SPACE POLICY

Addresses

Tribute to John Glenn: Senator Daschle, S1449 [23FE]

U.S. Needs Space-Based Missile Defense: Bob Schaffer, E136-E138 [10FE]

Amendments

FAA: promote development of commercial space transportation and authorize appropriations for the Office of the Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation (H.R. 3752), H753 [2MR], H831 [3MR], H837, H839 [4MR]

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

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

Articles and editorials

Commercial Space Business Lifting Off—Showtime, S10053 [30SE]

Commercial Space—At a Tipping Point, S10052 [30SE]

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

Business and industry: congratulate Mojave Aerospace Ventures, LLC, and the pilots of SpaceShipOne for winning the Ansari X Prize and commend the X Prize Foundation for spurring this achievement (see S. Res. 458), S11090 [10OC] (see H. Res. 820), H8167 [5OC]

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

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]

Committee on Aerospace (Senate, Select): establish (see S. Res. 406), S8229 [15JY]

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

Employment: establish interagency aerospace revitalization task force to develop national strategy for aerospace workforce cultivation, training, and recruitment (see H.R. 5388), H9999 [18NO]

FAA: promote development of commercial human space flight industry (see S. 2998), S11496 [18NO] (see H.R. 5382), H9999 [18NO]

———promote development of commercial space transportation and authorize appropriations for the Office of the Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation (see H.R. 3752), H303 [3FE]

———promote development of commercial space transportation and authorize appropriations for the Office of the Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation (H.R. 3752), consideration (see H. Res. 546), H751 [2MR]

———promote development of commercial space transportation and authorize appropriations for the Office of the Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation (see S. 2772), S8688 [22JY]

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

Insurance: extend the liability indemnification regime for the commercial space transportation industry (see H.R. 5245), H8856 [7OC]

International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (INTELSAT): extend deadline for initial public offering (see S. 2315), S4024 [8AP]

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

———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]

———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]

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

———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]

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

National objectives: 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]

National security: deny funds for deployment of certain ballistic missile defense system components and, instead, provide needed funding for programs designed to keep ports secure from terrorist attacks (see H. Con. Res. 428), H3093 [17MY]

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

Smithsonian Institution: support collaborative Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS) project on Kitt Peak near Tucson, AZ (see H.R. 4509), H3780 [3JN] (see H.R. 5105), H7245 [17SE]

Technology: establish prize program to encourage development of space and aeronautics technologies and create endowment to further educate and inspire the public's interest in space and aeronautics (see H.R. 5336), H9049 [8OC]

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]

Letters

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

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

National missile defense system postponement: several retired generals and admirals, S6920 [17JN], H3249 [19MY], E902 [18MY]

Promote development of commercial human space flight industry: Representative Boehlert, Committee on Science (House), H10049 [19NO]

———Representative Don Young, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H10049 [19NO]

Promote development of commercial space transportation and authorize appropriations for the FAA Office of the Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation: several commercial space executives, S10054 [30SE]

Lists

Retired generals and admirals supporting national missile defense system postponement, S6921 [17JN]

Poems

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

Remarks in House

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

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

———congratulate Mojave Aerospace Ventures, LLC, and the pilots of SpaceShipOne for winning the Ansari X Prize and commend the X Prize Foundation for spurring this achievement (H. Res. 820), H8376, H8377 [6OC]

———tribute to privately financed SpaceShipOne mission on successful flight out of earth's atmosphere, E1282 [25JN]

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]

FAA: certify safety regulations governing design and operation of space launch vehicles, H10048-H10053 [19NO]

———promote development of commercial human space flight industry (H.R. 5382), H10045-H10053 [19NO], E2053 [18NO], E2119 [20NO]

———promote development of commercial space transportation and authorize appropriations for the Office of the Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation (H.R. 3752), H835-H840 [4MR]

———retain licensing authority and enhance liability protections for crew of commercial space transportation aircraft, H839 [4MR]

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

Huntsville, AL: Missile and Space Intelligence Center funding, H4829 [23JN]

