SPACE POLICY

Amendments

Business and industry: encourage the development of a commercial space industry (H.R. 2607), S10555 [13OC], H9949 [17OC]

Dept. of Commerce: Office of Space Commercialization funding (H.R. 2607), S10555 [13OC], H9949 [17OC]

FAA: Office of the Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation funding (H.R. 2607), S10555 [13OC], H9949 [17OC]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 1654, NASA appropriations, H3145 [16MY]

Articles and editorials

Another Reason To Hold Off, E1256 [18JY]

Bipartisan Thinkers Look Past Traditional Arms Control, H3970 [7JN]

By Winding Stair, S4919 [9JN]

Missile Defense Is Political Fiction, H3967 [7JN]

Missile Shield Analysis Warns of Arms Buildup, H3970 [7JN]

Purdue Enjoys Historic Lunar Links, H8078 [26SE]

Scientific Panel Says National Missile Defense Won't Work, H3969 [7JN]

Star Wars II—Here We Go Again, E960-E963 [9JN]

Strategy of Silence on Missile Defense, H3968 [7JN]

Bills and resolutions

Aldrin, Edwin E. (Buzz): award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2632), S4460 [25MY]

Armstrong, Neil A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2632), S4460 [25MY]

Aviation: prevent certain frauds involving aircraft or space vehicle parts (see H.R. 3862), H756 [8MR]

Collins, Michael: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2632), S4460 [25MY]

Dept. of Commerce: establish certain procedures for exports of satellites and related items to the People's Republic of China (see H.R. 4417), H2905 [10MY]

NASA: authorize the lease, joint-development, or use of a commercially provided inflatable habitation module for the international space station (see H.R. 5183), H7651 [14SE]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1654), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 574), H7501 [12SE]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1654), corrections in enrollment of conference report (see H. Con. Res. 409), H8200 [26SE]

———encourage commercial development of space through the lease of real and personal property (see S. 2316), S1884 [29MR]

National Commission on Space: establish (see S. 2988), S7840 [27JY]

National security: provide deployment criteria for the national missile defense system and testing of the system against counter-measures (see H.R. 5066), H7208 [27JY]

———U.S. policy relative to deployment of a national missile defense system (see H.R. 5536), H10808 [24OC]

Smithsonian Institution: construct a base facility structure for the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Submillimeter Array located in Hilo, HI (see S. 2498), S3258 [2MY] (see H.R. 4729), H5083 [23JN]

Taxation: encourage the development of a cost effective commercial space transportation industry (see H.R. 4676), H4591 [15JN]

———exclude income derived from the manufacture of products, and provision of services, in outer space (see H.R. 3898), H921 [9MR]

Conference reports

NASA Appropriations (H.R. 1654), H7404-H7413 [12SE]

Explanations

National Missile Defense System, H6535-H6537 [19JY]

Letters

Accusations of disclosure of classified information relative to national missile defense system: Arthur L. Money, H6537 [19JY]

———David W. Affeld, H6537 [19JY]

———Theodore A. Postol, H6537 [19JY]

National missile defense system: Philip E. Coyle, Dept. of Defense, S6558 [12JY]

———Representative Schaffer, E764 [18MY]

———several Nobel Prize laureates, S6592 [13JY]

Penalties for the use or sale of defective or uncertified aircraft parts: Janet Reno, Attorney General, Rodney E. Slater, Sec. of Transportation, William S. Cohen, Sec. of Defense, and Daniel S. Goldin, NASA, S1261 [8MR]

Questions and answers

Apollo Exploration Award Act (H.R. 2572): Representative Souder, H8077 [26SE]

Remarks in House

Aldrin, Edwin E. (Buzz): award Congressional Gold Medal (H.R. 2815), H4714-H4719 [20JN], E1067 [21JN]

Armstrong, Neil A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (H.R. 2815), H4714-H4719 [20JN], E1067 [21JN]

Business and industry: encourage the development of a commercial space industry (H.R. 2607), H9949, H9950 [17OC]

Cape Canaveral, FL: anniversary of first space launch, E404 [23MR]

Collins, Michael: award Congressional Gold Medal (H.R. 2815), H4714-H4719 [20JN], E1067 [21JN]

Dept. of Commerce: Office of Space Commercialization funding (H.R. 2607), H9949, H9950 [17OC]

Dept. of Defense: military health care programs funding through reductions in the national missile defense system, H3999-H4002 [7JN]

———TRICARE senior pharmacy program funding through reductions in the national missile defense system, H3992-H3999 [7JN]

Dept. of HUD: section 8 housing voucher funding through reductions in NASA space station program, H4893-H4897 [21JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: medical research funding through reductions in NASA programs, H4730, H4732, H4733, H4734 [20JN]

———State Extended Care Facilities Construction Grant Program funding through reductions in NASA programs, H4729 [20JN]

Edwards AFB, CA: Air Force Research Laboratory Rocket Site recipient of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics aerospace site designation, E1893 [24OC]

EPA: National Estuary Program funding through reductions in NASA programs, H4824 [21JN]

FAA: Office of the Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation funding (H.R. 2607), H9949, H9950 [17OC]

George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL: anniversary, E1438 [11SE]

History: anniversary of first U.S. space exploration mission, H2619 [8MY]

NASA: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1654), H3056 [16MY]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1654), conference report, H7404 [12SE], H7600-H7607 [14SE], E1509 [18SE]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1654), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 574), H7599, H7600 [14SE]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1654), corrections in enrollment of conference report (H. Con. Res. 409), H8078, H8079 [26SE]

