilities. The study
shall inform the process of identifying national needs for future space
weather monitoring and mitigation. The National Academies shall give
consideration to international and private sector efforts and
collaboration. The study shall also review the current state of research
capabilities in observing, modeling, and prediction and provide
recommendations to ensure future advancement of predictive capability.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H5830734015B54820B8937F8DA901DECB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report to Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the National Academies shall
transmit a report to the Administrator, and to the Committee on Science,
Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee on
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, containing the
results of the study provided under subsection (a).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HC384D045694D4717BA64BB0FE71F3624"><enum>333.</enum><header>Deep Space Climate Observatory</header>
<subsection id="H405B7FE4B8FD4884BBB202A8386BB79D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Integrating sensors</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator may not integrate or fund the development of any sensor on the Deep Space Climate
Observatory (DSCOVR) that is not aligned with the spacecraft’s original
space weather mission requirements.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H43B6A334BE724DDE943EAA32577000B8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Algorithms</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administration may not develop or implement algorithms, or any other applications or products,
that—</text>
<paragraph id="HD40B420019974F5CAF00C8A5F5DCC089"><enum>(1)</enum><text>are not aligned with the Deep Space Climate Observatory mission’s intended space weather
requirements; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H33CAD1223BD445B4B9A439E0FB1DF495"><enum>(2)</enum><text>enable <quote>Earth at noon</quote> images from the spacecraft.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="HD37B4EEE325941C2AF2ADC525472FD4B"><enum>E</enum><header>Earth Science</header>
<section id="HB38EC6AC571A4853A4E014B1D6A75F96"><enum>341.</enum><header>Goal</header>
<subsection id="H7D809E9F564C408CAA7ED04377D07F73"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Recognizing the contributions that Earth science and remote sensing have made to society over the
last 50 years, the Administration shall continue to develop
first-of-a-kind instruments that, once proved, can be transitioned to
other agencies for operations.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H016FE8C7525C487398DC364E86C5ADB6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/51/60501">Section 60501</external-xref> of title 51, United States Code, is amended by inserting <quote>In order to accomplish this goal, the Administrator shall conduct research and development on new
sensors and instruments that will mitigate the risks associated with the
development of operational systems and long-term data continuity
requirements by other agencies. The Administration shall not be
responsible for the development of operational Earth science systems,
including satellite, sensor, or instrument development, acquisition, and
operations, as well as product development and data analysis, unless such
work is conducted on a reimbursable basis that accounts for the full cost
of the work. The Administrator shall use the Joint Agency Satellite
Division structure, or a direct successor thereto, to manage this process
on a fully reimbursable basis.</quote> after <quote>Earth observations-based research program.</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H1E67947F7B3E4730A1C9C3E40F83901C"><enum>342.</enum><header>Decadal cadence</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In carrying out section 301(b), the Administrator shall ensure a steady cadence of large, medium,
and small Earth science missions.</text>
</section><section id="H3C3772CCA5034357ACFE7E8752719933"><enum>343.</enum><header>Research to operations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/51/60502">Section 60502(a)</external-xref> of title 51, United States Code, is amended by inserting <quote>Operational responsibility for Earth science or space weather missions or sensors may not be
transferred from any other Federal agency to the Administration, except as
specifically authorized by law.</quote> after <quote>execute the transitions.</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H471DB2E787E546CBA6B0115DFEA5DCC1"><enum>344.</enum><header>Interagency coordination</header>
<subsection id="H81EFD53BDA87406C8B0E389EB6B383B3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Amendments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/51/60505">Section 60505</external-xref> of title 51, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H2BBC3C42637F4F1D80B125E3222B3997"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the section heading, by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="USC">and other Federal agencies</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="USC">Atmospheric Administration</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1319A47E300F49DD991567BD4F7F2E13"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H96D23B02F3F748CF8B3A7A3162581EF4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration</quote> and inserting <quote>, the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the heads of other
relevant Federal agencies</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAE374EAEF04B4D5E8548382554912818"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the two agencies</quote> and inserting <quote>each of those agencies</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB0A5AD75D3C640D0AD35FFC4A19BC810"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF01907C141CD4CAD8246DEBF3300D60A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration</quote> and inserting <quote>, the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the heads of other
relevant Federal agencies</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6BD1F6D7F6B449C6AB27AED5A5BB65F6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Committee on Science and Technology</quote> and inserting <quote>Committee on Science, Space, and Technology</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H88D2CB74861043AAB3AA92C08DDC4C79"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration</quote> and inserting <quote>, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and other relevant Federal agencies</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2C11A4A0E804429B809D6563B8FECC36"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (d), by striking <quote>Administration Earth science mission</quote> and all that follows through the period and inserting <quote>Earth science mission or Earth observing system to or from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, any other Federal agency, or the Administration, or to or
from other stakeholders, until the plans required under subsection (c)
have been approved by the Administrator, the Administrator of the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the heads of other relevant
Federal agencies, and until financial resources have been identified to
support the transition or transfer in the President’s annual budget
request for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the
Administration, or other relevant agencies. Operational responsibility for
Earth science programs may not be transferred from any other Federal
agency to the Administration, except as specifically authorized by law.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H42C8B9C265304AAA98A93B947E6FB08E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The item relating to section 60505 in the table of sections for <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/51/605">chapter 605</external-xref> of title 51, United
States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD6547467A13D405582B89AE9F2D1F6C2" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">60505. Coordination with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and other Federal
agencies. </toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="H37E2D5E75FF04CF08F8628E3C30B312D"><enum>345.</enum><header>Joint Polar Satellite System climate sensors</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Administration shall not be responsible for the development of Joint Polar Satellite System
climate sensors, including the Total Solar Irradiance Sensor (TSIS–2), the
Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite–Limb (OMPS–L), or the Clouds and Earth
Radiant Energy System (CERES–C). Any effort by the Administration related
to this work shall be conducted on a fully reimbursable basis and executed
by the Administration’s Joint Agency Satellite Division or a direct
successor thereto.</text>
</section><section id="H3711052BC4464909A1E9E2C0FBFE2BF6"><enum>346.</enum><header>Land imaging</header>