Insurance: extend the liability indemnification regime for the commercial space transportation industry (H.R. 5245), H9020 [8OC]

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

International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (INTELSAT): extend deadline for initial public offering (S. 2315), H2600 [5MY]

Krimigis, Stamatios M. (Tom): Chian Federation Homeric Award recipient, E2079 [20NO]

NASA: 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]

———funding, H423 [10FE], H1427, H1428 [24MR]

———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]

———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]

———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]

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

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

———tribute to Astronaut Candidate Class, E771 [6MY]

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

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

———national missile defense system funding, H3270 [19MY], E964 [21MY]

Peterson AFB, CO: tribute to 21st Space Wing participants in the Air Force Command Guardian Challenge, E845 [14MY]

Smithsonian Institution: support collaborative Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS) project on Kitt Peak near Tucson, AZ (H.R. 5105), H7812, H7813 [29SE]

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]

———visit to Roswell, NM, S168 [22JA]

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]

FAA: promote development of commercial human space flight industry (H.R. 5382), S12029 [8DE]

———promote development of commercial human space flight industry (S. 2998), S11498 [18NO]

———promote development of commercial space transportation and authorize appropriations for the Office of the Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation (H.R. 3752), S10051 [30SE]

———promote development of commercial space transportation and authorize appropriations for the Office of the Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation (S. 2772), S8767 [22JY]

GAO: report on deployment of a national missile defense system, S4734 [3MY]

Insurance: extend the liability indemnification regime for the commercial space transportation industry (H.R. 5245), S11390 [16NO]

International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (INTELSAT): extend deadline for initial public offering (S. 2315), S4052 [8AP], S4443 [27AP]

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

NASA: funding, S2827 [12MR]

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

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

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

National security: national missile defense system funding, S5518-S5521 [17MY]

———national missile defense system operational deployment testing, S10933, S10934 [9OC]

———promote international cooperation on national missile defense system, S6694, S6695 [14JN]

———require successful testing of a national missile defense system before deployment, S6690 [14JN], S6918-S6928 [17JN]

Nuclear weapons: strategic defense initiative, S6690 [14JN]

Smithsonian Institution: support collaborative Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS) project on Kitt Peak near Tucson, AZ (H.R. 5105), S10278 [1OC]

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

Reports

Ground-Based Midcourse Ballistic Missile Defense System Testing: Dept. of Defense, S6926 [17JN]

Reports filed

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

Commercial Space Transportation Development Promotion and Office of the Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation Appropriations: Committee on Science (House) (H.R. 3752) (H. Rept. 108-429), H706 [1MR]

Consideration of H.R. 3752, Commercial Space Transportation Development Promotion and Office of the Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 546) (H. Rept. 108-430), H751 [2MR]

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

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

Statements

U.S.-India Space and Nuclear Cooperation Agreement: President Bush, H248 [30JA]

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. 546, consideration of H.R. 3752, commercial space transportation development promotion and Office of the Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation appropriations, H785 [3MR]

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

H. Res. 820, congratulate Mojave Aerospace Ventures, LLC, and the pilots of SpaceShipOne for winning the Ansari X Prize and commend the X Prize Foundation for spurring this achievement, H8376 [6OC]

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]

H.R. 3752, commercial space transportation development promotion and Office of the Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation appropriations, H837-H839 [4MR]

H.R. 5105, support Smithsonian Institution collaborative Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS) project on Kitt Peak near Tucson, AZ, H7812 [29SE]

H.R. 5245, extend the liability indemnification regime for the commercial space transportation industry, H9020 [8OC]

H.R. 5382, promote development of commercial human space flight industry, H10045-H10047 [19NO]

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

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

S. 2315, extend deadline for International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (INTELSAT) initial public offering, S4053 [8AP], S4443 [27AP], H2600 [5MY]

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. 406, Committee on Aerospace (Senate, Select) establishment, S8240 [15JY]

S. Res. 458, congratulate Mojave Aerospace Ventures, LLC, and the pilots of SpaceShipOne for winning the Ansari X Prize and commend the X Prize Foundation for spurring this achievement, S11015, S11108 [10OC]

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