(B) by inserting ‘‘or reentry date commit-
ment’’ after ‘‘launch date commitment’’;
(C) by inserting ‘‘or reentry’’ after ‘‘ob-
tained for a launch’’;
(D) by inserting ‘‘, reentry sites,’’ after
‘‘United States launch sites’’;
(E) by inserting ‘‘or reentry site’’ after
‘‘access to a launch site’’;
(F) by inserting ‘‘, or services related to a
reentry,’’ after ‘‘amount for launch services’’;
and
(G) by inserting ‘‘or reentry’’ after ‘‘the
scheduled launch’’;
(17) in section 15(b)(4)(B), by inserting ‘‘or re-
entry’’ after ‘‘prompt launching’’;
(18) in section 15(c), by inserting ‘‘or reentry’’
after ‘‘launch site’’;
(19) in section 16(a)(1)(A) and (B), by insert-
ing ‘‘or reentry’’ after ‘‘any particular launch’’ each
place it appears;
(20) in section 16(a)(1)(C) and (D), by insert-
ing ‘‘or a reentry’’ after ‘‘launch services’’ each place
it appears;
(21) in section 16(a)(2), by inserting ‘‘or re-
entry’’ after ‘‘launch services’’;
(22) in section 16(b)(1) and (4) (A) and (B),
by inserting ‘‘or reentry’’ after ‘‘particular launch’’
each place it appears;
(23) in section 17(b)(2)(A)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘reentry site,’’ after
‘‘launch site,’’; and
(B) by inserting ‘‘or reentry vehicle’’ after
‘‘site of a launch vehicle’’;
(24) in section 21(a), by inserting ‘‘and re-
entry’’ after ‘‘approval of space launch’’;
(25) in section 21(b)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘, reentry vehicle,’’ after
‘‘A launch vehicle’’; and
(B) by inserting ‘‘or reentry’’ after ‘‘the
launching’’;
(26) in section 21(c)(1)—
(A) by striking ‘‘or’’ in subparagraph (B);
(B) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as
subparagraph (D); and
(C) by inserting after subparagraph (B)
the following new subparagraph:
‘‘(C) reentry of a reentry vehicle, or’’;
(27) in section 21(c)(2), by inserting ‘‘reentry,’’
after ‘‘launch,’’;
(28) in section 22(a)—
(A) by striking ‘‘ending after the date of
enactment of this Act and before October 1,
1989’’; and
(B) by inserting ‘‘and reentries’’ after
‘‘further commercial launches’’; and
(29) in section 24, by adding after paragraph
(2) the following:
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary
$4,467,000 to carry out this Act for fiscal year 1994.’’.
(b) REPORT
TO
CONGRESS.—The Secretary of
Transportation shall submit to Congress an annual report
to accompany the President’s budget request which re-
views the performance of the regulatory activities and the
effectiveness of the Office of Commercial Space Transpor-
tation.
SEC. 303. OFFICE OF SPACE COMMERCE AUTHORIZATION.
(a) ROLE OF THE OFFICE OF SPACE COMMERCE.—
The Office of Space Commerce of the Department of Com-
merce shall be responsible for the development and coordi-
nation of all policy recommendations and activities per-
taining to commercial activities in space except those func-
tions and activities explicitly authorized in statute to other
Federal agencies. In carrying out this responsibility, such
Office shall consult with other Federal agencies as appro-
priate, including the Department of Transportation, the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the De-
partment of Defense, the Department of State, and the
Office of the United States Trade Representative.
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In order
to carry out this section, there are authorized to be appro-
priated to the Secretary of Commerce for the Office of
Space Commerce, $538,000 for fiscal year 1994.
SEC. 304. USE OF DOMESTIC PRODUCTS.
(a) GENERAL RULE.—Except as provided in sub-
section (b), the Administrator shall ensure that procure-
ments are conducted in compliance with sections 2
through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a
through 10c, popularly known as the ‘‘Buy American
Act’’).
(b) LIMITATIONS.—This section shall apply only to
procurements made for which—
(1) amounts are authorized by this Act to be
made available; and
(2) solications for bids are issued after the date
of enactment of this Act.
(c) INAPPLICABILITY
IN CASE
OF VIOLATION
OF
INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT.—This section shall not
apply to the extent that the United States Trade Rep-
resentative determines that a procurement described in
subsection (b) would be in violation of the General Agree-
ment on Tariffs and Trade or an international agreement
to which the United States is a party.
SEC. 
305. 
REQUIREMENT 
FOR 
INDEPENDENT 
COST
ANALYSIS.
The Chief Financial Officer for the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration shall be responsible for
conducting independent cost analyses of all new projects
estimated to cost more than $5,000,000 and shall report
the results annually to Congress at the time of the submis-
sion of the President’s budget request. In developing cost
accounting and reporting standards for carrying out this
section, the Chief Financial Officer shall, to the extent
practicable and consistent with other laws, solicit the ad-
vice of expertise outside of the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration.
