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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1601

To authorize appropriations to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to develop, assemble, and operate the International Space Station.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MAY 10, 1995

Mr. WALKER (for himself and Mr. SENSENBRENNER) introduced the following

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science

A BILL

To authorize appropriations to the National Aeronautics and

Space Administration to develop, assemble, and operate

the International Space Station.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘International Space

5 Station Authorization Act of 1995’’.

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

7 The Congress finds that—

8 (1) the development, assembly, and operation of

9 the International Space Station is in the national in10 terest of the United States;
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1 (2) the National Aeronautics and Space Admin2 istration has restructured and redesigned the Inter3 national Space Station, consolidated contract re4 sponsibility, and achieved program management,

5 control, and stability;

6 (3) further rescoping or redesigns of the Inter7 national Space Station will lead to costly delays, in8 crease costs to its international partners, and weak9 en the international space partnership necessary for

10 future space projects;

11 (4) total program costs for development, assem12 bly, and initial operations have been identified and

13 capped to ensure financial discipline and maintain

14 program schedule milestones;

15 (5) in order to contain costs, mission planning

16 and engineering functions of the National Space

17 Transportation System (Space Shuttle) program

18 should be coordinated with the Space Station Pro19 gram Office; and

20 (6) complete program authorizations for large

21 development programs promote program stability,

22 reduce the potential for cost growth, and provide

23 necessary assurance to international partners.

24 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

25 For the purposes of this Act—
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1 (1) the term ‘‘Administrator’’ means the Ad2 ministrator of the National Aeronautics and Space

3 Administration; and

4 (2) the term ‘‘cost threat’’ means a potential

5 change to the program baseline documented as a po6 tential cost by the Space Station Program Office.

7 SEC. 4. SPACE STATION COMPLETE PROGRAM AUTHORIZA8 TION.

9 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Except

10 as provided in subsection (b), there are authorized to be

11 appropriated to the National Aeronautics and Space Ad12 ministration for the period encompassing fiscal year 1996

13 and all subsequent fiscal years not to exceed

14 $13,141,000,000, to remain available until expended, for

15 complete development and assembly of, and to provide for

16 initial operations, through fiscal year 2002, of, the Inter17 national Space Station. Not more than $2,121,000,000

18 may be appropriated for any one fiscal year.

19 (b) CERTIFICATION AND REPORT.—None of the

20 funds authorized under subsection (a) may be appro21 priated for any fiscal year unless, within 60 days after

22 the submission of the President’s budget request for that

23 fiscal year, the Administrator—

24 (1) certifies to the Congress that—
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1 (A) the program reserves available for such

2 fiscal year exceed the total of all cost threats

3 known at the time of certification;

4 (B) the Administrator does not foresee

5 delays in the International Space Station’s de6 velopment or assembly; and

7 (C) the International Space Station can be

8 fully developed and assembled without requiring

9 further authorization of appropriations beyond

10 amounts authorized under subsection (a); or

11 (2) submits to the Congress a report which de12 scribes—

13 (A) the circumstances which prevent a cer14 tification under paragraph (1);

15 (B) remedial actions undertaken or to be

16 undertaken with respect to such circumstances;

17 (C) the effects of such circumstances on

18 the development and assembly of the Inter19 national Space Station; and

20 (D) the justification for proceeding with

21 the program, if appropriate.

22 SEC. 5. COORDINATION WITH SPACE SHUTTLE.

23 The Administrator shall—
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1 (1) coordinate the engineering functions of the

2 Space Shuttle program with the Space Station Pro3 gram Office to minimize overlapping activities; and

4 (2) in the interest of safety and the successful

5 integration of human spacecraft development with

6 human spaceflight operations, maintain at one lead

7 center the complementary capabilities of human

8 spacecraft engineering and astronaut training.

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