(3) facilitate, to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, the transfer of NASA-developed technologies 
to potential United States commercial crew transfer 
and rescue service providers, consistent with United 
States law; and 
(4) issue a notice of intent, not later than 180 
days after the date of enactment of this Act, to 
enter into a funded, competitively awarded Space 
Act Agreement with two or more commercial entities 
for a Phase 1 Commercial Orbital Transportation 
Services (COTS) crewed vehicle demonstration pro-
gram. 
(b) COTS AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There are authorized to be appropriated to NASA for the 
program described in subsection (a)(4) $50,000,000 for 
fiscal year 2009, to remain available until expended. 
(c) CONGRESSIONAL INTENT.—It is the intent of 
Congress that funding for the program described in sub-
section (a)(4) shall not come at the expense of full funding 
for Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle development, Ares I 
Crew Launch Vehicle development, or International Space 
Station cargo delivery. 
(d) ADDITIONAL TECHNOLOGIES AUTHORIZATION OF 
APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated to NASA for the provision of International Space 
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Station-compatible docking adaptors and other relevant 
technologies to be made available to the commercial crew 
providers selected to service the International Space Sta-
tion $50,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
(e) CREW TRANSFER AND CREW RESCUE SERVICES 
CONTRACT.—If a commercial provider demonstrates the 
capability to provide International Space Station crew 
transfer and crew rescue services and to satisfy NASA as-
cent, entry, and International Space Station proximity op-
erations safety requirements, NASA shall enter into an 
International Space Station crew transfer and crew rescue 
services contract with that commercial provider for a por-
tion of NASA’s anticipated International Space Station 
crew transfer and crew rescue requirements from the time 
the commercial provider commences operations under con-
tract with NASA through calendar year 2016, with an op-
tion to extend the period of performance through calendar 
year 2020. 
TITLE 
X—REVITALIZATION 
OF 
NASA INSTITUTIONAL CAPA-
BILITIES 
SEC. 1001. REVIEW OF INFORMATION SECURITY CONTROLS. 
(a) REPORT ON CONTROLS.—Not later than one year 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller 
General shall transmit to the Committee on Science and 
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Technology of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 
Senate a review of information security controls that pro-
tect NASA’s information technology resources and infor-
mation from inadvertent or deliberate misuse, fraudulent 
use, disclosure, modification, or destruction. The review 
shall focus on networks servicing NASA’s mission direc-
torates. In assessing these controls, the review shall evalu-
ate— 
(1) the network’s ability to limit, detect, and 
monitor access to resources and information, thereby 
safeguarding and protecting them from unauthorized 
access; 
(2) the physical access to network resources; 
and 
(3) the extent to which sensitive research and 
mission data is encrypted. 
(b) RESTRICTED REPORT
ON INTRUSIONS.—Not 
later than one year after the date of enactment of this 
Act, and in conjunction with the report described in sub-
section (a), the Comptroller General shall transmit to the 
Committee on Science and Technology of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation of the Senate a restricted re-
port detailing results of vulnerability assessments con-
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ducted by the Government Accountability Office on 
NASA’s network resources. Intrusion attempts during 
such vulnerability assessments shall be divulged to NASA 
senior management prior to their application. The report 
shall put vulnerability assessment results in the context 
of unauthorized accesses or attempts during the prior two 
years and the corrective actions, recent or ongoing, that 
NASA has implemented in conjunction with other Federal 
authorities to prevent such intrusions. 
SEC. 1002. MAINTENANCE AND UPGRADE OF CENTER FA-
CILITIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In order to sustain healthy Cen-
ters that are capable of carrying out NASA’s missions, 
the Administrator shall ensure that adequate maintenance 
and upgrading of those Center facilities is performed on 
a regular basis. 
(b) REVIEW.—The Administrator shall determine 
and prioritize the maintenance and upgrade backlog at 
each of NASA’s Centers and associated facilities, and shall 
develop a strategy and budget plan to reduce that mainte-
nance and upgrade backlog by 50 percent over the next 
five years. 
(c) REPORT.—The Administrator shall deliver a re-
port to Congress on the results of the activities undertaken 
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in subsection (b) concurrently with the delivery of the fis-
cal year 2011 budget request. 
SEC. 1003. ASSESSMENT OF NASA LABORATORY CAPABILI-
TIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—NASA’s laboratories are a critical 
component of NASA’s research capabilities, and the Ad-
ministrator shall ensure that those laboratories remain 
productive. 
(b) REVIEW.—The Administrator shall enter into an 
arrangement for an independent external review of 
NASA’s laboratories, including laboratory equipment, fa-
cilities, and support services, to determine whether they 
are equipped and maintained at a level adequate to sup-
port NASA’s research activities. The assessment shall also 
include an assessment of the relative quality of NASA’s 
in-house laboratory equipment and facilities compared to 
comparable laboratories elsewhere. 
TITLE XI—OTHER PROVISIONS 
SEC. 1101. SPACE WEATHER. 
(a) PLAN FOR REPLACEMENT OF ADVANCED COM-
POSITION EXPLORER AT L–1 LAGRANGIAN POINT.— 
(1) PLAN.—The Director of OSTP shall de-
velop a plan for sustaining space-based measure-
ments of solar wind from the L–1 Lagrangian point 
in space and for the dissemination of the data for 
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