[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 462 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 462

To prohibit the expenditure of appropriated funds on the United States 
              International Space Station Freedom Program.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             February 25 (legislative day, January 5), 1993

 Mr. Bumpers (for himself, Mr. Warner, Mr. Sasser, Mr. Cohen, and Mr. 
Bryan) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 
                   to the Committee on Appropriations

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit the expenditure of appropriated funds on the United States 
              International Space Station Freedom Program.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Deficit Reduction Through Space 
Station Freedom Termination Act of 1993''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds that--
            (1) the Federal budget deficit has grown 
        to such an extent that it poses a serious short-, medium-, and 
        long-term threat to the health of the United States economy;
            (2) the gross interest costs on the National debt now 
        exceed defense expenditures in the Federal budget and are one 
        of the fastest-growing components in the Federal budget;
            (3) the American people are demanding serious and 
        fundamental changes in the Federal Government's management of 
        spending priorities and overall fiscal stewardship;
            (4) Federal Government programs that are not absolutely 
        necessary to the health and well-being of the American people 
        must be closely scrutinized for possible funding reduction or 
        elimination;
            (5) many experts in the scientific community are convinced 
        of the general lack of technical merit of the United States 
        International Space Station Freedom Program and are opposed to 
        the program; and
            (6) termination of the United States International Space 
        Station Freedom Program would save the Federal Government tens 
        of billions of dollars.

SEC. 3. TERMINATION OF THE SPACE STATION PROGRAM.

    (a) Prohibition.--Effective 90 days after the date of enactment of 
this section, no appropriated funds shall be available to carry out the 
provisions of section 106 of the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration Authorization Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 2451 note).
    (b) Exception.--Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), 
not to exceed $500,000,000 of such funds referred to in subsection (c) 
may be used in terminating the United States International Space 
Station Freedom Program.
    (c) Unexpended Funds.--Subject to the provisions of subsection (b), 
any funds appropriated for use on the United States International Space 
Station Freedom Program that remain unexpended and unobligated 90 days 
after the date of enactment of this section shall be credited to the 
general revenues of the United States Treasury.

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