<subsection id="H5F81C8FFA5604012850D3C7A8266E7CC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Reaffirmation of Policy</header><text>Congress reaffirms the finding in section 2(1) of the Land Remote Sensing Policy Act of 1992 (15
U.S.C. 5601(1)), which states that <quote>The continuous collection and utilization of land remote sensing data from space are of major
benefit in studying and understanding human impacts on the global
environment, in managing the Earth’s natural resources, in carrying out
national security functions, and in planning and conducting many other
activities of scientific, economic, and social importance.</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H97D2AD50371A4A53B9F33EAFA9E19086"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Continuous Land Remote Sensing Data Collection</header><text>The Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall take steps in consultation with
other relevant Federal agencies to ensure, to the maximum extent
practicable, the continuous collection of space-based, medium-resolution
observations of the Earth’s land cover, and to ensure that the data are
made available in such ways as to facilitate the widest possible use.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H87D6562B10744F6E94530CE954FD12D5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definition of land imaging capabilities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator may not initiate the definition of requirements for land imaging capabilities
unless such work is conducted on a fully reimbursable basis and executed
by the Administration’s Joint Agency Satellite Division or a direct
successor thereto.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HA214BE1DD031431797439232C504DD4F"><enum>347.</enum><header>Sources of Earth science data</header>
<subsection id="H5F68A2CF23984AC1AFA88685F9DCC550"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Acquisition</header><text>The Administrator shall, to the extent possible and while satisfying the scientific or educational
requirements of the Administration and, where appropriate, of other
Federal agencies and scientific researchers, acquire, where cost
effective, space-based and airborne Earth remote sensing data, services,
distribution, and applications from non-Federal providers.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF99A6451F0C24315BFD366D54218D1C9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Treatment as Commercial Item Under Acquisition Laws</header><text>Acquisitions by the Administrator of the data, services, distribution, and applications referred to
in subsection (a) shall be carried out in accordance with applicable
acquisition laws and regulations (including chapters 137 and 140 of title
10, United States Code). For purposes of such laws and regulations, such
data, services, distribution, and applications shall be considered to be
commercial items. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to
preclude the United States from acquiring, through contracts with
commercial providers, sufficient rights in data to meet the needs of the
scientific and educational community or the needs of other government
activities.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HD7BEB0B79B1A41F0AC48F7AA8F2B373C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Safety Standards</header><text>Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the Federal Government from requiring
compliance with applicable safety standards.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA87BF21D44494B0F83157B92BA5A71BF"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the Act, the Administrator shall submit a
report to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
of the Senate on the Administration’s efforts to carry out this section.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><enum>IV</enum><header>Aeronautics</header>
<section id="H76DFDBC6D97340AAA3190642368FE512"><enum>401.</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that—</text>
<paragraph id="HD7052C4BB0CF44809518F4299FE94E6C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a robust aeronautics research portfolio will help maintain the United States status as a leader in
aviation;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H172027C776604F899ED3BAED7938CC0B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>aeronautics research is essential to the Administration’s mission; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1E711F61C0AF4E28A2B8D34E8759F452"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the Administrator should coordinate and consult with relevant Federal agencies and the private
sector to minimize duplication and leverage resources.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HF5987FA4A8554B8B83893DD044620D6A"><enum>402.</enum><header>Unmanned aerial systems research and development</header>
<subsection id="HBAD6B0ABB94A4F5FBC2A33BF206FE88B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Administrator, in consultation with the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration
and other Federal agencies, shall direct research and technological
development to facilitate the safe integration of unmanned aerial systems
into the National Airspace System, including—</text>
<paragraph id="HFA2CFA1C33024BEDB720AB1044C9FBC4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>positioning and navigation systems;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H23A62A01746340B283A8E4A1E2D5EF9A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>sense and avoid capabilities;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC095C92B7C084BF0AB2D9F2E421F95D4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>secure data and communication links;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA755250CE9B0490FB77D81A8CFCB3862"><enum>(4)</enum><text>flight recovery systems; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H22275105D921465D98A60151C8BC5951"><enum>(5)</enum><text>human systems integration.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HFE8CEA58D0C24246BFE77E7DD14ED935"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Roadmap</header><text>The Administrator shall update a roadmap for unmanned aerial systems research and development and
transmit this roadmap to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science,
and Transportation of the Senate not later than 90 days after the date of
enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H82D0AC8121024098BDBF88CD5F8007A2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Cooperative unmanned aerial vehicle activities</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/51/31504">Section 31504</external-xref> of title 51, United States Code, is amended by inserting <quote>Operational flight data derived from these cooperative agreements shall be made available, in
appropriate and usable formats, to the Administration and the Federal
Aviation Administration for the development of regulatory standards.</quote> after <quote>in remote areas.</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HC92C1D5E326C43C8B3D16BF76B74EAEA"><enum>403.</enum><header>Research program on composite materials used in aeronautics</header>
<subsection id="H63017A19BB16426CA58666441E47B7B5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>The Administrator, in overseeing the Administration’s Integrated Systems Research Program’s work on
composite materials, shall consult with relevant Federal agencies and
partners in industry to accelerate safe development and certification
processes for new composite materials and design methods while maintaining
rigorous inspection of new composite materials.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB3D61653E7644A279CD91C03442589C4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall transmit a
report to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
of the Senate detailing the Administration’s work on new composite
materials and the coordination efforts among Federal agencies.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HD3A9A33B7A984E81A6577F3B04E56FDA"><enum>404.</enum><header>Hypersonic research</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator, in consultation
with other Federal agencies, shall develop and transmit to the Committee
on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a
research and development roadmap for hypersonic aircraft research with the
objective of exploring hypersonic science and technology using
air-breathing propulsion concepts, through a mix of theoretical work,
basic and applied research, and development of flight research
demonstration vehicles. The roadmap shall prescribe appropriate agency
contributions, coordination efforts, and technology milestones.</text>
</section><section id="HFD078007BB694ABF9D768CB04FC88F50"><enum>405.</enum><header>Supersonic research</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall develop and
transmit to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House
of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation of the Senate a roadmap that allows for flexible funding
profiles, for supersonic aeronautics research and development with the
objective of developing and demonstrating, in a relevant environment,
