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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2193

To authorize appropriations to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for fiscal years 1994 and 1995 for aeronautical research and

technology, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MAY 19, 1993

Mr. VALENTINE (for himself and Mr. LEWIS of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and

Technology

A BILL

To authorize appropriations to the National Aeronautics and

Space Administration for fiscal years 1994 and 1995

for aeronautical research and technology, and for other

purposes.

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 ‘‘NASA Aeronautics

5 Research and Technology Act of 1993’’.

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

7 The Congress finds that—
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1 (1) the aerospace industry makes a major con2 tribution to the economy of the United States, ac3 counting for the largest positive trade balance of any

4 United States industry (more than $28,000,000,000

5 in 1992), and providing over 1,000,000 high-value

6 jobs;

7 (2) the international market share of the Unit8 ed States aerospace industry has steadily eroded due

9 to competition from foreign consortia that receive

10 substantial direct subsidies from their governments;

11 (3) the United States aerospace industry is fur12 ther negatively impacted by reduced investment in

13 national defense;

14 (4) the continued competitiveness of the United

15 States aerospace industry can be significantly aided

16 by an enhanced Federal investment in technology

17 base research and development in aeronautics;

18 (5) maintaining state-of-the-art experimental

19 facilities is a key element of Federal investment in

20 aeronautics research and development;

21 (6) the long-term contribution of advances in

22 aeronautics to the economy and society will rely on

23 a continued commitment to pioneering research and

24 development such as the National Aero-Space Plane;

25 and
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1 (7) the National Aero-Space Plane program

2 should explore the possibility of collaboration with

3 other nations for opportunities that would offer

4 unique programmatic benefits without compromising

5 the strategic advantage to the United States.

6 SEC. 3. PURPOSES.

7 The purposes of this Act are—

8 (1) to enhance the continued competitiveness of

9 the United States aerospace industry through Fed10 eral support of technology base research and devel11 opment;

12 (2) to enhance the contribution of aeronautics

13 to the Nation’s quality of life through research and

14 development that will improve air safety, reduce

15 noise, and reduce environmental damage;

16 (3) to continue the needed modernization of the

17 Nation’s aeronautics research and development fa18 cilities;

19 (4) to ensure the long-term contribution of aer20 onautics to the Nation by advancing the state-of21 knowledge and the frontiers of technology; and

22 (5) to promote the effective transfer of tech23 nologies from federally funded work at the National

24 Aeronautics and Space Administration to United

25 States manufacturers.
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1 SEC. 4. DEFINITION.

2 For purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘independent or3 ganization’’ means an organization that does not receive

4 significant funding or support from the National Aero5 nautics and Space Administration, other than under sec6 tions 5, 6, and 8.

7 SEC. 5. INDEPENDENT PERFORMANCE REVIEW.

8 (a) PLAN.—The Administrator shall provide for the

9 development of a plan establishing criteria, procedures,

10 and milestones for the evaluation, by an independent orga11 nization, of advances made in fundamental aeronautics re12 search and development and the progress made by the aer13 onautics programs of the National Aeronautics and Space

14 Administration in achieving their goals. Such plan shall

15 be developed by an independent organization in consulta16 tion with the Administrator. The plan shall also describe

17 criteria and procedures for terminating National Aero18 nautics and Space Administration programs that are not

19 making acceptable progress toward their goals. The Ad20 ministrator shall submit a report describing such plan to

21 the Congress within 6 months after the date of the enact22 ment of this Act.

23 (b) ANNUAL REPORT.—Beginning in the first year

24 after submission of the plan under subsection (a), at the

25 time of the President’s annual budget request to Congress,

26 the Administrator shall submit to the Congress an annual
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1 report on the results of an evaluation, conducted by an

2 independent organization, of the progress made by the Na3 tional Aeronautics and Space Administration in advancing

4 aeronautics and achieving the goals of aeronautics pro5 grams. Such evaluation shall be conducted using the cri6 teria, procedures, and milestones established under the

7 plan required by subsection (a).

8 SEC. 6. TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER REVIEW.

9 (a) PLAN.—The Administrator shall provide for the

10 development of a plan establishing criteria and procedures

11 for the evaluation, by an independent organization, of the

12 effectiveness of technology transfer from the National Aer13 onautics and Space Administration’s aeronautics pro14 grams to industry and other public organizations. Such

15 plan shall be developed by an independent organization in

16 consultation with the Administrator. The plan shall in17 clude clear, quantitative measures of the success of such

18 technology transfer activities. The Administrator shall

19 submit a report describing such plan to the Congress with20 in 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act.

21 (b) ANNUAL REPORT.—Beginning in the first year

22 after submission of the plan under subsection (a), at the

23 time of the President’s annual budget request to Congress,

24 the Administrator shall submit to the Congress an annual

25 report on the results of an evaluation, conducted by an
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1 independent organization, of the effectiveness of the Na2 tional Aeronautics and Space Administration’s technology

3 transfer programs. Such evaluation shall be conducted

4 using the criteria and procedures established under the

5 plan required by subsection (a).