SEC. 306. GLOBAL CHANGE DATA AND INFORMATION
SYSTEM.
Title I of the Global Change Research Act of 1990
(15 U.S.C. 2931 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end
the following new section:
‘‘SEC. 109. GLOBAL CHANGE DATA AND INFORMATION
SYSTEM.
‘‘(a) The National Aeronautics and Space Adminis-
tration, in coordination with other agencies that belong to
the Committee on Earth and Environmental Sciences,
shall establish the requirements and architecture for, de-
sign, and develop a Global Change Data and Information
System that shall serve as the system to process, archive,
and distribute data generated by the Global Change Re-
search Program.
‘‘(b) The National Aeronautics and Space Adminis-
tration shall design the Global Change Data and Informa-
tion System—
‘‘(1) so that other Federal agencies may con-
nect data centers operated by such agencies to such
System; and
‘‘(2) so as to minimize, to the extent prac-
ticable, the cost of connecting such data centers.
‘‘(c) Each agency involved in the Global Change Re-
search Program shall retain the responsibility to establish
and operate Global Change Data and Information System
data centers to process, archive, and distribute data gen-
erated by such agency’s programs. Agencies may agree to
assume the responsibility for processing, archiving, or dis-
tributing data generated by other agencies.’’.
SEC. 307. ACCESS TO CLASSIFIED DATA FOR GLOBAL
CHANGE RESEARCH.
The Committee on Earth and Environmental
Sciences shall develop and submit to the Congress within
one year after the date of enactment of this Act a plan
for providing access to data from classified archives and
systems for global change research. The plan shall—
(1) to the extent consistent with classification
restrictions, identify what data from classified ar-
chives and systems may be valuable and available for
global change research;
(2) determine whether the Global Change Data
and Information System or other means should be
used to provide access to such data for the scientific
community; and
(3) identify what agencies should be responsible
for particular parts of such classified data and any
data centers needed to process, archive, and distrib-
ute such data.
SEC. 308. ORBITAL DEBRIS.
The Office of Science and Technology Policy, in co-
ordination with the National Aeronautics and Space Ad-
ministration, the Department of Defense, the Department
of State, and other agencies as appropriate, shall submit
a plan to Congress within one year after the date of enact-
ment of this Act for the control of orbital debris. The plan
shall include proposed launch vehicle and spacecraft de-
sign standards and operational procedures to minimize the
creation of new debris. The plan shall propose a schedule
for the incorporation of the standards into all United
States civil, military, and commercial space activities. Fi-
nally, the plan shall include a schedule for the development
of an international agreement on the control of orbital de-
bris.
SEC. 309. NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ACT OF 1958
AMENDMENTS.
(a) POLICY AND PURPOSE.—Section 102 of the Na-
tional Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 (42 U.S.C.
2451) is amended—
(1) by striking subsections (e) and (f) and in-
serting in lieu thereof the following:
‘‘(e) The Congress declares that the general welfare
of the United States requires that the unique competence
in scientific and engineering systems of the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration also be directed toward
the development of technologies critical to economic
growth, competitiveness, and productivity.’’;
(2) by redesignating subsections (g) and (h) as
subsections (f) and (g), respectively; and
(3) in subsection (g), as so redesignated, by
striking ‘‘(f), and (g)’’ and inserting in lieu thereof
‘‘and (f)’’.
(b) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Section 206(a) of the
National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 (42 U.S.C.
2476(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘calendar’’ and inserting
in lieu thereof ‘‘fiscal’’.
SEC. 310. COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF UNITED STATES AND
FOREIGN 
EXPENDABLE 
SPACE 
LAUNCH
SYSTEMS.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration
shall conduct a comprehensive study of the differences be-
tween existing United States and foreign expendable space
launch vehicles. This study shall determine specific dif-
ferences in the design, manufacture, processing, and over-
all management and infrastructure of current United
States and foreign expendable space launch vehicles. The
study shall also determine the approximate effect of these
differences on the relative cost, reliability, and operational
efficiency of such space launch systems. This study shall
be conducted in consultation with the Department of De-
fense and, as appropriate, other Federal agencies, United
States industries, and academic institutions. The results
of this study shall be submitted to the Congress no later
than October 1, 1994.
SEC. 311. UNIVERSITY INNOVATIVE RESEARCH PROGRAM
STUDY.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that—
(1) universities offer a significant resource for
the conduct of innovative scientific and technological
research to advance the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration’s mission;
(2) the National Aeronautics and Space Admin-
istration should act to broaden the foundation of its
research base by increasing the direct involvement of
university research laboratories in the development
of technology for space science;
(3) the National Aeronautics and Space Admin-
istration should commit to strengthening university
research programs in technology beyond contracting
with universities for services in support of specific
programs; and
(4) the National Aeronautics and Space Admin-
istration should develop mechanisms to foster inno-
vative technological research at universities that do
not participate in the University Space Engineering
Research Centers.
