States Government personnel on commercial suborbital ve-
hicles. 
SEC. 305. UNITED STATES DEORBIT CAPABILITIES. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that— 
(1) the International Space Station is aging and 
eventually will need to be deorbited safely and dis-
posed of in a controlled manner; and 
(2) to protect the safety of the public, and to 
avoid interfering with other space operators or objects, 
NASA plans to deorbit and disposition the Inter-
national Space Station through a controlled atmos-
pheric reentry over an uninhabited region. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION.— 
(1) The Administrator shall acquire ISS deorbit 
capabilities from one or more United States commer-
cial providers. 
(2) In carrying out paragraph (1), the Adminis-
trator shall, to the greatest extent practicable, not re-
duce or deprioritize NASA activities conducted on 
and in support of the ISS to support the acquisition 
of United States deorbit capabilities. 
(c) COSTS.— 
(1) INDEPENDENT COST ESTIMATE.—Before en-
tering into an agreement for the capabilities described 
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in subsection (b), the Administrator shall obtain an 
independent life-cycle cost estimate for the deorbit ca-
pability and shall report the results of such estimate 
and a five-year budget profile to the appropriate com-
mittees of Congress. 
(2) REPORT.— 
(A) Not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator 
shall submit to the appropriate committees of 
Congress a report detailing the Administration’s 
plan for the financial, logistical, and operational 
responsibilities associated with the deorbit capa-
bility. 
(B) Annually, the Administrator shall sub-
mit to the appropriate committees of Congress a 
report, to accompany the President’s budget re-
quest, containing a description of the annual 
and lifecycle costs for activities related to the 
deorbit of the International Space Station and 
how such costs are shared among the ISS part-
ners. 
SEC. 306. COMMERCIAL LOW-EARTH ORBIT DEVELOPMENT. 
(a) STRATEGY.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator, in consulta-
tion with the National Space Council, shall transmit to the 
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appropriate committees of Congress a strategy for a robust 
and resilient architecture to advance NASA and other rel-
evant Federal government civil research, development, and 
operational requirements in low-Earth orbit. The architec-
ture should— 
(1) include a mix of crewed and uncrewed plat-
forms; 
(2) consider an incremental approach to achiev-
ing the full suite of capabilities necessary to meet 
NASA research, development, and operational re-
quirements in low-Earth orbit; 
(3) consider the requirements described in sub-
section (b); and 
(4) sustain and promote United States leader-
ship and international partnerships in carrying out 
low-Earth orbit activities. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall 
transmit to the appropriate committees of Congress and 
make available to relevant United States commercial indus-
try entities, a detailed account of the research, development, 
and operational requirements for NASA activities in low- 
Earth orbit, including any requirements that could affect 
the design, development, instrumentation, and long-term 
operations of future United States commercial low-Earth 
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orbit platforms and supporting capabilities. In preparing 
the detailed account of research, development, and oper-
ational requirements, the Administrator may consider the 
requirements of other relevant Federal agencies. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION.—The Administrator is author-
ized to enter into agreements with one or more United 
States commercial providers to enable the development and 
certification of, and procure capabilities related to, a 
United States private, low-Earth orbit platform or plat-
forms, and to use such platforms or platforms and related 
capabilities to achieve the goals set forth in the strategy 
under subsection (a), to sustain the priorities described in 
section 10816 of the National Aeronautics and Space Ad-
ministration Authorization Act of 2022 (Public Law 117– 
167; 51 U.S.C. 70901 note) and the activities under the 
Human Exploration Roadmap pursuant to section 
432(b)(2)(J) of the National Aeronautics and Space Admin-
istration Transition Authorization Act of 2017 (Public Law 
115–10), and to meet the requirements described in sub-
section (b). 
(d) ANCHOR TENANCY.—No later than November 15, 
2025, the Administrator shall provide to the appropriate 
committees of Congress the following: 
(1) The results of a survey and assessment of the 
market for capabilities and services that may be pro-
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vided through future United States commercial low- 
Earth orbit platforms that shall be prepared by an 
independent entity with appropriate expertise; 
(2) A detailed justification of compliance with 
section 30301 of title 51, United States Code. 
(3) A detailed certification and justification of 
compliance with section 50503 of title 51, United 
States Code. 
(e) USE OF UNITED STATES LAUNCH AND REENTRY 
SERVICES.—As a term of an agreement entered into under 
to subsection (c), the Administrator shall include a require-
ment for the use of United States commercially-provided 
launch and reentry services to support all Administration 
activities under the agreement, in accordance with section 
50131 of title 51, United States Code, as applicable. 
(f) SAFETY.—When an agreement under subsection (c) 
involves a government astronauts (as such term is defined 
in section 50902(4) of title 51, United States Code), the Ad-
ministrator shall protect the safety of the government astro-
naut by ensuring that each platform under the agreement 
meets all applicable human rating processes, certification, 
and safety requirements. 
SEC. 307. RISK OF LOSING ACCESS TO LOW-EARTH ORBIT. 
Not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Administrator shall submit to the appro-
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