[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 112 (Saturday, June 28, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4003-S4004]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
SA 2531. Mr. KELLY (for himself and Mr. Warner) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2360 proposed by Mr.
Thune (for Mr. Graham) to the bill H.R. 1, to provide for
reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
In section 40005, strike subsection (a) and insert the
following:
(a) In General.--Chapter 203 of title 51, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 20306. Special appropriations for Mars missions,
Artemis missions, and Moon to Mars program
``(a) In General.--In addition to amounts otherwise
available, there is appropriated to the Administration for
fiscal year 2025, out of any money in the Treasury not
otherwise appropriated, $9,995,000,000, to remain available
until September 30, 2032, to use as follows:
``(1) $700,000,000, to be obligated not later than fiscal
year 2026, for the procurement, using a competitively bid,
firm fixed-price contract with a United States commercial
provider (as defined in section 50101(7)), of a high-
performance Mars telecommunications orbiter--
``(A) that--
``(i) is capable of providing robust, continuous
communications for--
``(I) a Mars sample return mission, as described in section
432(3)(C) of the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration Transition Authorization Act of 2017 (51
U.S.C. 20302 note; Public Law 115-10); and
``(II) future Mars surface, orbital, and human exploration
missions;
``(ii) supports autonomous operations, onboard processing,
and extended mission duration capabilities; and
``(iii) is selected from among the commercial proposals
that--
``(I) received funding from the Administration in fiscal
year 2024 or 2025 for commercial design studies for Mars
Sample Return; and
``(II) proposed a separate, independently launched Mars
telecommunication orbiter supporting an end-to-end Mars
sample return mission; and
``(B) which shall be delivered to the Administration not
later than December 31, 2028.
``(2) $2,600,000,000 to meet the requirements of section
20302(a) using the program of record known, as of the date of
the enactment of this section, as `Gateway', and as described
in section 10811(b)(2)(B)(iv) of the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration Authorization Act of 2022 (51 U.S.C.
20302 note; Public Law 117-167), of which not less than
$750,000,000 shall be obligated for each of fiscal years
2026, 2027, and 2028.
``(3) $4,100,000,000 for expenses related to meeting the
requirements of section 10812 of the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration Authorization Act of 2022 (51 U.S.C.
20301; Public Law 117-167) for the procurement,
transportation, integration, operation, and other necessary
expenses of the Space Launch System for Artemis Missions IV
and V, of which not less than $1,025,000,000 shall be
obligated for each of fiscal years 2026, 2027, 2028, and
2029.
``(4) $20,000,000 for expenses related to the continued
procurement of the multi-purpose crew vehicle described in
section 303 of the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration Authorization Act of 2010 (42 U.S.C. 18323),
known as the `Orion', for use with the Space Launch System on
the Artemis IV Mission and reuse in subsequent Artemis
Missions, of which not less than $20,000,000 shall be
obligated not later than fiscal year 2026.
``(5) $1,250,000,000 for expenses related to the operation
of the International Space Station and for the purpose of
meeting the requirement under section 503(a) of the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of
2010 (42 U.S.C. 18353(a)), of which not less than
$250,000,000 shall be obligated for such expenses for each of
fiscal years 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, and 2029.
``(6) $1,000,000,000 for infrastructure improvements at the
manned spaceflight centers of the Administration, of which
not less than--
``(A) $120,000,000 shall be obligated not later than fiscal
year 2026 for construction, revitalization, recapitalization,
or other infrastructure projects and improvements at the
center described in Executive Order 12641 (53 Fed. Reg.
18816; relating to designating certain facilities of the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration in the State of
Mississippi as the John C. Stennis Space Center);
``(B) $250,000,000 shall be obligated not later than fiscal
year 2026 for construction, revitalization, recapitalization,
or other infrastructure projects and improvements at the
center described in Executive Order 11129 (28 Fed. Reg.
12787; relating to designating certain facilities of the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration and of the
Department of Defense, in the State of Florida, as the John
F. Kennedy Space Center);
``(C) $300,000,000 shall be obligated not later than fiscal
year 2026 for construction, revitalization, recapitalization,
or other infrastructure projects and improvements at the
center described in the Joint Resolution entitled `Joint
Resolution to designate the Manned Spacecraft Center in
Houston, Texas, as the ``Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center'' in
honor of the late President', approved February 17, 1973
(Public Law 93-8; 87 Stat. 7);
``(D) $100,000,000 shall be obligated not later than fiscal
year 2026 for construction, revitalization, recapitalization,
or other infrastructure projects and improvements at the
center described in Executive Order 10870 (25
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Fed. Reg. 2197; relating to designating the facilities of the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration at Huntsville,
Alabama, as the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center); and
``(E) $30,000,000 shall be obligated not later than fiscal
year 2026 for construction, revitalization, recapitalization,
or other infrastructure projects and improvements at the
Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, Louisiana.
``(7) $325,000,000 to fulfill contract number 80JSC024CA002
issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
on June 26, 2024.
``(b) Obligation of Funds.--Funds appropriated under
subsection (a) shall be obligated as follows:
``(1) Not less than 50 percent of the total funds in
subsection (a) shall be obligated not later than September
30, 2028.
``(2) 100 percent of funds shall be obligated not later
than September 30, 2029.
``(3) All associated outlays shall occur not later than
September 30, 2034.''.
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