[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1601 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1601

   To authorize appropriations to the National Aeronautics and Space 
  Administration to develop, assemble, and operate the International 
                             Space Station.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 10, 1995

Mr. Walker (for himself and Mr. Sensenbrenner) introduced the following 
          bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science

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                                 A BILL


 
   To authorize appropriations to the National Aeronautics and Space 
  Administration to develop, assemble, and operate the International 
                             Space Station.
    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 ``International Space Station 
Authorization Act of 1995''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds that--
            (1) the development, assembly, and operation of the 
        International Space Station is in the national interest of the 
        United States;
            (2) the National Aeronautics and Space Administration has 
        restructured and redesigned the International Space Station, 
        consolidated contract responsibility, and achieved program 
        management, control, and stability;
            (3) further rescoping or redesigns of the International 
        Space Station will lead to costly delays, increase costs to its 
        international partners, and weaken the international space 
        partnership necessary for future space projects;
            (4) total program costs for development, assembly, and 
        initial operations have been identified and capped to ensure 
        financial discipline and maintain program schedule milestones;
            (5) in order to contain costs, mission planning and 
        engineering functions of the National Space Transportation 
        System (Space Shuttle) program should be coordinated with the 
        Space Station Program Office; and
            (6) complete program authorizations for large development 
        programs promote program stability, reduce the potential for 
        cost growth, and provide necessary assurance to international 
        partners.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    For the purposes of this Act--
            (1) the term ``Administrator'' means the Administrator of 
        the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; and
            (2) the term ``cost threat'' means a potential change to 
        the program baseline documented as a potential cost by the 
        Space Station Program Office.

SEC. 4. SPACE STATION COMPLETE PROGRAM AUTHORIZATION.

    (a) Authorization of Appropriations.--Except as provided in 
subsection (b), there are authorized to be appropriated to the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration for the period encompassing fiscal 
year 1996 and all subsequent fiscal years not to exceed 
$13,141,000,000, to remain available until expended, for complete 
development and assembly of, and to provide for initial operations, 
through fiscal year 2002, of, the International Space Station. Not more 
than $2,121,000,000 may be appropriated for any one fiscal year.
    (b) Certification and Report.--None of the funds authorized under 
subsection (a) may be appropriated for any fiscal year unless, within 
60 days after the submission of the President's budget request for that 
fiscal year, the Administrator--
            (1) certifies to the Congress that--
                    (A) the program reserves available for such fiscal 
                year exceed the total of all cost threats known at the 
                time of certification;
                    (B) the Administrator does not foresee delays in 
                the International Space Station's development or 
                assembly; and
                    (C) the International Space Station can be fully 
                developed and assembled without requiring further 
                authorization of appropriations beyond amounts 
                authorized under subsection (a); or
            (2) submits to the Congress a report which describes--
                    (A) the circumstances which prevent a certification 
                under paragraph (1);
                    (B) remedial actions undertaken or to be undertaken 
                with respect to such circumstances;
                    (C) the effects of such circumstances on the 
                development and assembly of the International Space 
                Station; and
                    (D) the justification for proceeding with the 
                program, if appropriate.

SEC. 5. COORDINATION WITH SPACE SHUTTLE.

    The Administrator shall--
            (1) coordinate the engineering functions of the Space 
        Shuttle program with the Space Station Program Office to 
        minimize overlapping activities; and
            (2) in the interest of safety and the successful 
        integration of human spacecraft development with human 
        spaceflight operations, maintain at one lead center the 
        complementary capabilities of human spacecraft engineering and 
        astronaut training.
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