Union Calendar No. 67
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2200
[Report No. 103–123]
A BILL
To authorize appropriations to the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration for research
and development, space flight, control, and data
communications, construction of facilities, re-
search and program management, and Inspector
General, and for other purposes.
JUNE 10, 1993
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Commit-
tee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and
ordered to be printed
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Union Calendar No. 67
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2200
[Report No. 103–123]
To authorize appropriations to the National Aeronautics and Space Adminis-
tration for research and development, space flight, control, and data
communications, construction of facilities, research and program manage-
ment, and Inspector General, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 20, 1993
Mr. BROWN of California (for himself, Mr. HALL, Mr. VOLKMER, Mr. TRAFI-
CANT, Mr. BACCHUS of Florida, Mr. CRAMER, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. MCCUR-
DY, and Mr. PETE GEREN of Texas) introduced the following bill; which
was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
JUNE 10, 1993
Additional sponsors: Mr. WALKER, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Mr. LEWIS of Flor-
ida, Mr. BOEHLERT, Mrs. MORELLA, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr. BOUCHER,
Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. BARTON of Texas, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, Mr.
CALVERT, Mr. HOKE, Ms. DUNN, and Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland
JUNE 10, 1993
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on May 20, 1993]
A BILL
To authorize appropriations to the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration for research and development,
space flight, control, and data communications, construc-
tion of facilities, research and program management, and
Inspector General, and for other purposes.
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 ‘‘National Aeronautics
and Space Administration Authorization Act, Fiscal Years
1994 and 1995’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds and declares that—
(1) the civil space program has the potential to
contribute to the advancement of technologies critical
to the competitiveness and productivity of United
States industry;
(2) the core mission of the National Aeronautics
and Space Administration is, and depends upon, the
extension of human presence beyond Planet Earth,
specifically by the construction and operation of the
International Space Station Freedom in the near
term, and by the acquisition and development of
knowledge necessary for expanding human presence
beyond low Earth orbit to other celestial bodies over
the middle and long term;
(3) the reduction in international tensions and
the end of the Cold War provide an opportunity for
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
to achieve a closer coordination with defense-related
agencies and, consistent with the National Aero-
nautics and Space Act of 1958, to reduce overlap and
duplication among Federal space programs and to
take greater advantage of other Federal space capa-
bilities;
(4) the National Aeronautics and Space Admin-
istration should play an active role in preserving a
robust space industrial base and should seek to
strengthen incentives for industry to conduct research
and development for both Federal mission needs and
the diversification of space-related applications;
(5) in the conduct of its space activities, the
United States should employ the existing space assets
and capabilities of the former Soviet Union on a se-
lective basis when unique programmatic benefits are
offered, and should encourage a collaboration between
United States industry and the privatizing space or-
ganizations of the former Soviet Union in developing
future space capabilities;
(6) in the conduct of space missions, the United
States should give preference to integrating the broad
range of ‘‘off-the-shelf’’ existing space assets and capa-
bilities available from commercial sources; and
(7) the cancellation of the Advanced Solid Rocket
Motor program should result in a reduction of the
funding requirements for the National Aeronautics
and Space Administration equal to 50 percent of the
project cost of such program over the 5-year period
following the date of enactment of this Act.
TITLE I—AUTHORIZATION OF
APPROPRIATIONS
Subtitle A—Authorizations
SEC. 101. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.
(a) SPACE STATION FREEDOM.—
(1) AUTHORIZATION.—There are authorized to be
appropriated to the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration for ‘‘Research and Development’’ for
the Space Station Freedom, $1,900,000,000 for fiscal
year 1994, $1,900,000,000 for fiscal year 1995,
$1,900,000,000 for fiscal year 1996, $1,900,000,000
for fiscal year 1997, $1,900,000,000 for fiscal year
1998, $1,900,000,000 for fiscal year 1999, and
$1,300,000,000 for fiscal year 2000.
