[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 118 (Thursday, August 5, 2010)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6982-S6983]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent to proceed to Calendar No. 548.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
The legislative clerk read as follows:
A bill (S. 3729) to authorize the programs of the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration for fiscal years 2011
through 2013, and for other purposes.
There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
Mr. REID. I ask that the Rockefeller amendment, which is at the desk,
be agreed to, the bill as amended be read three times, passed, the
motion to reconsider be laid on the table, with no intervening action
or debate, and that any statements be printed in the Record.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
The amendment (No. 4602) was agreed to, as follows:
(Purpose: To modify the bill as reported)
On page 2, after the item relating to section 504, insert
the following:
Sec. 505. Scientific access to the International Space Station.
On page 4, before line 1, after the item relating to
section 1210, insert the following:
TITLE XIII--COMPLIANCE WITH STATUTORY PAY-AS-YOU-GO ACT OF 2010
Sec. 1301. Compliance provision.
On page 36, after line 25, insert the following:
SEC. 309. Report Requirement.--Within 90 days after the date
of enactment of this Act, or upon completion of reference
designs for the Space Launch System and multi-purpose crew
vehicle authorized by this Act, whichever occurs first, the
Administrator shall provide a detailed report to the
appropriate committees of Congress that provides an overall
description of the reference vehicle design, the assumptions,
description, data, and analysis of the systems trades and
resolution process, justification of trade decisions, the
design factors which implement the essential system and
vehicle capability requirements established by this Act, the
explanation and justification of any deviations from those
requirements, the plan for utilization of existing contracts,
civil service and contract workforce, supporting
infrastructure utilization and modifications, and procurement
strategy to expedite development activities through
modification of existing contract vehicles, and the schedule
of design and development milestones and related schedules
leading to the accomplishment of operational goals
established by this Act. The Administrator shall provide an
update of this report as part of the President's annual
Budget Request.
On page 32, line 4, strike ``measures'' and insert
``measures, including investments to improve launch
infrastructure at NASA flight facilities scheduled to launch
cargo to
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the ISS under the commercial orbital transportation services
program''.
On page 33, after line 25, insert the following:
(2) The extent to which the United States is reliant on
non-United States systems, including foreign rocket motors
and foreign launch vehicles.
On page 34, line 1, strike ``(2)'' and insert ``(3)''.
On page 38, strike lines 10 through 14 and insert the
following:
(a) FY 2011 Contracts and Procurement Agreements.--
(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the
Administrator may not execute a contract or procurement
agreement with respect to follow-on commercial crew services
during fiscal year 2011.
(2) Exception.--Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the
Administrator may execute a contract or procurement agreement
with respect to follow-on commercial crew services during
fiscal year 2011 if--
(A) the requirements of paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of
subsection (b) are met; and
(B) the total amount involved for all such contracts and
procurement agreements executed during fiscal year 2011 does
not exceed $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2011.
On page 88, beginning with ``Upon'' in line 4, strike
through ``centers.'' in line 9 and insert ``Upon completion
of the study required by Section 1102, the Administrator
shall establish an independent panel to examine alternative
management models for NASA's workforce, centers, and related
facilities in order to improve efficiency and productivity,
while nonetheless maintaining core Federal competencies and
keeping appropriately governmental functions internal to
NASA.''.
On page 89, beginning with ``involuntary'' in line 24,
strike through line 2 on page 90 and insert ``involuntary
separations of permanent, non-Senior-Executive-Service, civil
servant employees before September 30, 2013, except for cause
on charges of misconduct, delinquency, or inefficiency.
On page 103, after line 9, insert the following:
TITLE XIII--COMPLIANCE WITH STATUTORY PAY-AS-YOU-GO ACT OF 2010
SEC. 1301. COMPLIANCE PROVISION.
The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of
complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go-Act of 2010, shall
be determined by reference to the latest statement titled
``Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation'' for this Act,
submitted for printing in the Congressional Record by the
Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, provided that such
statement has been submitted prior to the vote on passage.
On page 61, line 23--after ``-ers'' insert ``or the
retrieval of NASA manned space vehicles, or significant
contributions to human space flight.''
The bill (S. 3729), as amended, was ordered to be engrossed for a
third reading, was read the third time, and passed.
The bill will be printed in a future edition of the Record.
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