airframe and propulsion technologies to minimize the environmental impact,
including noise, of supersonic overland flight in an efficient and
economical manner. The roadmap shall include—</text>
<paragraph id="H80E4B19C4F444265B0FC061ABCF89494"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a status report on the Administration’s existing research on supersonic flight;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCF8FB44B947A42BC919BC5643C774D4B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a list of specific technological, environmental, and other challenges that must be overcome to
minimize the environmental impact, including noise, of supersonic overland
flight;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H475CBAFC8B7F4CD4BC82FA33578EC392"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a research plan to address such challenges, as well as a project timeline for accomplishing
relevant research goals; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6518CD21CC144BA8B1B4F70619B8966D"><enum>(4)</enum><text>a plan for coordination with stakeholders, including relevant government agencies and industry.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H4C50CA8947B94B0797A1B710C3FF02E9"><enum>406.</enum><header>Research on NextGen airspace management concepts and tools</header>
<subsection id="H42136911AF8C43E3AA9A517DC9115942"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator shall, in consultation with other Federal agencies, review at least annually the
alignment and timing of the Administration’s research and development
activities in support of the NextGen airspace management modernization
initiative, and shall make any necessary adjustments by reprioritizing or
retargeting the Administration’s research and development activities in
support of the NextGen initiative.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF2E46747B9414DF190466995C3BC6252"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Annual reports</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator shall report to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
of the Senate annually regarding the progress of the Administration’s
research and development activities in support of the NextGen airspace
management modernization initiative, including details of consultation
with the Federal Aviation Administration and any adjustments made to
research activities.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HA4DDC0AA18EF4F02A1C07A243AFFCCF4"><enum>407.</enum><header>Rotorcraft research</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator, in consultation
with other Federal agencies, shall prepare and transmit to the Committee
on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a plan
for research relating to rotorcraft and other runway-independent air
vehicles, with the objective of developing and demonstrating improved
safety, noise, and environmental impact in a relevant environment. The
plan shall include specific goals for the research, a timeline for
implementation, metrics for success, and guidelines for collaboration and
coordination with industry and other Federal agencies.</text>
</section><enum>V</enum><header>Space Technology</header>
<section id="HFF35924073D64576B239579A1284CF26"><enum>501.</enum><header>Space technology</header>
<subsection id="H2652D067CB374092A81EAF8588E245DE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congress finds the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H7199A094AE2348E18E5FFCE0A77CBD92"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Space Technology Mission Directorate created by the Administration is lacking an organic
statutory authorization and in need of congressional direction.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA423A36EDEDC4338B93F8C1DEAC8BB75"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In order to appropriately prioritize the Administration’s resources to accomplish its goals and
purposes, the Space Technology Mission Directorate needs to be reorganized
as provided in the amendments made by this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H10D3A07F32354613B327543A62F475C4"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Projects, programs, and activities currently within the Exploration Research and Development
program should continue as planned as part of the Human Exploration and
Operations Mission Directorate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HEBF5C72981DA4B8682EF58B41282C5EF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Space technology program</header>
<paragraph id="H52292732B9614013ACA4AC3FE93B072D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/51/70507">Section 70507</external-xref> of title 51, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFBA56F07F0DE4643A13FA4A135265380" style="USC">
<section id="H286644E5F9FC4D58AE09550600BAE976"><enum>70507.</enum><header>Space Technology Program authorized</header>
<subsection id="HA4B94DE5634F417985C21879850EAEC1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Program authorized</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator shall establish, within the office of the Administrator, a Space Technology
Program to pursue the development of technologies that enable exploration
of the solar system or advanced space science throughout the various
elements of the Administration.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H8CB8A73D1C22406AAE75E3DEC3128708"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Small business programs</header><text>The Administrator shall organize and manage the Administration’s Small Business Innovation Research
program and Small Business Technology Transfer program within the Space
Technology Program.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HEB6298424C634234A4763A5972000BD6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Nonduplication certification</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator shall include in the budget for each fiscal year, as transmitted to Congress
under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/1105">section 1105(a)</external-xref> of title 31, a certification that no project,
program, or mission undertaken by the Space Technology Program is
independently under development by any other office or directorate of the
Administration.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD10ACD37B1FF4CEDB450AB493C8AC845"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Table of sections amendment</header><text>The item relating to section 70507 in the table of sections for <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/51/705">chapter 705</external-xref> of title 51, United
States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">70507. Space Technology Program authorized.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HE7F5827F8C744347ACF47A2452CB5ABF"><enum>502.</enum><header>Utilization of the International Space Station for technology demonstrations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Administrator shall utilize the International Space Station and commercial services for Space
Technology Demonstration missions in low-Earth orbit wherever it is
practical and cost effective to do so.</text>
</section><enum>VI</enum><header>Education</header>
<section id="HD6F5C9F5635045C1899C2E23860C6A1C"><enum>601.</enum><header>Education</header>
<subsection id="H15E2D15036BB4BB3BF71175C6983F792"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administration shall continue its education and outreach efforts to—</text>
<paragraph id="HB82BB8BF10D046BCBFA48E55553792BC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>increase student interest and participation in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (<quote>STEM</quote>) education;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6D64E6F414974521BFCB6AA56A0BEE22"><enum>(2)</enum><text>improve public literacy in STEM;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD7FE9789E1CF4BBBB78325495FB19E74"><enum>(3)</enum><text>employ proven strategies for improving student learning and teaching;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2CFE727B5E644DE6AE2D8536F05CB3B4"><enum>(4)</enum><text>provide curriculum support materials; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H188B18EFB2B64629AA8CA9EC194B6A88"><enum>(5)</enum><text>create and support opportunities for professional development for STEM teachers.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE28AC40302EE4DB59C48002851B06AA0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Organization</header><text>In order to ensure the inspiration and engagement of children and the general public, the
Administration shall continue its STEM education and outreach activities
within the Science, Aeronautics Research, Space Operations, and
Exploration Mission Directorates. Funds devoted to education and public
outreach shall be maintained in the Directorates, and the consolidation of
these activities into the Education Directorate is prohibited.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H845254E505A1499CBCA1D97E62C4B273"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Prohibition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administration may not implement any proposed STEM education and outreach-related changes
