NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

Amendments

Employment: make certain workforce authorities available (S. 610), H142 [28JA]

Reauthorize and restructure (S. 2541), S8487 [20JY]

Articles and editorials

Geologist on Wheels Takes Human Curosity to Mars—Our Drive To Explore Leads to Better Lives, E168 [12FE]

Premature Death for the Hubble, E293 [3MR]

Ready for New Goals, H6068 [20JY]

Bills and resolutions

Columbia (space shuttle): anniversary of accident costing the lives of the crew (see H. Res. 507), H244 [28JA]

———award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously to crew (see S. 2697), S8474 [20JY]

Cooper, L. Gordon, Jr.: tribute (see S. Res. 470), S11496 [18NO] (see H. Res. 847), H9050 [8OC]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (see S. 2825), S9441 [21SE] (see H.R. 5041), H6996 [9SE]

Employment: make certain workforce authorities available (S. 610), consideration (see H. Res. 502), H127 [27JA]

———make certain workforce authorities available (S. 610), technical corrections (see H. Con. Res. 354), H263 [3FE]

National Aeronautics and Space Act: establish a centennial challenge program and a National Aeronautics and Space Foundation (see S. 2917), S10702 [7OC]

Reauthorize and restructure (see S. 2541), S6997 [17JN]

Science: celebrate anniversaries of the International Polar Years and International Geophysical Year and support a continuation of this international science year tradition (see S. Res. 466), S11305 [11OC]

———tribute to Hubble Space Telescope for extraordinary contributions to scientific research and education and reconsideration of future service missions (see S. Res. 324), S3180 [25MR] (see H. Res. 550), H830 [3MR]

Space policy: anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing (see H. Res. 723), H5983 [19JY]

———establish an independent, Presidentially-appointed commission to assess the safety of the International Space Station and its crew (see H.R. 4522), H3820 [8JN]

———establish Centennial Challenge Prize Program (see H.R. 5385), H9999 [18NO]

———mint coins in commemoration of the anniversaries of NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (see S. 2921), S10702 [7OC] (see H.R. 4881), H6555 [21JY]

———provide for a Near-Earth Object Survey program to detect, track, catalogue, and characterize certain near-earth asteroids and comets (see H.R. 3813), H515 [11FE] (see H.R. 4544), H3872 [9JN]

———tribute to NASA, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and Cornell University for conducting the Mars Exploration Rover mission, and recognition of importance of space exploration (see H. Res. 490), H35 [20JA]

Texas: establish four memorials to the crew of the Columbia (space shuttle) (see H.R. 4551), H3963 [14JN]

———establish three memorials to the crew of the Columbia (space shuttle) (see S. 2034), S320 [28JA]

Urban areas: encourage development and integrated use by public and private sectors of remote sensing and other geospatial information to assist in management of community growth (see S. 2151), S1933 [1MR]

Letters

NASA Flexibility Act: Representative Boehlert, Committee on Science (House), H136 [28JA]

———Representative Tom Davis, Committee on Government Reform (House), H136 [28JA]

Lists

Presidential Rank Award recipients, S4831 [4MY]

Poems

``I Came to an Island,'' William C. McCool, H263 [3FE]

Remarks in House

Acaba, Joseph: tribute for selection as astronaut candidate, E1003 [2JN]

Alliant Techsystems Inc.: tribute, E29 [21JA]

American Physical Society: release of report on NASA Moon-Mars Program, E2157 [6DE]

Astronaut Candidate Class: tribute, E771 [6MY]

B-52B launch aircraft: retirement, E2182 [7DE]

Budget: require budget requests to include a statement demonstrating that amounts requested for the previous year were equal to or less than reductions in specific item budget requests made for that same year, H142, H143 [28JA]

Bush, President: administration policy on exploration of Mars, H5 [20JA]

Columbia Memorial Space Science Learning Center: establish (H.J. Res. 57), H8100-H8104 [5OC]

Columbia (space shuttle): anniversary of accident costing the lives of the crew (H. Res. 507), H256, H258-H263 [3FE]

Cooper, L. Gordon, Jr.: tribute (H. Res. 847), H10055, H10056 [19NO]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5041), H6985 [9SE]

Employment: make certain workforce authorities available (S. 610), H132-H143 [28JA], E100 [3FE]

———make certain workforce authorities available (S. 610), consideration (H. Res. 502), H131, H132 [28JA]

———make certain workforce authorities available (S. 610), technical corrections (H. Con. Res. 354), H263 [3FE]

Funding, H423 [10FE], H1427, H1428 [24MR]

ILC Dover, Inc.: tribute, E29 [21JA]

Jet Propulsion Laboratory: tribute for conducting the Mars Exploration Rover mission, E18 [21JA]

Research: tribute to X-43A research vehicle, E2069 [18NO]

