[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 115 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4739-S4740]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2410. Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Ms. Sinema) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4638, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for 
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military 
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which 
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle A of title XV, add the following:

     SEC. 1510. AUTHORIZATION FOR THE TRANSFER TO NASA OF FUNDS 
                   FROM OTHER AGENCIES FOR SCIENTIFIC OR 
                   ENGINEERING RESEARCH OR EDUCATION.

       (a) In General.--Section 20113(f) of title 51, United 
     States Code, is amended--
       (1) by striking ``In the performance of its functions'' and 
     inserting the following:
       ``(1) In general.--In the performance of its functions''; 
     and
       (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(2) Treatment.--Funds available to any department or 
     agency of the Federal Government for scientific or 
     engineering research or education, or the provision of 
     facilities therefor, shall, subject to the approval of the 
     head of such department or agency or as delegated pursuant to 
     such department's or agency's regulation, be available for 
     transfer, in whole or in part, to the Administration for such 
     use as is consistent with the purposes for which such funds 
     were appropriated. Funds so transferred shall be merged with 
     the appropriation to which transferred, except that such 
     transferred funds shall be limited to the awarding of grants 
     or cooperative agreements for scientific or engineering 
     research or education.''.
       (b) Annual Information on Funds Transferred.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than two years after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the National 
     Aeronautics and Space Administration (in this section 
     referred to as the ``Administration'') shall include in the 
     annual budget justification materials of the Administration, 
     as submitted to Congress with the President's budget request 
     under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, 
     information describing the activities conducted under 
     subsection (f) of section 20113 of title 51, United States 
     Code (as amended by subsection (a)), during the immediately 
     preceding fiscal year.
       (2) Contents.--The information referred to in paragraph (1) 
     shall contain a description of each transfer of funds under 
     the authority provided for in paragraph (2) of subsection (f) 
     of section 20113 of title 51, United States Code (as added 
     and amended, respectively, by this section), during the 
     immediately preceding fiscal year, including the following:
       (A) An identification of the department or agency of the 
     Federal Government from which such funds were transferred.

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       (B) The total amount of funds so transferred, disaggregated 
     by each such department or agency.
       (C) The purposes for which such funds were appropriated to 
     each such agency or department.
       (D) The program or activity of the Administration to which 
     such funds were made available by each such transfer.
       (E) The purposes of each such Administration program or 
     activity, and the amount of funding appropriated to the 
     Administration for such purposes.
       (c) Report.--Not later than three years after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the 
     Administration shall submit to the Committee on Science, 
     Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives and the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 
     Senate a report that includes the following:
       (1) A summary of the value of the authority provided for in 
     paragraph (2) of subsection (f) of section 20113 of title 51, 
     United States Code (as added and amended, respectively, by 
     this section), including the extent which such authority has 
     benefitted Administration and its ability to meet its needs, 
     achieve its mission, or more effectively conduct interagency 
     collaborations.
       (2) An identification of any barriers or challenges to 
     implementing such authority, or otherwise to managing funding 
     required to conduct joint programs and award jointly funded 
     grants and cooperative agreements by the Administration with 
     other Federal departments and agencies to advance the 
     missions of each such department and agency.
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