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[H.R. 6586 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.6586

                      One Hundred Twelfth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
            the third day of January, two thousand and twelve


                                 An Act


 
 To extend the application of certain space launch liability provisions 
                              through 2014.

    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 ``Space Exploration Sustainability 
Act''.
SEC. 2. ASSURANCE OF CORE CAPABILITIES.
    Section 203 of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration 
Authorization Act of 2010 (42 U.S.C. 18313) is amended by adding at the 
end the following:
    ``(c) Sense of Congress Regarding Human Space Flight Capability 
Assurance.--It is the sense of Congress that the Administrator shall 
proceed with the utilization of the ISS, technology development, and 
follow-on transportation systems (including the Space Launch System, 
multi-purpose crew vehicle, and commercial crew and cargo 
transportation capabilities) under titles III and IV of this Act in a 
manner that ensures--
        ``(1) that these capabilities remain inherently complementary 
    and interrelated;
        ``(2) a balance of the development, sustainment, and use of 
    each of these capabilities, which are of critical importance to the 
    viability and sustainability of the U.S. space program; and
        ``(3) that resources required to support the timely and 
    sustainable development of these capabilities authorized in either 
    title III or title IV of this Act are not derived from a reduction 
    in resources for the capabilities authorized in the other title.
    ``(d) Limitation.--Nothing in subsection (c) shall apply to or 
affect any capability authorized by any other title of this Act''.
SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF CERTAIN SPACE LAUNCH LIABILITY PROVISIONS.
    Section 50915(f) of title 51, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ``December 31, 2012'' and inserting ``December 31, 2013''.
SEC. 4. EXEMPTION FROM INKSNA.
    Section 7(1)(B) of the Iran, North Korea, and Syria 
Nonproliferation Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended--
        (1) by striking ``, or for the purchase of goods or services 
    relating to human space flight, that are''; and
        (2) by striking ``prior to July 1, 2016'' and inserting ``prior 
    to December 31, 2020''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.