(2) SCOPE
OF
PROGRAM.—The Space Station
Freedom shall be designed to provide the capability
for productive scientific and engineering research in
low Earth orbit, shall be capable of incorporating ad-
vanced technologies over the operational life of the
Space Station for the purposes of increasing the pro-
ductivity of research and reducing the costs of oper-
ation, shall include a habitation module as part of its
permanently manned configuration, and shall be de-
veloped in accordance with the international agree-
ments in place as of the date of enactment of this Act.
(3) ADDITIONAL FOREIGN PARTICIPATION.—The
Space Station Freedom program shall, where feasible,
employ the existing space assets and capabilities of
the former Soviet Union on a selective basis when
such use will reduce the cost of developing and operat-
ing the Space Station Freedom to the United States
and its international partners. Any proposed use of
such assets and capabilities shall be in accordance
with the international agreements in place as of the
date of enactment of this Act.
(4) PROGRAM MANAGEMENT OFFICE.—The Na-
tional Aeronautics and Space Administration shall
maintain a strong, independent Space Station Pro-
gram Management Office with financial control of the
program budget at least through the date of the First
Element Launch, unless the Administrator of the Na-
tional Aeronautics and Space Administration (in this
Act referred to as the ‘‘Administrator’’) certifies to the
Congress that an alternative management approach
will save money and will not result in increased an-
nual funding requirements or schedule delays.
(b) OTHER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.—There
are authorized to be appropriated to the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration for ‘‘Research and De-
velopment’’ for—
(1) Technology Investment Program, established
under title II of this Act, $22,000,000 for fiscal year
1994, and $40,000,000 for fiscal year 1995, none of
which shall be available for administrative expenses of
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration,
except that no funds appropriated pursuant to this
Act may be obligated for the establishment of any
Technology Research Institutes unless otherwise spe-
cifically provided for by law;
(2) Space Transportation Capability Develop-
ment, $751,600,000 for fiscal year 1994, and
$819,300,000 
for 
fiscal 
year 
1995, 
of 
which
$21,000,000 for fiscal year 1994 and $40,000,000 for
fiscal year 1995 are authorized to develop improve-
ments in existing expendable launch vehicles (includ-
ing the development of a single-engine version of the
Centaur 
upper 
stage 
rocket), 
and 
of 
which
$21,400,000 for fiscal year 1994 and $46,000,000 for
fiscal year 1995 are authorized to support the devel-
opment of advanced launch technologies, including
single-stage-to-orbit technologies, and components;
(3) Physics and Astronomy, $1,094,700,000 for
fiscal year 1994, and $1,162,300,000 for fiscal year
1995, of which $20,000,000 for fiscal year 1994 and
$15,000,000 for fiscal year 1995 are for augmenting
the funding for Mission Operations and Data Analy-
sis activities by that amount;
(4) Planetary Exploration, $622,200,000 for fis-
cal year 1994, and $646,800,000 for fiscal year 1995,
of which $65,000,000 for fiscal year 1994 and
$85,000,000 for fiscal year 1995 are for augmenting
funding for Mission Operations and Data Analysis
activities and to initiate development of a Mars Envi-
ronmental Survey mission;
(5) Life and Microgravity Sciences and Applica-
tions, $426,000,000 for fiscal year 1994, and
$485,700,000 for fiscal year 1995, of which at least
$2,000,000 for each such fiscal year is reserved for re-
search on the causes of breast and ovarian cancers
and other women’s health issues;
(6) Mission to Planet Earth—
(A) $1,109,900,000 for fiscal year 1994, of
which $5,000,000 are authorized for the develop-
ment of instrumentation for and flight of re-
motely piloted aircraft, $25,000,000 are author-
ized for the High Resolution Multispectral Stereo
Imager for Landsat 7, if the Administrator de-
termines and reports to Congress in writing that
equivalent data will not be made available by
private remote-sensing space systems at the time
