[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 90 (Monday, May 24, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3350-S3351]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1933. 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__. HYDROGEN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING.

       (a) In General.--The Administrator shall fully leverage and 
     use the unique hydrogen expertise, fuel farm, and testing 
     platforms co-located with NASA large-scale rocket propulsion 
     test facilities for testing federally funded programs or 
     public-private partnerships involving the use of hydrogen in 
     space exploration, space technology, and aeronautics.
       (b) Maintenance of Expertise.--
       (1) In general.--The Administrator shall maintain the 
     hydrogen expertise, fuel farm, and testing platforms co-
     located with NASA large-scale rocket propulsion test 
     facilities for the purpose of supporting ongoing activities 
     associated with liquid oxygen-hydrogen rockets, including the 
     Space Launch System and the Exploration Upper Stage for the 
     Space Launch System.
       (2) Availability.--The Administrator shall make the 
     expertise and infrastructure described in paragraph (1) 
     available to Government and commercial vehicles that may 
     benefit from testing at NASA hydrogen test facilities.
       (c) Testing Capabilities and Platforms.--The Administrator 
     shall consider investments in future testing capabilities and 
     platforms to support a range of hydrogen systems in--
       (1) space systems, including launch vehicles and 
     spacecraft; and
       (2) aeronautics research and development, including 
     unmanned aircraft systems.
       (d) Research and Development.--The Administrator, to the 
     extent practicable, shall coordinate with research 
     universities and other Federal agencies to incorporate 
     hydrogen capabilities into research and development and 
     testing road maps across programs.
       (e) 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 space exploration, space 
     technology, and aeronautics systems using hydrogen, including 
     propulsion systems, hydrogen fuel tanks, transfer systems, 
     and integrated systems and vehicles;
       (2) describes the manner in which each such program or 
     partnership is currently, or may in the future, use NASA 
     hydrogen research and development and testing capabilities; 
     and

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       (3) identifies potential investments in facilities and 
     capabilities that may enable current and future hydrogen 
     research, development, and testing activities.
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