———design and present an award to the Apollo astronauts (H.R. 2572), H8075-H8078 [26SE]

———funding, H4854-H4857 [21JN], H10383, H10390 [19OC], E1893 [24OC]

———goals and achievements, H333 [10FE]

———management of microgravity research program, E1509 [18SE]

———research and analysis programs funding, H10387 [19OC]

———tribute to Advanced Communications Technology Satellite project, E680 [9MY]

———tribute to Goddard Space Flight Center, E452 [30MR]

———University Research Centers funding, H4848 [21JN]

National objectives: importance of space program, H1624 [30MR], H2619 [8MY]

National Reconnaissance Office: anniversary, H7967 [21SE]

———contracting of satellite launch services, H9853, H9855 [12OC], H12070-H12072 [11DE]

National security: national missile defense system, H547-H552 [29FE], H3073 [16MY], H3312, H3393, H3395, H3396 [18MY], H3909 [6JN], H3967 [7JN], H4216 [12JN], H5603, H5613 [29JN], H5725 [10JY], H5848, H5850 [12JY], H6535, H6539 [19JY], H7061 [26JY], H7248 [6SE], H7631-H7638 [14SE], H9656, H9657, H9659, H9663 [11OC], E764 [18MY], E1256 [18JY]

Smithsonian Institution: construct a base facility structure for the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Submillimeter Array located in Hilo, HI (S. 2498), H10014, H10015 [17OC]

Space Day: observance, E646 [4MY]

Space station program: funding, H1838 [5AP], H4849-H4853, H4881 [21JN]

———management and cost overruns, H7007 [26JY]

Remarks in Senate

Aerospace Industry Blue Ribbon Commission: establish, S4751 [8JN]

Aldrin, Edwin E. (Buzz): award Congressional Gold Medal (S. 2632), S4462 [25MY]

Armstrong, Neil A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (S. 2632), S4462 [25MY]

Aviation: increase penalties for the use or sale of defective or uncertified aircraft parts, S1261 [8MR]

Business and industry: encourage the development of a commercial space industry (H.R. 2607), S10555, S10556 [13OC]

China, People's Republic of: U.S. policy, S6834-S6836 [14JY]

Collins, Michael: award Congressional Gold Medal (S. 2632), S4462 [25MY]

Congressional-Executive Commission on the People's Republic of China: monitoring of POW/MIA cooperation, commercial activities between U.S. companies and Chinese Army, space capabilities, the environment, orphans, and organ harvesting, S8161, S8162 [7SE], S8445-S8449, S8493 [13SE], S8544-S8547 [14SE]

Dept. of Commerce: Office of Space Commercialization funding (H.R. 2607), S10555, S10556 [13OC]

Dept. of Defense: Air Force Institute of Technology funding, S5075 [14JN]

———Discoverer II space-based radar program funding, S7223 [19JY]

FAA: Office of the Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation funding (H.R. 2607), S10555, S10556 [13OC]

———Wide Area Augmentation System funding, S5190 [15JN]

George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL: anniversary, S8778, S8814-S8816 [20SE]

NASA: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1654), conference report, S10550, S10551 [13OC]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1654), corrections in enrollment of conference report (H. Con. Res. 409), S10551 [13OC]

———encourage commercial development of space through the lease of real and personal property (S. 2316), S1897 [29MR]

National Commission on Space: establish (S. 2988), S7905 [27JY]

National objectives: maintain leadership in both Government-sponsored and commercial space industry and exploration, S11488 [1NO]

National security: commercial use of satellite imaging, S3908 [11MY]

———national missile defense system, S5 [24JA], S788 [24FE], S2138-S2141 [4AP], S3013 [27AP], S4399-S4402 [25MY], S4722-S4728 [8JN], S4918 [9JN], S5587 [22JN], S6109 [29JN], S6834-S6836 [14JY], S8191 [7SE], S10129 [10OC]

———national missile defense system (H.R. 4), S7466 [24JY]

———require operationally realistic testing of any national missile defense system against countermeasures, S6549, S6550, S6554-S6563 [12JY], S6591-S6593 [13JY]

Nuclear weapons: strategic defense initiative, S1662, S1663 [23MR]

Smithsonian Institution: construct a base facility structure for the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Submillimeter Array located in Hilo, HI (S. 2498), S3262, S3263 [2MY], S5159 [14JN]

Space program: funding, S8814-S8816 [20SE]

Television: authorize loan guarantees for broadcast satellite launch vehicles relative to access to local broadcast signals in unserved and underserved areas, S1952 [30MR]

Reports

Interim Assessment of Research and Data Analysis in NASA Office of Space Science: Space Studies Board, H10387-H10389 [19OC]

Reports filed

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 1654, NASA Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 574) (H. Rept. 106-844), H7501 [12SE]

NASA Appropriations: Committee of Conference (H.R. 1654) (H. Rept. 106-843), H7501 [12SE]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 409, corrections in enrollment of conference report on H.R. 1654, NASA appropriations, H8079 [26SE]

H. Res. 574, consideration of conference report on H.R. 1654, NASA appropriations, H7599 [14SE]

H.R. 2572, Apollo Exploration Award Act, H8075 [26SE]

H.R. 2607, Commercial Space Transportation Competitiveness Act, H9949 [17OC]

H.R. 2815, award Congressional Gold Medal to Edwin E. (Buzz) Aldrin, Michael Collins, and Neil A. Armstrong, H4714 [20JN]

S. 2498, construct a base facility structure for the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Submillimeter Array located in Hilo, HI, S3263 [2MY], S5159 [14JN], H10014 [17OC]