proposed in the budget for fiscal year 2014 transmitted to Congress under
<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/1105">section 1105(a)</external-xref> of title 31, United States Code.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H9D77B32F1B4F4EF58C8DFD24BCC704E4"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Continuation of space grant program</header><text>The Administrator shall continue to operate the National Space Grant College and Fellowship program
through a national network consisting of a State-based consortium in each
State that provides flexibility to the States, with the objective of
providing hands-on research, training, and education programs, with
measurable outcomes, to enhance America’s STEM education and workforce.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC04E3F275C4A4978826E7DE363CB966A"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Reaffirmation of policy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congress reaffirms its commitment to informal science education at science centers and planetariums
as set forth in section 616 of the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration Authorization Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/51/40907">51 U.S.C. 40907</external-xref>).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HA0E167C845F34A06A83A115A64DD307B"><enum>602.</enum><header>Independent review of the National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program</header>
<subsection id="HEC32E501FD96478BA482099D1238EE15"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Sense of congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that the National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program, which was
established in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Authorization Act of 1988 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/2486">42 U.S.C. 2486 et seq.</external-xref>), has been an important
program by which the Federal Government has partnered with State and local
governments, universities, private industry, and other organizations to
enhance the understanding and use of space and aeronautics activities and
their benefits through education, fostering of interdisciplinary and
multidisciplinary space research and training, and supporting Federal
funding for graduate fellowships in space-related fields, among other
purposes.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1F4CE22091E245DBA43154E5D769DCB6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator shall enter into an arrangement with the National Academies for—</text>
<paragraph id="H391FD4CF634B4409A532AD9A7783EE57"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a review of the National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program, including its structure and
capabilities for supporting science, technology, engineering, and
mathematics education and training consistent with the National Science
and Technology Council’s Federal Science, Technology, Engineering, and
Mathematics (STEM) Education 5–Year Strategic Plan; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFA1B415F9EDD4B019459D3771E255D19"><enum>(2)</enum><text>recommendations on measures, if needed, to enhance the Program’s effectiveness and mechanisms by
which any increases in funding appropriated by Congress can be applied.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HAEF05E204DBA4E19A57A7D1D86AEA7AA"><enum>(c)</enum><header>National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program amendments</header>
<paragraph id="H1371181719C945AF99B568A59A12C4DE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Purposes</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/51/40301">Section 40301</external-xref> of title 51, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8B1CFC1E5B4943AEA3F16280632684C2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (5);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5CA143E379EF4C5C87AB7253AC234D17"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking the period at the end of paragraph (6) and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC12DE25E3FFC4EF4A31CEDBDEBED7725"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H256ED2DD14A9434C9DDEDAF7156E6F5D" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H7D9BF59824264E58B62A269671740DB5"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">support outreach to primary and secondary schools to help support STEM engagement and learning at
the K–12 level and to encourage K–12 students to pursue postsecondary
degrees in fields related to space.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HEE856E9133224C12BB0C07E518993600"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Regional consortium</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/51/40306">Section 40306(a)</external-xref> of title 51, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H50CDA0E2BDB34602855AB4F682F782A6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9257E4E2C0FB45919A261780EE2A344E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBEAD9CD4F74D48FB85B7A1D577346A81" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HFDA6E9B192494471AAEF600A883276C8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Inclusion of 2-year institutions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A space grant regional consortium designated in paragraph (1)(B) may include one or more 2-year
institutions of higher education.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><enum>VII</enum><header>Policy Provisions</header>
<section id="HB6D1BA5E5EE44223A2256AEA8191F4B9"><enum>701.</enum><header>Asteroid Retrieval Mission</header>
<subsection id="H77BAE6824E4F4305904541A8D4E80208"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In General</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Consistent with the policy stated in section 201(b), the Administrator may not fund the development
of an asteroid retrieval mission to send a robotic spacecraft to a
near-Earth asteroid for rendezvous, retrieval, and redirection of that
asteroid to lunar orbit for exploration by astronauts.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HD61FBECA79AC4B20A72B98B89DF91080"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Asteroid survey</header><text>The Administration may not pursue a program to search for asteroids of 20 meters or less in
diameter unless the survey program described in section 322(c) is at least
90 percent complete.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HAF3DB3478DC7434E94A3130C3A0E8AF2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall provide to
the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
of the Senate a report on the proposed Asteroid Retrieval Mission. Such
report shall include—</text>
<paragraph id="H81319CA556B34560BCB58D4759AD6E64"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a detailed budget profile, including cost estimates for the development of all necessary
technologies and spacecraft required for the mission;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAE5B53711CB74D50B56F1FBCDB961162"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a detailed technical plan that includes milestones and a specific schedule;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H66442BB6292440919CFC8C42C57238A1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a description of the technologies and capabilities anticipated to be gained from the proposed
mission that will enable future human missions to Mars which could not be
gained by lunar missions;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD77A48EF2F1D448FABD119D58CC9939B"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of the technologies and capabilities anticipated to be gained from the proposed
mission that will enable future planetary defense missions, against impact
threats from near-Earth objects equal to or greater than 140 meters in
diameter, which could not be gained by current or planned missions; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H38840CD83DCF4A1688AE9E49B057D2A3"><enum>(5)</enum><text>a complete review by the Small Bodies Assessment Group and the NASA Advisory Council that includes
a recommendation to Congress on the feasibility of the mission as proposed
by the Administration.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HC84E35928BC94D85AB18FD24F5E77902" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>702.</enum><header>Termination liability</header>
<subsection id="H022F1E21CC134D0AB58F143FBF63B0AB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress makes the following findings:</text>
<paragraph id="HDAD2B7D2EB6C4BE7BA09B0DB5E2F3191"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The International Space Station, the Space Launch System, and the Orion crew capsule will enable
the Nation to continue operations in low-Earth orbit and to send its
astronauts to deep space. The James Webb Space Telescope will
revolutionize our understanding of star and planet formation and how
galaxies evolved and advance the search for the origins of our universe.