Landsat 7 will be launched, or for the purchase
of equivalent data to be provided in the future
by private remote-sensing space systems, and of
which $18,000,000 may be provided for the Con-
sortium for International Earth Science Infor-
mation Network, except that no funds may be ob-
ligated for the Consortium for International
Earth Science Information Network in excess of
$18,000,000 in fiscal year 1994 unless an equal
amount of matching funding is provided from
non-Federal sources; and
(B) $1,448,100,000 for fiscal year 1995;
(7) 
Space 
Research 
and 
Technology,
$298,200,000 for fiscal year 1994, and $333,100,000
for fiscal year 1995;
(8) Commercial Programs, $172,000,000 for fis-
cal year 1994, and $141,400,000 for fiscal year 1995;
(9) Aeronautics Research and Technology Pro-
grams—
(A) for Research Operations Support,
$143,500,000 
for 
fiscal 
year 
1994, 
and
$148,300,000 for fiscal year 1995;
(B) for Research and Technology Base ac-
tivities, $448,300,000 for fiscal year 1994, and
$433,900,000 for fiscal year 1995;
(C) for High-Speed Research, $187,200,000
for fiscal year 1994, and $236,300,000 for fiscal
year 1995;
(D) for Advanced Subsonic Technology,
$101,300,000 
for 
fiscal 
year 
1994, 
and
$128,500,000 for fiscal year 1995, of which
$5,000,000 for fiscal year 1994 and $13,000,000
for fiscal year 1995 shall be for Short-Haul Air-
craft, $30,200,000 for fiscal year 1994 and
$30,500,000 for fiscal year 1995 shall be for
Noise Reduction, and $11,500,000 for fiscal year
1994 and $12,000,000 for fiscal year 1995 shall
be for Technology Integration for Reducing En-
vironmental Pollution;
(E) for Other Systems Technology Pro-
grams, $140,400,000 for fiscal year 1994, and
$168,000,000 for fiscal year 1995; and
(F) for the National Aero-Space Plane Pro-
gram, $80,000,000 for fiscal year 1994, and
$80,000,000 for fiscal year 1995;
(10) Safety, Reliability, and Quality Assurance,
$35,300,000 for fiscal year 1994, and $38,500,000 for
fiscal year 1995;
(11) Academic Programs, $74,500,000 for fiscal
year 1994, and $81,500,000 for fiscal year 1995; and
(12) Tracking and Data Advanced Systems,
$24,600,000 for fiscal year 1994, and $25,100,000 for
fiscal year 1995.
The Administrator shall make available for the National
Aero-Space Plane the full amounts authorized under para-
graph (9)(F) from the amounts made available pursuant
to paragraph (9) for each fiscal year.
SEC. 102. SPACE FLIGHT, CONTROL, AND DATA COMMU-
NICATIONS.
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Na-
tional Aeronautics and Space Administration for ‘‘Space
Flight, Control, and Data Communications’’ for—
(1) Space Shuttle Production and Operational
Capability, $1,069,200,000 for fiscal year 1994 and
$978,500,000 for fiscal year 1995, of which no funds
are authorized for the continuation of the Advanced
Solid 
Rocket 
Motor 
program, 
and 
of 
which
$150,000,000 for fiscal year 1994 and $35,000,000 for
fiscal year 1995 are authorized to cover the cost of
terminating the Advanced Solid Rocket Motor pro-
gram and transferring the production of Space Shut-
tle and other solid rocket motor nozzles and the refur-
bishment of Redesigned Solid Rocket Motor cases to
the new production site located near Yellow Creek,
Mississippi;
(2) Space Shuttle Operations, $3,006,500,000 for
fiscal year 1994, and $2,810,400,000 for fiscal year
1995;
(3) Space and Ground Networks, Communica-
tions, and Data Systems, $795,500,000 for fiscal year
1994, and $964,600,000 for fiscal year 1995, includ-
ing procurement of Tracking and Data Relay Sat-
ellites on a fixed-price basis using functional perform-
ance specifications, and, to the extent practicable,
seeking to incorporate potential improvements to such
Satellites that result in cost savings or a greater prob-
ability of returning data; and
(4) Launch Services, $300,300,000 for fiscal year
1994, and $313,700,000 for fiscal year 1995.
None of the funds appropriated pursuant to this section
shall be used to launch the Advanced X-ray Astrophysics
Facility on the Space Shuttle. By fiscal year 2003, the com-
bined annual cost for the production and operation of the
Space Shuttle program and the Space Station Freedom
program shall not exceed, after adjustments for inflation,
$4,325,000,000 in fiscal year 1992 dollars.
