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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1601
To authorize appropriations to the National Aeronautics and Space Adminis-
tration 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.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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 in-
terest of the United States;
(2) the National Aeronautics and Space Admin-
istration has restructured and redesigned the Inter-
national Space Station, consolidated contract re-
sponsibility, and achieved program management,
control, and stability;
(3) further rescoping or redesigns of the Inter-
national Space Station will lead to costly delays, in-
crease costs to its international partners, and weak-
en the international space partnership necessary for
future space projects;
(4) total program costs for development, assem-
bly, and initial operations have been identified and
capped to ensure financial discipline and maintain
program schedule milestones;
(5) 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 Pro-
gram Office; and
(6) complete program authorizations for large
development programs promote program stability,
reduce the potential for cost growth, and provide
necessary assurance to international partners.
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
For the purposes of this Act—
(1) the term ‘‘Administrator’’ means the Ad-
ministrator of the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration; and
(2) the term ‘‘cost threat’’ means a potential
change to the program baseline documented as a po-
tential cost by the Space Station Program Office.
SEC. 4. SPACE STATION COMPLETE PROGRAM AUTHORIZA-
TION.
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Except
as provided in subsection (b), there are authorized to be
appropriated to the National Aeronautics and Space Ad-
ministration 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 Inter-
national 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 appro-
priated 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 de-
velopment or assembly; 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 de-
scribes—
(A) the circumstances which prevent a cer-
tification 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 Inter-
national Space Station; and
(D) the justification for proceeding with
the program, if appropriate.
SEC. 5. COORDINATION WITH SPACE SHUTTLE.
The Administrator shall—
(1) coordinate the engineering functions of the
Space Shuttle program with the Space Station Pro-
gram 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.
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