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.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3C526B1F0D154894AD1F0DC13B989605"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">While the Space Launch System and the Orion programs, currently under development, have made
significant progress, they have not been funded at levels authorized, and
as a result congressionally authorized milestones will be delayed by
several years.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2D6CE45E856B44A6A5CD37C2DB462A0F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Although the James Webb Space Telescope is making steady progress towards its scheduled 2018
launch, it confronts a number of challenging integration tests that will
stress a congressionally imposed development cost cap.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5FD52C96165E487AAA730E32AE56A21E"><enum>(4)</enum><text>In addition, 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. As a result,
hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars are unavailable for meaningful
work on these programs.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H68CA83DCEEF548C5A17E501BC886037B"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">According to the Government Accountability Office, the Administration procures most of its goods
and services through contracts, and it terminates very few of them. In
fiscal year 2010, the Administration terminated 28 of 16,343 active
contracts and orders—a termination rate of about 0.17 percent.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H031A3B7B6F664EFB92A84C049A0C1472"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Providing processes requiring congressional action on termination of these high-priority programs
would enable contractors to apply taxpayer dollars to making maximum
progress in meeting the established technical goals and schedule
milestones of these programs.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HFEDDCE8E3B6C44E786CBFD1F8C76F077"><enum>(b)</enum><header>NASA termination liability</header>
<paragraph id="H443DEB377B304B7BB860A9ECC1CED747"><enum>(1)</enum><header>General rule</header><text>Termination liability costs for a covered program shall be provided only pursuant to this
subsection.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H31109805C7B64B51947F154F1EDA546A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Prohibition on reserving funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator may not reserve funds from amounts appropriated for a covered program, or require
the reservation of funds by the prime contractor, for potential
termination liability costs with respect to a covered program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HACF8650AB4C944AE9D12B6B8120AEAAE"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Intent of Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the intent of Congress that funds authorized to be appropriated for covered programs be
applied in meeting established technical goals and schedule milestones.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBADA848DCB414173AE7A37263A911DC3"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Application of prior reserved funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds that have been reserved before the date of enactment of this Act for potential termination
liability shall be promptly used to make maximum progress in meeting the
established goals and milestones of the covered program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7BC372C7F16F4345884C9CB4BA0254E4"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Notification</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator shall notify the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
of the Senate not later than 120 days in advance of initiating termination
for convenience or termination for cause of a prime contract on a covered
program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H90263F4748FA4C6B9FDF43BBF1269468"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Supplemental appropriation request</header>
<subparagraph id="H9C52B8263728473482C2C423D2188BC9"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Request</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Administrator initiates termination of a prime contract on a covered program pursuant to
paragraph (5), and sufficient unobligated appropriations are not available
to cover termination liability costs in the appropriations account that is
funding the prime contract being terminated, the Administrator shall
provide to Congress a notification that an authorization of appropriations
is necessary not later than 120 days in advance of the proposed contract
termination settlement for the covered program.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H20DCA27A1E64410D93E75FA5C2AE0104"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Intent of Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the intent of Congress to provide additional authorization for appropriations as may be
necessary to pay termination liability costs on prime contracts for
covered programs if Congress deems it appropriate that the Administration
terminate such prime contracts. The Administration shall be responsible
for applying these additional funds for payment of all allowable and
reasonable negotiated termination liability costs if the Administration
terminates a prime contract for a covered program. If the Administration
terminates a prime contract for a covered program for the convenience of
the Federal Government, then the Federal Government is responsible for
payment of all allowable and reasonable negotiated termination liability
costs on the prime contract.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF412305DCDFD40C6A0F7D9954477E97D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Reporting</header><text>Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, and every 6 months thereafter for
the duration of the prime contracts on covered programs, the Administrator
shall transmit to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the
House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation of the Senate a report that provides—</text>
<paragraph id="H39FE557B7A654EC7B9310003A41AB532"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the estimated termination liability costs for each of the prime contracts; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H678F8C4FC2EE4F5EB27E0E308C195BAD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the basis for how such estimate was determined.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H457784B14ABD4EF18839F8B3E252182F"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>For purposes of this section:</text>
<paragraph id="HF7FDEB7DB2074521A248F88AB6E18BEF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Covered program</header><text>The term <term>covered program</term> means the International Space Station, the Space Launch System, the Orion crew capsule, and the
James Webb Space Telescope.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE728EFE4192C472DAFE06479B6360068"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Prime contract</header><text>The term <term>prime contract</term> means a contract entered directly between a person or entity and the Federal Government for the
performance of all or the majority of the responsibilities for developing,
integrating, fielding, operating, or sustaining a covered program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF8CA652FD1AD4C2ABEBD59AF6F79E075"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Prime contractor</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>prime contractor</term> means a person or entity contracting directly with the Federal Government on a covered program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5E1ACD8FBE2245889F8DB51CD7CC4839"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Termination liability costs</header><text>The term <term>termination liability costs</term> means any costs incurred by a prime contractor, or by any subcontractor of a prime contractor, for
which the Federal Government is liable as a result of termination of a
prime contract by the Administrator.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H05D734871E4E4C139618AEDF582DB79D"><enum>703.</enum><header>Baseline and cost controls</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/51/30104">Section 30104</external-xref> of title 51, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H93BF452D84904B47B7C6F0FBF50E29ED"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(1), by striking <quote>Procedural Requirements 7120.5c, dated March 22, 2005</quote> and inserting <quote>Procedural Requirements 7120.5E, dated August 14, 2012</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H334E0B517D64405CB1CA69FD5F370CEF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (f), by striking <quote>beginning 18 months after the date the Administrator transmits a report under subsection (e)(1)(A)</quote> and inserting <quote>beginning 18 months after the Administrator makes such determination</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H15B5307F97D143ABA87BBD6663992CD5"><enum>704.</enum><header>Project and program reserves</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">To ensure that the establishment, maintenance, and allotment of project and program reserves
contribute to prudent management, not later than 180 days after the date
of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall transmit to the
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
of the Senate a report describing the Administration’s criteria for