SEC. 103. CONSTRUCTION OF FACILITIES.
(a) FISCAL YEAR 1994.—There are authorized to be
appropriated to the National Aeronautics and Space Ad-
ministration for fiscal year 1994 for ‘‘Construction of Fa-
cilities’’, including land acquisition, for—
(1) Construction of Space Station Freedom Fa-
cilities, $25,000,000;
(2) Replacement of Mission Control Center Air
Handlers, Johnson Space Center, $8,000,000;
(3) Replacement of Thermal Vacuum Helium
Refrigeration 
System, 
Johnson 
Space 
Center,
$7,400,000;
(4) Rehabilitation of Electrical Distribution Sys-
tem, Project Management Building, Johnson Space
Center, $2,200,000;
(5) Modification of Launch Complex 39 Exterior
Utility Piping, Kennedy Space Center, $1,200,000;
(6) Refurbishment of Launch Complex 39 Cool-
ing System, Kennedy Space Center, $4,000,000;
(7) Refurbishment of Launch Complex 39 Sec-
ondary Circuit Breakers, Kennedy Space Center,
$3,300,000;
(8) Refurbishment of Vehicle Assembly Building/
Pad Water Storage Tanks, Kennedy Space Center,
$3,000,000;
(9) Rehabilitation of Industrial Area Fire Alarm
Reporting 
System, 
Kennedy 
Space 
Center,
$4,900,000;
(10) Restoration of C–5 Substation, Launch
Complex 39 Area, Kennedy Space Center, $5,000,000;
(11) Restoration of Class III Landfill, Kennedy
Space Center, $1,900,000;
(12) Restoration of High Pressure Air Compres-
sor 
System, 
Marshall 
Space 
Flight 
Center,
$8,500,000;
(13) Restoration of Electrical Power System,
Marshall Space Flight Center, $2,600,000;
(14) Repair of Decking and Roof, X-Ray and
Staging 
Facility, 
Michoud 
Assembly 
Facility,
$1,500,000;
(15) Replacement of Cooling Tower and Boiler,
Michoud Assembly Facility, $4,000,000;
(16) Restoration of Space Shuttle Main Engine
Text Complex High Pressure Industrial Water Sys-
tem, Stennis Space Center, $2,300,000;
(17) Restoration of High Pressure Gas Storage
Capacity, Stennis Space Center, $2,300,000;
(18) Restoration of Underground Communica-
tion Distribution System, Stennis Space Center,
$3,800,000;
(19) Construction of Earth Systems Science
Building, Goddard Space Flight Center, $12,000,000;
(20) Replacement of Central Plant Steam and
Electrical Generation Equipment, Goddard Space
Flight Center, $8,600,000;
(21) Restoration and Modernization of Chilled
Water 
System, 
Goddard 
Space 
Flight 
Center,
$5,000,000;
(22) Restoration of Airfield, Wallops Flight Fa-
cility, $5,200,000;
(23) Replacement of Chillers and Modification of
Related Systems, Various Buildings, Jet Propulsion
Laboratory, $2,900,000;
(24) Construction of Advanced Solid Rocket
Motor Facilities, Various Locations, $32,600,000;
(25) Phase I Facility Studies, Requirements Def-
inition, Design, and Modification and Construction of
(36) Rehabilitation and modification of facilities
at various locations, not in excess of $1,000,000 per
project, $36,000,000;
(37) Minor construction of new facilities and ad-
ditions to existing facilities at various locations, not
in excess of $750,000 per project, $14,000,000;
(38) Facility Planning and Design, $27,000,000;
and
(39) Environmental Compliance and Restora-
tion, $50,000,000.
Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) through (39), the total
amount authorized to be appropriated under this subsection
shall not exceed $570,300,000.
(b) FISCAL YEAR 1995.—There are authorized to be
appropriated to the National Aeronautics and Space Ad-
ministration for fiscal year 1995 for ‘‘Construction of Fa-
cilities’’, including land acquisition, $422,200,000.
SEC. 104. RESEARCH AND PROGRAM MANAGEMENT.
