[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 88 (Thursday, May 20, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3307-S3308]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1912. Mrs. HYDE-SMITH submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed to amendment SA 1502 proposed by Mr. Schumer to the bill S. 
1260, to establish a new Directorate for Technology and Innovation in 
the National Science Foundation, to establish a regional technology hub 
program, to require a strategy and report on economic security, 
science, research, innovation, manufacturing, and job creation, to 
establish a critical supply chain resiliency program, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
       At the appropriate place in subtitle B of title VI of 
     division B, insert the following:

     SEC. 26__. SUPPORT FOR STENNIS SPACE CENTER AS PRIMARY 
                   HYDROGEN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING 
                   CENTER FOR NASA.

       (a) In General.--The Administrator shall fully leverage and 
     use the unique hydrogen expertise, fuel farm, and testing 
     platforms at the Stennis Space Center for testing any 
     federally funded program or public-private partnership 
     involving the use of hydrogen in space exploration, space 
     technology, and aeronautics.

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       (b) Maintenance of Expertise.--The Administrator shall 
     maintain the Stennis Space Center's hydrogen expertise, fuel 
     farm, and testing platforms so as to support ongoing 
     activities associated with liquid oxygen-hydrogen rockets, 
     including the Space Launch System, the Exploration Upper 
     Stage for the Space Launch System, and any other Government 
     and commercial vehicle that may benefit from testing at the 
     Stennis Space Center.
       (c) Testing Capabilities and Platforms.--The Administrator 
     shall invest in future testing capabilities and platforms to 
     support a range of hydrogen systems in--
       (1) space systems (including in launch vehicles and 
     spacecraft); and
       (2) aeronautics research and development.
       (d) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this division, the Administrator shall submit to 
     the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 
     Senate and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of 
     the House of Representatives a report that--
       (1) identifies all current and planned NASA-funded programs 
     and public-private partnerships that involve the research, 
     development, and testing of hydrogen space exploration, space 
     technology, and aeronautics systems, including propulsion 
     systems, hydrogen fuel tanks, transfer systems, and 
     integrated systems and vehicles; and
       (2) describes the manner in which each such program or 
     partnership is currently, or may in the future, use the 
     Stennis Space Center's hydrogen research and development and 
     testing capabilities.
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