(2) Launching the Crew Exploration Vehicle as close to 2010 as pos-
sible. 
(3) Increasing knowledge of the impacts of long duration stays in 
space on the human body using the most appropriate facilities avail-
able, including the International Space Station. 
(4) Enabling humans to land on and return from Mars and other 
destinations on a timetable that is technically and fiscally possible. 
§ 20303. Contribution to innovation 
(a) PARTICIPATION IN INTERAGENCY ACTIVITIES.—The Administration 
shall be a full participant in any interagency effort to promote innovation 
and economic competitiveness through near-term and long-term basic sci-
entific research and development and the promotion of science, technology, 
engineering, and mathematics education, consistent with the Administra-
tion’s mission, including authorized activities. 
(b) HISTORIC FOUNDATION.—In order to carry out the participation de-
scribed in subsection (a), the Administrator shall build on the historic role 
of the Administration in stimulating excellence in the advancement of phys-
ical science and engineering disciplines and in providing opportunities and 
incentives for the pursuit of academic studies in science, technology, engi-
neering, and mathematics. 
(c) BALANCED SCIENCE PROGRAM AND ROBUST AUTHORIZATION LEV-
ELS.—The balanced science program authorized by section 101(d) of the 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2005 
(42 U.S.C. 16611(d)) shall be an element of the contribution by the Admin-
istration to the interagency programs. 
(d) ANNUAL REPORT.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT.—The Administrator shall submit to Congress 
and the President an annual report describing the activities conducted 
pursuant to this section, including a description of the goals and the 
objective metrics upon which funding decisions were made. 
(2) CONTENT.—Each report submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) 
shall include, with regard to science, technology, engineering, and 
mathematics education programs, at a minimum, the following: 
(A) A description of each program. 
(B) The amount spent on each program. 
(C) The number of students or teachers served by each pro-
gram. 
§ 20304. Basic research enhancement 
(a) DEFINITION OF BASIC RESEARCH.—In this section, the term ‘‘basic 
research’’ has the meaning given the term in Office of Management and 
Budget Circular No. A–11. 
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(b) COORDINATION.—The Administrator, the Director of the National 
Science Foundation, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of Defense, and 
the Secretary of Commerce shall, to the extent practicable, coordinate basic 
research activities related to physical sciences, technology, engineering, and 
mathematics. 
§ 20305. National Academies decadal surveys 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall enter into agreements on a 
periodic basis with the National Academies for independent assessments, 
also known as decadal surveys, to take stock of the status and opportunities 
for Earth and space science discipline fields and Aeronautics research and 
to recommend priorities for research and programmatic areas over the next 
decade. 
(b) INDEPENDENT COST ESTIMATES.—The agreements described in sub-
section (a) shall include independent estimates of the life cycle costs and 
technical readiness of missions assessed in the decadal surveys whenever 
possible. 
(c) REEXAMINATION.—The Administrator shall request that each Na-
tional Academies decadal survey committee identify any conditions or 
events, such as significant cost growth or scientific or technological ad-
vances, that would warrant the Administration asking the National Acad-
emies to reexamine the priorities that the decadal survey had established. 
Subtitle III—Administrative Provisions 
CHAPTER 301—APPROPRIATIONS, BUDGETS, AND 
ACCOUNTING 
Sec. 
30101.
Prior authorization of appropriations required. 
30102.
Working capital fund. 
30103.
Budgets. 
30104.
Baselines and cost controls. 
§ 30101. Prior authorization of appropriations required 
Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, no appropriation may 
be made to the Administration unless previously authorized by legislation 
enacted by Congress. 
§ 30102. Working capital fund 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby established in the United States 
Treasury an Administration working capital fund. 
(b) AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Amounts in the fund are available for financing 
activities, services, equipment, information, and facilities as authorized 
by law to be provided— 
(A) within the Administration; 
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(B) to other agencies or instrumentalities of the United States; 
(C) to any State, territory, or possession or political subdivision 
thereof; 
(D) to other public or private agencies; or 
(E) to any person, firm, association, corporation, or educational 
institution on a reimbursable basis. 
(2) CAPITAL REPAIRS.—The fund shall also be available for the pur-
pose 
of 
funding 
capital 
repairs, 
renovations, 
rehabilitation, 
sustainment, demolition, or replacement of Administration real prop-
erty, on a reimbursable basis within the Administration. 
(3) NO FISCAL YEAR LIMITATION.—Amounts in the fund are avail-
able without regard to fiscal year limitation. 
(c) CONTENTS.—The capital of the fund consists of— 
(1) amounts appropriated to the fund; 
(2) the reasonable value of stocks of supplies, equipment, and other 
assets and inventories on order that the Administrator transfers to the 
fund, less the related liabilities and unpaid obligations; and 
(3) payments received for loss or damage to property of the fund. 
(d) REIMBURSEMENT.—The fund shall be reimbursed, in advance, for 
supplies and services at rates that will approximate the expenses of oper-
ation, such as the accrual of annual leave, depreciation of plant, property, 
and equipment, and overhead. 
§ 30103. Budgets 
(a) CATEGORIES.—The proposed budget for the Administration submitted 
by the President for each fiscal year shall be accompanied by documents 
showing— 
(1) by program— 
(A) the budget for space operations, including the International 
Space Station and the space shuttle; 
(B) the budget for exploration systems; 
(C) the budget for aeronautics; 
(D) the budget for space science; 
(E) the budget for Earth science; 
(F) the budget for microgravity science; 
(G) the budget for education; 
(H) the budget for safety oversight; and 
(I) the budget for public relations; 
(2) the budget for technology transfer programs; 
(3) the budget for the Integrated Enterprise Management Program, 
by individual element; 
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(4) the budget for the Independent Technical Authority, both total 
and by center; 
(5) the total budget for the prize program under section 20144 of 
this title, and the administrative budget for that program; and 
(6) the comparable figures for at least the 2 previous fiscal years for 
each item in the proposed budget. 
(b) ADDITIONAL BUDGET INFORMATION UPON REQUEST BY COMMIT-
TEES.—The Administration shall make available, upon request from the 
Committee on Science and Technology of the House of Representatives or 
the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate— 
(1) information on corporate and center general and administrative 
costs and service pool costs, including— 
(A) the total amount of funds being allocated for those purposes 
for any fiscal year for which the President has submitted an an-
nual budget request to Congress; 
(B) the amount of funds being allocated for those purposes for 
each center, for headquarters, and for each directorate; and 
(C) the major activities included in each cost category; and 
(2) the figures on the amount of unobligated funds and unexpended 
funds, by appropriations account— 
(A) that remained at the end of the fiscal year prior to the fis-
cal year in which the budget is being presented that were carried 
over into the fiscal year in which the budget is being presented; 
(B) that are estimated will remain at the end of the fiscal year 
in which the budget is being presented that are proposed to be 
carried over into the fiscal year for which the budget is being pre-
sented; and 
(C) that are estimated will remain at the end of the fiscal year 
for which the budget is being presented. 
(c) INFORMATION IN ANNUAL BUDGET JUSTIFICATION.—The Adminis-
tration shall provide, at a minimum, the following information in its annual 
budget justification: 
(1) The actual, current, proposed funding level, and estimated budg-
ets for the next 5 fiscal years by directorate, theme, program, project 
and activity within each appropriations account. 
(2) The proposed programmatic and non-programmatic construction 
of facilities. 
(3) The budget for headquarters including— 
(A) the budget by office, and any division thereof, for the ac-
tual, current, proposed funding level, and estimated budgets for 
the next 5 fiscal years; 
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