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Na-
tional Aeronautics and Space Administration for ‘‘Research
and Program Management’’, $1,650,000,000 for fiscal year
1994, and $1,675,000,000 for fiscal year 1995.
SEC. 105. INSPECTOR GENERAL.
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Na-
tional Aeronautics and Space Administration for ‘‘Inspec-
tor General’’, $15,500,000 for fiscal year 1994, and
$16,000,000 for fiscal year 1995.
Subtitle B—Limitations and
Special Authority
SEC. 111. USE OF FUNDS FOR CERTAIN ITEMS AND GRANTS.
(a) AUTHORIZED USES.—Appropriations authorized
under sections 101 and 102 may be used for—
(1) any items of a capital nature (other than ac-
quisition of land) which may be required at locations
other than installations of the National Aeronautics
and Space Administration for the performance of re-
search and development contracts; and
(2) grants to institutions of higher education, or
to nonprofit organizations whose primary purpose is
the conduct of scientific research, for purchase or con-
struction of additional research facilities.
(b) VESTING OF TITLE; GRANT CONDITIONS.—Title to
facilities described in subsection (a)(2) shall be vested in
the United States unless the Administrator determines that
the national program of aeronautical and space activities
will best be served by vesting title in the grantee institution
or organization or the Federal contribution to such pur-
chase or construction is not substantial enough to warrant
vesting title in the United States. Each grant under sub-
section (a)(2) shall be made under such conditions as the
Administrator shall determine to be required to ensure that
the United States will receive therefrom benefits adequate
to justify the making of that grant.
(c) LIMITATION.—None of the funds appropriated
under sections 101 and 102 may be used in accordance with
this section for the construction of any facility, the esti-
mated cost of which, including collateral equipment, exceeds
$750,000, unless 30 days have passed after the Adminis-
trator has notified the Committee on Commerce, Science,
and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on
Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representa-
tives of the nature, location, and estimated cost of such fa-
cility.
SEC. 112. AVAILABILITY OF APPROPRIATED AMOUNTS.
Appropriations authorized under sections 101, 102,
and 103 may remain available until expended. Contracts
may be entered into with funds appropriated under section
104 or 105 for training, investigations, and costs associated
with personnel relocation and for other services provided
during the fiscal year following the fiscal year for which
funds are appropriated.
SEC. 113. LIMITED USE OF FUNDS.
(a) USE
FOR SCIENTIFIC CONSULTATIONS
OR EX-
TRAORDINARY
EXPENSES.—Appropriations 
authorized
under section 101 may be used, but not to exceed $35,000
per fiscal year, for scientific consultations or extraordinary
expenses upon the authority of the Administrator, and the
Administrator’s determination shall be final and conclusive
upon the accounting officers of the Government.
(b) USE FOR FACILITIES.—(1) Except as provided in
paragraph (3), appropriations authorized under sections
101 and 102 may be used for the construction of new facili-
ties and additions to, repair of, rehabilitation of, or modi-
fication of existing facilities, except that the cost of each
such project, including collateral equipment, shall not ex-
ceed $200,000 per fiscal year.
(2) Appropriations authorized under sections 101 and
102 may be used for unforeseen programmatic facility
project needs, other than those described in paragraph (1),
except that the cost of each such project, including collateral
equipment, shall not exceed $750,000 per fiscal year.
(3) Appropriations authorized under section 101 may
be used for repair, rehabilitation, or modification of facili-
ties controlled by the General Services Administration, ex-
cept that the cost of each such project, including collateral
equipment, shall not exceed $500,000 per fiscal year.
SEC. 114. REPROGRAMMING FOR CONSTRUCTION OF FA-
CILITIES.
Appropriations authorized under any paragraph of
section 103—
(1) in the discretion of the Administrator may be
varied upward by 10 percent; or
(2) after the expiration of 30 days following a
report by the Administrator to the Committee on
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate
and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
of the House of Representatives on the circumstances
of such action, may be varied upward by 25 percent,
to meet unusual cost variations.
The total amount authorized to be appropriated under sec-
tion 103 shall not be increased as a result of actions author-
ized under paragraphs (1) and (2) of this section.
