[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5183 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5183

   To authorize the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to 
   lease, jointly-develop, or otherwise use a commercially provided 
   inflatable habitation module for the International Space Station.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 14, 2000

  Mr. Lampson (for himself, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, and Mr. Cramer) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                                Science

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                                 A BILL


 
   To authorize the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to 
   lease, jointly-develop, or otherwise use a commercially provided 
   inflatable habitation module for 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. AUTHORITY.

    The National Aeronautics and Space Administration may lease, 
jointly-develop, or otherwise use a commercially provided inflatable 
habitation module for the International Space Station, but only if such 
module would--
            (1) result in no increase in the National Aeronautics and 
        Space Administration's planned remaining cost (including any 
        necessary modifications to other hardware or operating 
        expenses) to complete and attach the baseline habitation 
        module;
            (2) impose no delays to the Space Station Assembly 
        Sequence; and
            (3) result in no increased safety risk.
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