6 SEC. 7. JOINT AERONAUTICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOP7 MENT PROGRAM.

8 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Administrator and the

9 heads of other appropriate Federal agencies shall jointly

10 establish a program for the purpose of conducting re11 search on aeronautical technologies that enhance United

12 States competitiveness. Such program shall include—

13 (1) research on next-generation wind tunnel

14 and advanced wind tunnel instrumentation tech15 nology;

16 (2) research on advanced engine materials, en17 gine concepts, and testing of propulsion systems or

18 components of the high-speed civil transport re19 search program;

20 (3) advanced general aviation research;

21 (4) advanced rotorcraft research; and

22 (5) advanced hypersonic aeronautical research.

23 (b) CONTRACTS AND GRANTS.—Contracts and grants

24 entered into under the program established under sub25 section (a) shall be administered using procedures devel-
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1 oped jointly by the Administrator and the heads of the

2 other Federal agencies involved in the program. These

3 procedures should include an integrated acquisition policy

4 for contract and grant requirements and for technical data

5 rights that are not an impediment to joint programs

6 among the National Aeronautics and Space Administra7 tion, the other Federal agencies involved in the program,

8 and industry.

9 (c) ELEMENTS OF PROGRAM.—The program estab10 lished under subsection under subsection (a) shall in11 clude—

12 (1) selected programs that jointly enhance pub13 lic and private aeronautical technology development;

14 (2) an opportunity for private contractors to be

15 involved in such technology research and develop16 ment; and

17 (3) the transfer of Government-developed tech18 nologies to the private sector to promote economic

19 strength and competitiveness.

20 SEC. 8. NATIONAL AERO-SPACE PLANE.

21 (a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that—

22 (1) hypersonic flight will be critical to the con23 tinued contribution of aeronautics to the economic

24 and strategic interests of the United States in the

25 early twenty-first century;
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1 (2) the data obtained through rocket-based

2 hypersonic flight experiments will not, by themselves,

3 reduce risk sufficiently to allow the development of

4 a single-stage-to-orbit, air-breathing plane; and

5 (3) a single-stage hypersonic research plane is

6 critical to the successful exploration of the

7 hypersonic flight regime and the timely realization of

8 a single-stage-to-orbit, air-breathing plane.

9 (b) HYPERSONIC RESEARCH PLANE ASSESSMENT.—

10 The Administrator shall conduct a study, through an inde11 pendent organization, of strategies that would optimize

12 the next phase of the National Aero-Space Plane program

13 by integrating with the rocket-based hypersonic flight ex14 periments the development, in the shortest possible time

15 frame, of a single-stage hypersonic research plane capable

16 of speeds in the Mach 10 to Mach 15 range or greater,

17 with the objective of providing data that would accelerate

18 the ultimate development of a single-stage-to-orbit, air

19 breathing plane. The Administrator shall report the re20 sults of the study to Congress no later than 6 months after

21 the date of the enactment of this Act.

22 SEC. 9. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

23 (a) RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.—There are au24 thorized to be appropriated to the National Aeronautics

25 and Space Administration for ‘‘Research and Develop-
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1 ment’’, for Aeronautics Research and Technology Pro2 grams—

3 (1) for Research Operations Support,

4 $143,500,000 for fiscal year 1994, and

5 $148,300,000 for fiscal year 1995;

6 (2) for Research and Technology Base activi7 ties, $448,300,000 for fiscal year 1994, and

8 $433,900,000 for fiscal year 1995;

9 (3) for High-Speed Research, $187,200,000 for

10 fiscal year 1994, and $236,300,000 for fiscal year

11 1995;

12 (4) for Advanced Subsonic Technology,

13 $101,300,000 for fiscal year 1994, and

14 $128,500,000 for fiscal year 1995, of which

15 $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1994 and $13,000,000 for

16 fiscal year 1995 shall be for Short-Haul Aircraft,

17 $30,200,000 for fiscal year 1994 and $30,500,000

18 for fiscal year 1995 shall be for Noise Reduction,

19 and $11,500,000 for fiscal year 1994 and

20 $13,000,000 for fiscal year 1995 shall be for Tech21 nology Integration for Reducing Environmental Pol22 lution;

23 (5) for Other Systems Technology Programs,

24 $140,400,000 for fiscal year 1994, and

25 $168,000,000 for fiscal year 1995; and
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1 (6) for the National Aero-Space Plane Pro2 gram, $80,000,000 for fiscal year 1994, and

3 $80,000,000 for fiscal year 1995.

4 (b) CONSTRUCTION OF FACILITIES.—There are au5 thorized to be appropriated to the National Aeronautics

6 and Space Administration, for fiscal year 1994, for ‘‘Con7 struction of Facilities’’, including land acquisition, for—

8 (1) Phase I Facility Studies, Requirements Def9 inition, Design, and Modification and Construction

10 of National Aeronautics Facilities, Various Loca11 tions, $74,000,000;

12 (2) Modifications for Composite Technology

13 Center, Lewis Research Center, $27,000,000;

14 (3) National Transonic Facility Productivity

15 Enhancement, Langley Research Center,

16 $60,000,000;

17 (4) Performance Improvements in 11-Foot

18 Wind Tunnel, Ames Research Center, $20,000,000;

19 (5) Rehabilitation of Control Systems, National

20 Full-Scale Aerodynamics Complex, Ames Research

21 Center, $2,100,000;

22 (6) Upgrade of Outdoor Aerodynamic Research

23 Facility, Ames Research Center, $3,900,000; and
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1 (7) Modernization of the Unitary Plan Wind

2 Tunnel Complex, Ames Research Center,

3 $25,000,000.

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