SEC. 115. SPECIAL REPROGRAMMING AUTHORITY FOR CON-
STRUCTION OF FACILITIES.
Where the Administrator determines that new develop-
ments or scientific or engineering changes in the national
program of aeronautical and space activities have occurred;
and that such changes require the use of additional funds
for the purposes of construction, expansion, or modification
of facilities at any location; and that deferral of such action
until the enactment of the next National Aeronautics and
Space Administration Authorization Act would be incon-
sistent with the interest of the Nation in aeronautical and
space activities; the Administrator may transfer not to ex-
ceed one-half of one percent of the funds appropriated pur-
suant to sections 101 and 102 to the appropriation under
section 103 for such purposes. The Administrator may also
use up to $10,000,000 of the amounts authorized under sec-
tion 103 for such purposes. The funds so made available
pursuant to this section may be expended to acquire, con-
struct, convert, rehabilitate, or install permanent or tem-
porary public works, including land acquisition, site prepa-
ration, appurtenances, utilities, and equipment. No such
funds may be obligated until a period of 30 days has passed
after the Administrator has transmitted to the Committee
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate
and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of
the House of Representatives a written report describing the
nature of the construction, its costs, and the reasons there-
for.
SEC. 116. CONSIDERATION BY COMMITTEES.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act—
(1) no amount appropriated pursuant to this
Act may be used for any program deleted by the Con-
gress from requests as originally made by the Presi-
dent for the National Aeronautics and Space Admin-
istration to either the Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation of the Senate or the
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the
House of Representatives;
(2) no amount appropriated pursuant to this
Act may be used for any program in excess of the
amount actually authorized for the particular pro-
gram by section 101, 102, or 104; and
(3) no amount appropriated pursuant to this
Act may be used for any program which has not been
presented to either such committee,
unless a period of 30 days has passed after the receipt, by
each such committee, of notice given by the Administrator
containing a full and complete statement of the action pro-
posed to be taken and the facts and circumstances relied
upon in support of such proposed action. The National Aer-
onautics and Space Administration shall keep the Commit-
tee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate
and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of
the House of Representatives fully and currently informed
with respect to all activities and responsibilities within the
jurisdiction of those committees. Any Federal department,
agency, or independent establishment shall furnish any in-
formation requested by either committee relating to any
such activity or responsibility.
SEC. 117. LIMITATION ON OBLIGATION OF UNAUTHORIZED
APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 30 days
after the later of the date of enactment of an Act making
appropriations to the National Aeronautics and Space Ad-
ministration for fiscal year 1994 or 1995 and the date of
enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit a re-
port to Congress and to the Comptroller General which
specifies—
(1) the portion of such appropriations which are
for programs, projects, or activities not specifically
authorized under subtitle A of this title, or which are
in excess of amounts authorized for the relevant pro-
gram, project, or activity under this Act; and
(2) the portion of such appropriations which are
specifically authorized under this Act.
(b) FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICE.—The Administrator
shall, coincident with the submission of the report required
by subsection (a), publish in the Federal Register a notice
of all programs, projects, or activities not specifically au-
thorized under Act, and solicit public comment thereon re-
garding the impact of any such obligations on the conduct
and effectiveness of the national aeronautics and space pro-
gram.
(c) LIMITATION.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of this Act, no funds may be obligated for any pro-
grams, projects, or activities of the National Aeronautics
and Space Administration for fiscal years 1994 and 1995
not specifically authorized under this Act until 30 days
have passed after the close of the public comment period
contained in the notice required in subsection (b).
SEC. 118. LIMITATION ON APPROPRIATIONS
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, no
funds are authorized to be appropriated for carrying out
the programs for which funds are authorized by this Act
for any fiscal year other than as provided by this Act.
SEC. 119. ADDITIONAL LIMITATION.
No funds authorized under this Act may be obligated
or expended to transfer the management of the External
Tank Program from the Marshall Space Flight Center un-
less 30 days have passed after the Administrator has made
a report of the technical justification for such a move to
the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the
House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation of the Senate, and such Com-
mittees have raised no objection.