establishing the amount of reserves at the project and program levels and
how such criteria complement the Administration’s policy of budgeting at a
70-percent confidence level.</text>
</section><section id="HACDF10BE07024FDE99303CF1E300F9AC"><enum>705.</enum><header>Independent reviews</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 270 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall transmit
to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
of the Senate a report describing the Administration’s procedures for
conducting independent reviews of projects and programs at lifecycle
milestones and how the Administration ensures the independence of the
individuals who conduct those reviews prior to their assignment.</text>
</section><section id="H4B0B230D6C894AC1A161C3C8952761C2"><enum>706.</enum><header>Space Act Agreements</header>
<subsection id="H2AC46A82FB2D4E8C85D8F5D1497272A7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Cost Sharing</header><text>To the extent that the Administrator determines practicable, the funds provided by the Government
under a funded Space Act Agreement shall not exceed the total amount
provided by other parties to the Space Act Agreement.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H208BA724CD01464A824A0AC98DD7C5B2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Need</header><text>A funded Space Act Agreement may be used only when the use of a standard contract, grant, or
cooperative agreement is not feasible or appropriate, as determined by the
Associate Administrator for Procurement.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H45870D5F7A4D43EB869500979C04DD24"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Public Notice and Comment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator shall make available for public notice and comment each proposed Space Act
Agreement at least 30 days before entering into such agreement, with
appropriate redactions for proprietary, sensitive, or classified
information.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF799D50BBDD44AB08ACA6E766BEF6848"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Transparency</header><text>The Administrator shall publicly disclose on the Administration’s website and make available in a
searchable format all Space Act Agreements, with appropriate redactions
for proprietary, sensitive, or classified information, not later than 60
days after such agreement is signed.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HED8DB241DDF9482F8B87CB077C5AA330"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorization</header><text>The Administrator may not enter into a funded Space Act Agreement for an amount in excess of
$50,000,000 unless such agreement has been specifically authorized by law.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB2F248E86B984363A8F94F5D55ACD2E9"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Annual report</header>
<paragraph id="H5FC9F033EA70487980D4D4164B05A71E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the end of each fiscal year, the Administrator shall submit to the
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
of the Senate a report on the use of Space Act Agreement authority by the
Administration during the previous fiscal year.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF4DA5224664848C989569169AA7E7282"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The report shall include for each Space Act Agreement in effect at the time of the report—</text>
<subparagraph id="H98A1F7E64CF84A29971B9C46F5FCF4A9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an indication of whether the agreement is a reimbursable, nonreimbursable, or funded Space Act
Agreement;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF6986DFCDE7F47519038DAFE829BF5A5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a description of—</text>
<clause id="H0FB1595A514E4AB2861D573F0095F746"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the subject and terms;</text>
</clause><clause id="H975395AB006C4FF8AC76FE2556B6F625"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the parties;</text>
</clause><clause id="H9942DB62A124427F84A2B7FD0E25DA86"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the responsible—</text>
<subclause id="H2F631D823DA54F2A877C0CA764BEBDA0"><enum>(I)</enum><text>mission directorate;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HEC6523E559A94ABE8F9615E4C778FC12"><enum>(II)</enum><text>center; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H02D2CB3040AF4C069BFD0E3888EAB56E"><enum>(III)</enum><text>headquarters element;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H563A7A58EB1F4EA0908EBB96FD4DEB86"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the value;</text>
</clause><clause id="H7929E5CBC79047DF9685ED0A17CBD3E2"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the extent of the cost sharing among Federal Government and non-Federal sources;</text>
</clause><clause id="HD1B999E1A0144F0A937A04FEC3C7FE32"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>the time period or schedule; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H294B0E553E3D431A8EDD369035929492"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>all milestones; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFA08F04FCE3641C9BC8F9AC8E202684F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>an indication of whether the agreement was renewed during the previous fiscal year.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0C342A1287124204A619B64C955F9AEB"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Anticipated agreements</header><text>The report shall also include a list of all anticipated reimbursable, nonreimbursable, and funded
Space Act Agreements for the upcoming fiscal year.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H695BB3381FE64E8A9FA1F87DBA90486A"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Cumulative program benefits</header><text>The report shall also include, with respect to the Space Act Agreements covered by the report, a
summary of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H62321C0077A64FC896DD6ED4E6E66499"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the technology areas in which research projects were conducted under such agreements;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H19CE586091A54B8280ABA4282455CDE7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the extent to which the use of the Space Act Agreements—</text>
<clause id="H8580C86EC88D455D846DEBF067C002A5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting
Administration needs; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HA3C10FC72DA7439990552FD980C318B9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>has fostered within the technology and industrial base new relationships and practices that support
the United States; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD67B6C6770D34C3F986361848F5D9B69"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the total amount of value received by the Federal Government during the fiscal year pursuant to
such Space Act Agreements.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H1D81CD7A798A43B8A8257259322328DA"><enum>707.</enum><header>Human spaceflight accident investigations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/51/70702">Section 70702(a)</external-xref> of title 51, United States Code, is amended by striking paragraph (3) and
inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H149DE9D9CCD74528937877D1BAACCC53" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H6D69AA99D5194A788D7C394E0EC2C0E4"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any other space vehicle carrying humans that is owned by the Federal Government or that is being
used pursuant to a contract or Space Act Agreement, as defined in section
2 of the <short-title>National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2014</short-title> with the Federal Government; or</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="HA653E501327A4F73BCF273CF6C605B8B"><enum>708.</enum><header>Commercial technology transfer program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/51/50116">Section 50116(a)</external-xref> of title 51, United States Code, is amended by inserting <quote>, while protecting national security</quote> after <quote>research community</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="HB0913B7FD13C421F8CB616DCC6880288"><enum>709.</enum><header>Orbital debris</header>
<subsection id="H2E6B25E6D6034F878036EC2F34DEBAEF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Finding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congress finds that orbital debris poses serious risks to the operational space capabilities of the
United States and that an international consensus and strategic plan is
needed to mitigate the growth of orbital debris wherever possible, as well
as the status of any orbital debris mitigation concepts and technological
options that have been developed or funded by any Federal agency in the
past 5 years, or that otherwise show significant promise, in the
near-term, to mitigate orbital debris.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HD23D996EC0B74BEAA94E053B2A1584CD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reports</header>
<paragraph id="H255393F7518049E388B1B47780906B41"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall provide the
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
of the Senate with a report on the status of efforts to coordinate with
countries within the Inter-Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee to
mitigate the effects and growth of orbital debris as required by section
