[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 173 (Wednesday, January 2, 2013)]
[House]
[Pages H7584-H7585]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  SPACE EXPLORATION SUSTAINABILITY ACT

  Mr. SMITH of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to take from 
the Speaker's table the bill (H.R. 6586) to extend the application of 
certain space launch liability provisions through 2014, with the Senate 
amendment thereto, and concur in the Senate amendment.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the Senate amendment.
  The Clerk read as follows:
  Senate amendment:

       Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
     following:

     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

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     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''.

  Mr. SMITH of Texas (during the reading). Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous 
consent to dispense with the reading.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Texas?
  There was no objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the original request 
of the gentleman from Texas?
  There was no objection.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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