SEC. 120. PRIORITY EXPENDITURE.
Of the amounts authorized under—
(1) section 102(1), only $258,200,000 for fiscal
year 1994 and only $252,200,000 for fiscal year 1995;
(2) section 103(a)(24), no funds for fiscal year
1994 and no funds for fiscal year 1995;
(3) section 102(2), only $1,887,800,000 for fiscal
year 1994 and only $1,870,000,000 for fiscal year
1995; and
(4) section 104, only $1,400,000,000 for each of
fiscal years 1994 and 1995 to effect the closure of at
least one National Aeronautics and Space Adminis-
tration Center and the corresponding reduction in
full-time equivalent employees,
may be expended unless $1,900,000,000 are made available
for such fiscal year for the Space Station Freedom.
TITLE II—ADVANCED SPACE
TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM.
SEC. 201. POLICY.
It is the policy of the United States that—
(1) the Administrator, in planning for national
programs in space science and application, aero-
nautical research, space flight, advanced concepts and
technology, and exploration, shall consider ways in
which the competitiveness of the United States in ad-
vanced space technologies can be enhanced;
(2) the Administrator shall work closely with
other Federal agencies, States, local governments, and
industry to coordinate and execute the advanced space
technology investment activities of the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration;
(3) opportunities for investment in advanced
space technologies that advance the competitiveness of
the United States shall be identified in concert with
United States industry; and
(4) the Administrator shall encourage the estab-
lishment of industry-led consortia to maximize the
opportunities described in paragraph (3).
SEC. 202. ADVANCED SPACE TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENT
PROGRAM.
(a) COMPETITIVE
PROGRAM.—The Administrator
shall establish a competitive program under this section—
(1) to advance the capabilities of United States
space technology;
(2) to encourage industry-led consortia to de-
velop advanced space technologies that advance the
competitiveness of the United States; and
(3) to encourage participation by industrial par-
ticipants not part of the traditional Federal contract-
ing base.
(b) ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANTS.—
(1) GENERAL RULE.—Single firms, consortia or
cooperative arrangements among 2 or more eligible
firms, or a nonprofit research organization estab-
lished by 2 or more eligible firms, are eligible partici-
pants under this section. Such eligible participants
may include participation by Federal laboratories,
institutions of higher education, State agencies, and
other entities.
(c) CRITERIA.—In selecting from among applicants for
financial assistance under this section, the Administrator
shall consider—
(1) the potential of the proposed project to de-
velop advanced space technologies that enhance the
long-term ability of the United States to make ad-
vances in space transportation, exploration, experi-
mentation, and commerce;
(2) the application’s scientific and technical
merit;
(3) the extent of funding provided by industry;
(4) the potential for long-term commercial appli-
cation of the technologies in nongovernmental mar-
kets;
(5) the likelihood that the goals and objectives of
the proposed application will not be achieved without
financial assistance under this section; and
(6) such other criteria as the Administrator con-
siders appropriate.
(d) NON-FEDERAL
CONTRIBUTION.—The Adminis-
trator shall ensure that the amount of the funds provided
by the Federal Government under this section does not ex-
ceed the total amount provided by non-Federal participants
for any one application. The Administrator shall ensure
that not less than 30 percent of total funding for any project
for which financial assistance is made available under this
section is provided by industry.
(e) FINANCING
MECHANISMS.—The Administrator
shall make full use of the various authorities available
under section 203(c)(5) of the National Aeronautics and
Space Act of 1958 to carry out this section, especially when
applied to eligible firms which are not part of the tradi-
tional Federal contracting base.
SEC. 203. COORDINATION WITH EXISTING PROGRAMS.
The Administrator shall coordinate existing activities
within the National Aeronautics and Space Administra-
tion, including the Small Business Innovation Research
Program and Independent Research and Development ac-
tivities conducted by industry, with the advanced space
technology investment activities established under this title.
The Administrator shall coordinate such advanced space
technology investment activities with existing programs of
the Department of Commerce, the Department of Defense,
the Department of Energy, and other Federal agencies to
maximize the United States investment in advanced space
technology.