1202(b)(1) of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Authorization Act of 2010 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/18441">42 U.S.C. 18441(b)(1)</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAB6D984BAC7645498CA86E8E80B7DE7C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Mitigation strategy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of
Science and Technology Policy shall provide the Committee on Science,
Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee on
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate with a report on the
status of the orbital debris mitigation strategy required under section
1202(b)(2) of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Authorization Act of 2010 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/18441">42 U.S.C. 18441(b)(2)</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HC3B70C5941544236BE712BFF05124750"><enum>710.</enum><header>NASA Advisory Council</header>
<subsection id="HECA3A8CD88434926AB4E725D2874CA3E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>Subchapter II of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/51/201">chapter 201</external-xref> of title 51, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following new section:</text>
<quoted-block id="HD055C8CDBCA241E882076F815F69BF96" style="USC">
<section id="H269F5DD20A9C4F21AE14BADB7294D971"><enum>20118.</enum><header>NASA Advisory Council</header>
<subsection id="HB24A6F0D10404C2EA13C309FBAEBBAFC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There shall be established a NASA Advisory Council (in this section referred to as <quote>the Council</quote>) for the Administration in accordance with this section, not later than 9 months after the date of
enactment of this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1C5777AD026E4E508BEAFE786CC1DC80"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Membership and appointment</header><text>The Council shall consist of 11 members to be appointed as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="HEEA763B0ABCB4D0BA0DA0C957115B026"><enum>(1)</enum><text>5 members shall be appointed by the President.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H31EEA80483144036A1C80B35887C3896"><enum>(2)</enum><text>2 members shall be appointed by the President pro tempore of the Senate.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA01FB6424E52468D9856A14779095F75"><enum>(3)</enum><text>1 member shall be appointed by the minority leader of the Senate.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC5D5B6A250144901978060191CD027E7"><enum>(4)</enum><text>2 members shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4616ECABA9BD470F9173771DB9FFD4BE"><enum>(5)</enum><text>1 member shall be appointed by the minority leader of the House of Representatives.</text></paragraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subsection">In addition to the members appointed under paragraphs (1) through (5), the Administrator shall be
an ex officio, nonvoting member of the Council. Members of the Council
shall comply with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) and
the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.).</continuation-text></subsection><subsection id="HCBD0E986FB9541B09A60F902818CC1A7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Qualifications</header><text>The persons appointed as members of the Council shall be—</text>
<paragraph id="H5867CAB085604A90AC69BFF01EBCDAB2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>former astronauts or scientists or engineers eminent in the fields of human spaceflight, planetary
science, space science, Earth science, aeronautics, or disciplines related
to space exploration and aeronautics, including other scientific,
engineering, or business disciplines;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFB05315D10634805B81C23FD58C63F86"><enum>(2)</enum><text>selected on the basis of established records of distinguished service; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H398337194C8A4CCB84ACC46F9C3E28FD"><enum>(3)</enum><text>so selected as to provide representation of the views of engineering, science, and aerospace
leaders in all areas of the Nation.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1925DF2CDE624087BDC1B8A37F8CFDC2"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Terms</header><text>The term of office of each member of the Council shall be 6 years.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H9F3E4D95BD6442719984925E8A64BB81"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Meetings</header><text>The Council shall meet two times annually at minimum and at such other times as the Chairman may
determine, but the Chairman shall also call a meeting whenever one-third
of the members so request in writing. The Council shall adopt procedures
governing the conduct of its meetings, including delivery of notice and a
definition of a quorum, which in no case shall be less than one-half plus
one of the members of the Council.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H65002A71F01E4ED6B1E85BBB29395725"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Chairman and vice chairman</header><text>The Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Council shall be elected by a majority vote of the Council
for a two-year term. A member may serve as Chairman and Vice Chairman for
up to three terms. The Vice Chairman shall perform the duties of the
Chairman in his absence. If a vacancy occurs in the chairmanship or vice
chairmanship, the Council shall elect a member to fill such vacancy.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H224649992DBB43919AA0425B8D1F0012"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Staff</header><text>The Administrator shall support the Council with professional staff to provide for the performance
of such duties as may be prescribed by the Council.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HBB5C6BB944A44B0CBD036EFB2C2DCE17"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Committees</header><text>The Council is authorized to appoint from among its members such committees as it deems necessary
and to assign to committees so appointed such survey and advisory
functions as the Council deems appropriate to assist it in exercising its
powers and functions.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB6F886B019DD4912A95C65661880364F"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Functions</header>
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6A63A91A2212471BA540F5E1557A47DB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Budget proposal</header>
<subparagraph id="HF69FA03116D7435DAA48D7E7D14EFC94"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Review of proposal</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than October 15 of each year, the Council shall have reviewed the Administration’s
proposed budget for the next fiscal year and shall provide to the
President their advice based on the best professional judgment of a
majority of members. Portions of Council meetings in which the Council
considers the budget proposal for the next fiscal year may be closed to
the public until the Council submits the proposal to the President and
Congress.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCF6BCEEC4D934DC58736CE8F5D0ECB4E"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Advice to congressional committees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 14 days following the President’s budget submittal to Congress for the next fiscal
year, the Council shall provide to the Committee on Science, Space, and
Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation of the Senate their advice based on the best
professional judgment of a majority of members.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HDDF92BF8B4994E7C81F8CDED3643C4C3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Advice to the President and Congress</header><text>The Council shall report their findings, advice, and recommendations to the President and Congress
on matters of particular policy interest on space exploration and
aeronautics based on the best professional judgment of a majority of
members.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HFC864C0D22BF49D8A3B80C4DEF1760B2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Table of sections</header><text>The table of sections for <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/51/201">chapter 201</external-xref> of title 51, United States Code, is amended by adding at the
end of the items for subchapter II the following new item:</text>
<quoted-block id="H3E9A42D6CA844068961C063D4D89D753" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">20118. NASA Advisory Council.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HE848DDF998F04729825B762171480DC8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Consultation and advice</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/51/20113">Section 20113(g)</external-xref> of title 51, United States Code, is amended by inserting <quote>and Congress</quote> after <quote>advice to the Administration</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H4B3215F6BB204B0A9101AAD18213945D"><enum>711.</enum><header>Cost estimation</header>
<subsection id="H825DF19445BD4F48854487DF2E073AEE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall transmit to
the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
of the Senate a report on current and continuing efforts to implement more
effective cost-estimation practices.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H6C102FD73E094454AED17B5471DA12A0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The report required under subsection (a) shall include—</text>