Science: reconsideration of Hubble Space Telescope future service missions relative to scientific research and education, H2167 [20AP]

———reevaluate decision to terminate Hubble Space Telescope operations, H804 [3MR]

———tribute to Hubble Space Telescope for extraordinary contributions to scientific research and education and reconsideration of future service missions (H. Res. 550), E292 [3MR]

Space policy: anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing (H. Res. 723), H5990, H6065-H6071 [20JY], E1424, E1433 [20JY]

———establish an awards program in honor of Charles (Pete) Conrad that recognizes amateur discoveries of asteroids with near-Earth orbit trajectories (H.R. 912), H757-H759 [3MR]

———International Space Station safety assessment, H7222 [15SE]

———support space exploration, H3750, H3759-H3767 [3JN]

———tribute to NASA, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and Cornell University for conducting the Mars Exploration Rover mission, and recognition of importance of space exploration (H. Res. 490), H48-H52 [21JA]

Welch, WV: Mount View Middle School participation in NASA Explorer School Program, E946 [21MY]

Remarks in Senate

Bush, President: administration policy on exploration of Mars, S3289 [29MR]

Columbia Memorial Space Science Learning Center: establish (H.J. Res. 57), S11019 [10OC]

Columbia (space shuttle): award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously to crew (S. 2697), S8482 [20JY]

Cooper, L. Gordon, Jr.: tribute (S. Res. 470), S11501, S11506 [18NO]

Dept. of Homeland Security: provide additional responsibilities for the Chief Information Officer relative to geospatial information, S10197 [1OC], S10522 [6OC]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations, S11759 [20NO]

———making appropriations (S. 2825), S9519 [22SE]

Employment: make certain workforce authorities available (S. 610), technical corrections (H. Con. Res. 354), S953 [10FE]

Funding, S2827 [12MR]

Las Vegas, NV: tribute to Mervin Iverson Elementary School Stellar Design Challenges team, S4763 [3MY]

Reauthorize and restructure (S. 2541), S7010 [17JN], S8468 [20JY]

Science: celebrate anniversaries of the International Polar Years and International Geophysical Year and support a continuation of this international science year tradition (S. Res. 466), S11323, S11324 [11OC]

———tribute to Hubble Space Telescope for extraordinary contributions to scientific research and education and reconsideration of future service missions (S. Res. 324), S3192 [25MR]

Texas: establish three memorials to the crew of the Columbia (space shuttle) (S. 2034), S321 [28JA]

Urban areas: encourage development and integrated use by public and private sectors of remote sensing and other geospatial information to assist in management of community growth (S. 2151), S1935 [1MR]

Reports filed

Astronomy Awards Act: Committee on Science (House) (H.R. 912) (H. Rept. 108-418), H513 [11FE]

Consideration of S. 610, NASA Flexibility Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 502) (H. Rept. 108-406), H127 [27JA]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and Sundry Independent Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 5041) (H. Rept. 108-674), H6996 [9SE]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 2825) (S. Rept. 108-353), S9441 [21SE]

Homeland Security Geographic Information Act: Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 1230) (S. Rept. 108-348), S9385 [20SE]

NASA Reauthorization and Restructuring: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 2541) (S. Rept. 108-418), S11639 [19NO]

Remote Sensing Applications Act: Committee on Science (House) (H.R. 1292) (H. Rept. 108-423), H574 [24FE]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 354, technical corrections to S. 610, NASA Flexibility Act, H263 [3FE]

H. Res. 490, tribute to NASA, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and Cornell University for conducting the Mars Exploration Rover mission, and recognition of importance of space exploration, H48 [21JA]

H. Res. 502, consideration of S. 610, NASA Flexibility Act, H131 [28JA]

H. Res. 507, anniversary of Columbia (space shuttle) accident costing the lives of the crew, H258 [3FE]

H. Res. 723, anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing, H6065 [20JY]

H. Res. 847, tribute to L. Gordon Cooper, Jr., H10055 [19NO]

H.J. Res. 57, Columbia Memorial Space Science Learning Center, H8100 [5OC]

H.R. 912, Astronomy Awards Act, H758 [3MR]

S. 610, NASA Flexibility Act, H137-H141 [28JA]

S. 2034, Columbia Space Shuttle Memorials Act, S322 [28JA]

S. 2697, award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously to Columbia (space shuttle) crew, S8482 [20JY]

S. Res. 324, tribute to Hubble Space Telescope for extraordinary contributions to scientific research and education and reconsideration of future service missions, S3191 [25MR]

S. Res. 466, celebrate anniversaries of the International Polar Years and International Geophysical Year and support a continuation of this international science year tradition, S11310, S11324 [11OC]

S. Res. 470, tribute to L. Gordon Cooper, Jr., S11500, S11506 [18NO]