[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 90 (Monday, May 24, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3372-S3373]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1968. Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Mr. Kelly, Mr. Rubio, and Mr. 
Peters) 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

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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:

       On page 497, strike line 11 and insert the following:
       (1) For Exploration, $6,555,400,000.
       On page 497, strike line 13 and insert the following:
       (3) For Science, $7,301,000,000.
       On page 497, strike line 15 and insert the following:
       (5) For Space Technology, $1,100,000,000.
       On page 497, strike line 21 and insert the following:
     pliance and Restoration, $390,278,000.
       On page 503, strike lines 6 and 7 and insert the following:
     gress that next-generation advanced spacesuits and associated 
     EVA technologies are critical technologies for human space 
     exploration and use of
       On page 503, line 12, insert ``and associated EVA 
     technologies'' after ``advanced spacesuits''.
       On page 510, line 9, insert ``the ''before ``international 
     space station''.
       On page 512, between lines 7 and 8, insert the following:

     SEC. 2621A. TRANSITION STRATEGY FOR THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 
                   STATION.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 300 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this division, the Administrator shall 
     submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a strategy 
     that--
       (1) describes the manner in which the Administration will 
     ensure a stepwise transition to an eventual successor 
     platform consistent with the ISS Transition Principles 
     specified in the International Space Station Transition 
     Report issued pursuant to section 50111(c)(2) of title 51, 
     United States Code, on March 30, 2018;
       (2) includes capability-driven milestones and timelines 
     leading to such a transition;
       (3) takes into account the importance of maintaining 
     workforce expertise, core capabilities, and continuity at the 
     centers of the Administration, including such centers that 
     are primarily focused on human spaceflight;
       (4) considers how any transition described in paragraph (1) 
     affects international and commercial partnerships;
       (5) presents opportunities for future engagement with--
       (A) international partners;
       (B) countries with growing spaceflight capabilities, if 
     such engagement is not precluded by other provisions of law;
       (C) the scientific community, including the microgravity 
     research community;
       (D) the private sector; and
       (E) other United States Government users; and
       (6) promotes the continued economic development of low-
     Earth orbit.
       (b) Implementation Plan.--The strategy required by 
     subsection (a) shall include an implementation plan 
     describing the manner in which the Administration plans to 
     carry out such strategy.
       (c) Report.--Not less frequently than biennially, the 
     Administrator shall submit to the appropriate committees of 
     Congress a report on the implementation of the strategy 
     required by subsection (a).
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       On page 527, line 11, strike ``2627'' and insert ``2626''
       On page 535, between lines 15 and 16, insert the following:

     SEC. 2628A. HUMAN SPACE FACILITIES IN AND BEYOND LOW-EARTH 
                   ORBIT.

       (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
     human space facilities play a significant role in the long-
     term pursuit by the Administration of the exploration goals 
     under section 202(a) of the National Aeronautics and Space 
     Administration Authorization Act of 2010 (42 U.S.C. 
     18312(a)).
       (b) Report on Crewed and Uncrewed Human Space Facilities.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this division, the Administrator shall 
     submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on 
     the potential development of 1 or more human space 
     facilities.
       (2) Contents.--With respect to the potential development of 
     each human space facility referred to in paragraph (1), the 
     report required under such paragraph shall include a 
     description of the following:
       (A) The capacity of the human space facility to advance, 
     enable, or complement human exploration of the solar system, 
     including human exploration of the atmosphere and the surface 
     of celestial bodies.
       (B) The role of the human space facility as a staging, 
     logistics, and operations hub in exploration architecture.
       (C) The capacity of the human space facility to support the 
     research, development, testing, validation, operation, and 
     launch of space exploration systems and technologies.
       (D) The importance of workforce expertise and core 
     capabilities at NASA centers, including NASA centers that are 
     primarily focused on human spaceflight, in the development of 
     structures and systems for each human space facility.
       (E) Opportunities and strategies for commercial operation 
     or public-private partnerships with respect to the human 
     space facility that protect taxpayer interests and foster 
     competition.
       (F) The role of the human space facility in encouraging 
     further crewed and uncrewed exploration investments.
       (G) The manner in which the development and maintenance of 
     the International Space Station would reduce the cost of, and 
     time necessary for, the development of the human space 
     facility.
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     following:
     2640(b)(2)(A) of the National Aeronautics and Space 
     Administration Authorization Act of 2021.
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       (e) Report on Research and Development Relating to Life-
     sustaining Technical Systems and Plan for Achieving Power 
     Supply.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the 
     enactment of this division, the Administrator shall submit to 
     the appropriate committees of Congress--
       (1) a report on the research and development of the 
     Administration relating to technical systems for the self-
     sufficient sustainment of life in and beyond low-Earth orbit; 
     and
       (2) a 10-year plan for achieving a power supply on the Moon 
     that includes--
       (A) a consideration of the resources necessary to 
     accomplish such plan;
       (B) collaboration and input from industry and the 
     Department of Energy;
       (C) the use of a variety of types of energy, including 
     solar and nuclear; and
       (D) a detailed description of the resources necessary for 
     the Administration to build a lunar power facility with 
     human-tended maintenance requirements during the subsequent 
     10-year period.
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