<paragraph id="H17F852E30FE14A8EAAA3868A5C830E7F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a list of steps the Administration is undertaking to advance consistent implementation of the joint
cost and schedule level (JCL) process; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9CB92651027A4310A2574DB68146F6D9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a description of mechanisms the Administration is using and will continue to use to ensure that
adequate resources are dedicated to cost estimation.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H0FFCEA9C9B3E40A0BBA91CF98993B0FC"><enum>712.</enum><header>Detection and avoidance of counterfeit electronic parts</header>
<subsection id="H4E1C7941AEFD43B69D8476F8EB4304C1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Regulations</header>
<paragraph id="HA050B390DF464D37B7B491443DDC595D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall revise
the NASA Supplement to the Federal Acquisition Regulation to address the
detection and avoidance of counterfeit electronic parts.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB42CF67ACC50477D8940BF5B932833BE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contractor responsibilities</header><text>The revised regulations issued pursuant to paragraph (1) shall provide that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA2DF16A4391D468982D7CD0E96C47C51"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Administration contractors who supply electronic parts or products that include electronic parts
are responsible for detecting and avoiding the use or inclusion of
counterfeit electronic parts or suspect counterfeit electronic parts in
such products and for any rework or corrective action that may be required
to remedy the use or inclusion of such parts; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H18517F350D3043CFAB4DB186BD5A3E3C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the cost of counterfeit electronic parts and suspect counterfeit electronic parts and the cost of
rework or corrective action that may be required to remedy the use or
inclusion of such parts are not allowable costs under Agency contracts,
unless</text>
<clause id="H9BB5FCF5AEB645C3A80D383AC63830DA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the covered contractor has an operational system to detect and avoid counterfeit parts and suspect
counterfeit electronic parts that has been reviewed and approved by the
Administration or the Department of Defense;</text>
</clause><clause id="H0FBAC066E5AF4B63BAF597B099DC5C33"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the covered contractor provides timely notice to the Administration pursuant to paragraph (4); or</text>
</clause><clause id="H3746B9B0A9BC448B977B141D87953F72"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the counterfeit electronic parts or suspect counterfeit electronic parts were provided to the
contractor as Government property in accordance with part 45 of the
Federal Acquisition Regulation.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC9B6B513EF8B4319BAF5C7B592E17BE2"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Suppliers of electronic parts</header><text>The revised regulations issued pursuant to paragraph (1) shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H250923FE8EDD474CA16E64A22440E516"><enum>(A)</enum><text>require that the Administration and Administration contractors and subcontractors at all tiers—</text>
<clause id="HF8E5067BAF9541F18D8B5829FAD25E0B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>obtain electronic parts that are in production or currently available in stock from the original
manufacturers of the parts or their authorized dealers, or from suppliers
who obtain such parts exclusively from the original manufacturers of the
parts or their authorized dealers; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H9B8A6073D3E14EDE899A3CD794ACE2AC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>obtain electronic parts that are not in production or currently available in stock from suppliers
that meet qualification requirements established pursuant to subparagraph
(C);</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE0836163D52E46A0BA3B32CBDC8C53F9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>establish documented requirements consistent with published industry standards or Government
contract requirements for—</text>
<clause id="H8B99FD935E3E49BAB378AA7390578AD0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>notification of the Administration; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H2C55F72CC3444915A13C8F9528C6D122"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>inspection, testing, and authentication of electronic parts that the Administration or an
Administration contractor or subcontractor obtains from any source other
than a source described in subparagraph (A);</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDCB8027580D14111BC82A984C8372B69"><enum>(C)</enum><text>establish qualification requirements, consistent with the requirements of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/10/2319">section 2319</external-xref> of title 10,
United States Code, pursuant to which the Administration may identify
suppliers that have appropriate policies and procedures in place to detect
and avoid counterfeit electronic parts and suspect counterfeit electronic
parts; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFCF33FDD91BF4F65BF4B4F16681F5D10"><enum>(D)</enum><text>authorize Administration contractors and subcontractors to identify and use additional suppliers
beyond those identified pursuant to subparagraph (C), provided that—</text>
<clause id="H340C2FBD69634C4E845F47336DFE17D2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the standards and processes for identifying such suppliers comply with established industry
standards;</text>
</clause><clause id="H99DD4132C1E54EEA85B81703A97E89A0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the contractor or subcontractor assumes responsibility for the authenticity of parts provided by
such suppliers as provided in paragraph (2); and</text>
</clause><clause id="H4FAD818D53ED44A08F7BDEBD128B2673"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the selection of such suppliers is subject to review and audit by appropriate Administration
officials.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H20FC958797FD4266BF65C9C40D7E44F8"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Timely notification</header><text>The revised regulations issued pursuant to paragraph (1) shall require that any Administration
contractor or subcontractor who becomes aware, or has reason to suspect,
that any end item, component, part, or material contained in supplies
purchased by the Administration, or purchased by a contractor or
subcontractor for delivery to, or on behalf of, the Administration,
contains counterfeit electronic parts or suspect counterfeit electronic
parts, shall provide notification to the applicable Administration
contracting officer within 30 calendar days.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H21F498001C864C22A2116A0CB62AF0A4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section, the term <term>electronic part</term> means a discrete electronic component, including a microcircuit, transistor, capacitor, resistor,
or diode that is intended for use in a safety or mission critical
application.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HC0640139B8CA43999D10D085B387D7F1"><enum>713.</enum><header>Prohibition on use of funds for contractors that have committed fraud or other crimes</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">None of the funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2014 or
any fiscal year thereafter for the Administration may be used to enter
into a contract with any offeror or any of its principals if the offeror
certifies, pursuant to the Federal Acquisition Regulation, that the
offeror or any of its principals—</text>
<paragraph id="H947B3250F4DA4C4384576E9CC60BA438"><enum>(1)</enum><text>within a three-year period preceding this offer has been convicted of or had a civil judgment
rendered against it for—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA5F5F0642DA44B07B93161F6B9BA68A6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>commission of fraud or a criminal offense in connection with obtaining, attempting to obtain, or
performing a public (Federal, State, or local) contract or subcontract;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7BC1967AEDE74F98B4E1FB9E36FA1D00"><enum>(B)</enum><text>violation of Federal or State antitrust statutes relating to the submission of offers; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9F892E81C1194C98A0A144CECF0E120F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>commission of embezzlement, theft, forgery, bribery, falsification or destruction of records,
making false statements, tax evasion, violating Federal criminal tax laws,
or receiving stolen property;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H663DAE3D31D5422EA48500112EACDAD4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>are presently indicted for, or otherwise criminally or civilly charged by a governmental entity
with, commission of any of the offenses enumerated in paragraph (1); or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB15F8895403C42518B4785C9FDD93F4E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>within a three-year period preceding this offer, has been notified of any delinquent Federal taxes
in an amount that exceeds $3,000 for which the liability remains
unsatisfied.</text>
</paragraph></section>