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[Journal of the House of Representatives, 1995]
[Thursday, September 28, 1995 (122), Para 122.8 International Space Station]
[Pages 1461-1462]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

para.122.8  international space station

  The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr. HEFLEY, pursuant to House Resolution 228 
and rule XXIII, declared the House resolved into the Committee of the 
Whole House on the state of the Union for the further consideration of 
the bill (H.R. 1601) to authorize appropriations to the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration to develop, assemble, and operate 
the international Space Station.
  Mr. HOBSON, Chairman of the Committee of the Whole, resumed the chair; 
and after some time spent therein,
  The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr. HEFLEY, assumed the Chair.
  When Mr. HOBSON, Chairman, pursuant to House Resolution 228, reported 
the bill back to the House with an amendment adopted by the Committee.
  The previous question having been ordered by said resolution.
  The following amendment, reported from the Committee of the Whole 
House on the state of the Union, was agreed to:

       Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``International Space Station 
     Authorization Act of 1995''.

     SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

       The Congress finds that--
       (1) the development, assembly, and operation of the 
     International Space Station is in the national interest of 
     the United States;
       (2) the National Aeronautics and Space Administration has 
     restructured and redesigned the International Space Station, 
     consolidated contract responsibility, and achieved program 
     management, control, and stability;
       (3) the significant involvement by private ventures in 
     marketing and using, competitively servicing, and 
     commercially augmenting the operational capabilities of the 
     International Space Station during its assembly and 
     operational phases will lower costs and increase benefits to 
     the international partners;
       (4) further rescoping or redesigns of the International 
     Space Station will lead to costly delays, increase costs to 
     its international partners, discourage commercial 
     involvement, and weaken the international space partnership 
     necessary for future space projects;
       (5) total program costs for development, assembly, and 
     initial operations have been identified and capped to ensure 
     financial discipline and maintain program schedule 
     milestones;
       (6) in order to contain costs, mission planning and 
     engineering functions of the National Space Transportation 
     System (Space Shuttle) program should be coordinated with the 
     Space Station Program Office;
       (7) complete program authorizations for large development 
     programs promote program stability, reduce the potential for 
     cost growth, and provide necessary assurance to international 
     partners and commercial participants; and
       (8) the International Space Station represents an important 
     component of an adequately funded civil space program which 
     balances human space flight with science, aeronautics, and 
     technology.

     SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

       For the purposes of this Act--
       (1) the term ``Administrator'' means the Administrator of 
     the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; and
       (2) the term ``cost threat'' means a potential change to 
     the program baseline documented as a potential cost by the 
     Space Station Program Office.

     SEC. 4. SPACE STATION COMPLETE PROGRAM AUTHORIZATION.

       (a) Authorization of Appropriations.--Except as provided in 
     subsection (b), there are authorized to be appropriated to 
     the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for the 
     period encompassing fiscal year 1996 and all subsequent 
     fiscal years not to exceed $13,141,000,000, to remain 
     available until expended, for complete development and 
     assembly of, and to provide for initial operations, through 
     fiscal year 2002, of, the International Space Station. Not 
     more than $2,121,000,000 may be appropriated for any one 
     fiscal year.
       (b) Certification and Report.--None of the funds authorized 
     under subsection (a) may be appropriated for any fiscal year 
     unless, within 60 days after the submission of the 
     President's budget request for that fiscal year, the 
     Administrator--
       (1) certifies to the Congress that--
       (A) the program reserves available for such fiscal year 
     exceed the total of all cost threats known at the time of 
     certification;
       (B) the Administrator does not foresee delays in the 
     International Space Station's development or assembly, 
     including any delays relating to agreements between the 
     United States and its international partners; and
       (C) the International Space Station can be fully developed 
     and assembled without requiring further authorization of 
     appropriations beyond amounts authorized under subsection 
     (a); or
       (2) submits to the Congress a report which describes--
       (A) the circumstances which prevent a certification under 
     paragraph (1);
       (B) remedial actions undertaken or to be undertaken with 
     respect to such circumstances;
       (C) the effects of such circumstances on the development 
     and assembly of the International Space Station; and
       (D) the justification for proceeding with the program, if 
     appropriate.
     If the Administrator submits a report under paragraph (2), 
     such report shall include any comments relating thereto 
     submitted to the Administrator by any involved party.

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       (c) Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory.--The Administrator is 
     authorized to exercise an option to purchase, for not more 
     than $35,000,000, the Clear Lake Development Facility, 
     containing the Sonny Carter Training Facility and the 
     approximately 13.7 acre parcel of land on which it is 
     located, using funds authorized by this Act.

     SEC. 5. COORDINATION WITH SPACE SHUTTLE.

       The Administrator shall--
       (1) coordinate the engineering functions of the Space 
     Shuttle program with the Space Station Program Office to 
     minimize overlapping activities; and
       (2) in the interest of safety and the successful 
     integration of human spacecraft development with human 
     spaceflight operations, maintain at one lead center the 
     complementary capabilities of human spacecraft engineering 
     and astronaut training.

     SEC. 6. COMMERCIALIZATION OF SPACE STATION.

       (a) Policy.--The Congress declares that a priority goal of 
     constructing the International Space Station is the economic 
     development of Earth orbital space. The Congress further 
     declares that the use of free market principles in operating, 
     allocating the use of, and adding capabilities to the Space 
     Station, and the resulting fullest possible engagement of 
     commercial providers and participation of commercial users, 
     will reduce Space Station operational costs for all partners 
     and the Federal Government's share of the United States 
     burden to fund operations.
       (b) Report.--The Administrator shall deliver to the 
     Congress, within 60 days after the submission of the 
     President's budget request for fiscal year 1997, a market 
     study that examines the role of commercial ventures which 
     could supply, use, service, or augment the International 
     Space Station, the specific policies and initiatives the 
     Administrator is advancing to encourage these commercial 
     opportunities, the cost savings to be realized by the 
     international partnership from applying commercial approaches 
     to cost-shared operations, and the cost reimbursements to the 
     United States Federal Government from commercial users of the 
     Space Station.

     SEC. 7. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

       It is the sense of Congress that the ``cost incentive fee'' 
     single prime contract negotiated by the National Aeronautics 
     and Space Administration for the International Space Station, 
     and the consolidation of programmatic and financial 
     accountability into a single Space Station Program Office, 
     are two examples of reforms for the reinvention of all 
     National Aeronautics and Space Administration programs that 
     should be applied as widely and as quickly as possible 
     throughout the Nation's civil space program.

     SEC. 8. SPACE STATION ACCOUNTING REPORT.

       Within one year after the date of enactment of this Act, 
     and annually thereafter, the Administrator shall transmit to 
     the Congress a report with a complete annual accounting of 
     all costs of the space station, including cash and other 
     payments to Russia.

  The bill, as amended, was ordered to be engrossed and read a third 
time, was read a third time by title.
  The question being put, viva voce,
  Will the House pass said bill?
  The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr. HEFLEY, announced that the yeas had it.
  So the bill was passed.
  A motion to reconsider the vote whereby said bill was passed was, by 
unanimous consent, laid on the table.
  Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate in said 
bill.
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