(b) STUDY.—The Administrator shall undertake a
study of the feasibility and potential implementation of a
University Innovative Research Program which—
(1) promotes technological innovation in the
United States by using the Nation’s universities to
help meet the National Aeronautics and Space Ad-
ministration’s research and development needs, by
stimulating technology transfer between universities
and industry, and by encouraging participation by
minority and disadvantaged persons in technological
innovation;
(2) is modeled on the Small Business Innova-
tion Research Program;
(3) avoids duplication of existing National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration programs with the
universities; and
(4) derives funding from the Space Research
and Technology program.
(c) COMPLETION.—The study required by subsection
(b) shall be completed and its results submitted to the
Congress within one year after the date of enactment of
this Act.
(d) ADVICE.—In carrying out the study required by
subsection (b), the Administrator shall seek the advice of
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Advi-
sory Council, the National Research Council’s Aeronautics
and Space Engineering Board and Space Studies Board,
and other organizations as appropriate.
SEC. 312. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration
shall give consideration to geographical distribution of its
research and development funds whenever feasible.
TITLE IV—AERONAUTICS
RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY
SEC. 401. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that—
(1) the aerospace industry makes a major con-
tribution to the economy of the United States, ac-
counting for the largest positive trade balance of any
United States industry (more than $28,000,000,000
in 1992), and providing over 1,000,000 high-value
jobs;
(2) the international market share of the Unit-
ed States aerospace industry has steadily eroded due
to competition from foreign consortia that receive
substantial direct subsidies from their governments;
(3) the United States aerospace industry is fur-
ther negatively impacted by reduced investment in
national defense;
(4) the continued competitiveness of the United
States aerospace industry can be significantly aided
by an enhanced Federal investment in technology
base research and development in aeronautics;
(5) maintaining state-of-the-art experimental
facilities is a key element of Federal investment in
aeronautics research and development;
(6) the long-term contribution of advances in
aeronautics to the economy and society will rely on
a continued commitment to pioneering research and
development such as the National Aero-Space Plane;
and
(7) the National Aero-Space Plane program
should explore the possibility of collaboration with
other nations for opportunities that would offer
unique programmatic benefits without compromising
the strategic advantage to the United States.
SEC. 402. DEFINITION.
For purposes of this title, the term ‘‘independent or-
ganization’’ means an organization that does not receive
significant funding or support from the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration, other than under sec-
tions 403, 404, and 406.
SEC. 403. INDEPENDENT PERFORMANCE REVIEW.
(a) PLAN.—The Administrator shall provide for the
development of a plan establishing criteria, procedures,
and milestones for the evaluation, by an independent orga-
nization, of advances made in fundamental aeronautics re-
search and development and the progress made by the aer-
onautics programs of the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration in achieving their goals. Such plan shall
be developed by an independent organization in consulta-
tion with the Administrator. The plan shall also describe
criteria and procedures for terminating National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration programs that are not
making acceptable progress toward their goals. The Ad-
ministrator shall submit a report describing such plan to
the Congress within 6 months after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act.
(b) ANNUAL REPORT.—Beginning in the first year
after submission of the plan under subsection (a), at the
time of the President’s annual budget request to Congress,
the Administrator shall submit to the Congress an annual
report on the results of an evaluation, conducted by an
independent organization, of the progress made by the Na-
tional Aeronautics and Space Administration in advancing
aeronautics and achieving the goals of aeronautics pro-
grams. Such evaluation shall be conducted using the cri-
teria, procedures, and milestones established under the
plan required by subsection (a).
SEC. 404. TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER REVIEW.
(a) PLAN.—The Administrator shall provide for the
development of a plan establishing criteria and procedures
for the evaluation, by an independent organization, of the
effectiveness of technology transfer from the National Aer-
onautics and Space Administration’s aeronautics pro-
grams to industry and other public organizations. Such
plan shall be developed by an independent organization in
consultation with the Administrator. The plan shall in-
clude clear, quantitative measures of the success of such
technology transfer activities. The Administrator shall
submit a report describing such plan to the Congress with-
in 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(b) ANNUAL REPORT.—Beginning in the first year
after submission of the plan under subsection (a), at the
time of the President’s annual budget request to Congress,
the Administrator shall submit to the Congress an annual
report on the results of an evaluation, conducted by an
independent organization, of the effectiveness of the Na-
tional Aeronautics and Space Administration’s technology
transfer programs. Such evaluation shall be conducted
using the criteria and procedures established under the
plan required by subsection (a).
SEC. 405. JOINT AERONAUTICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOP-
MENT PROGRAM.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Administrator and the
heads of other appropriate Federal agencies shall jointly
establish a program for the purpose of conducting re-
search on aeronautical technologies that enhance United
States competitiveness. Such program shall include—
(1) research on next-generation wind tunnel
and advanced wind tunnel instrumentation tech-
nology;
(2) research on advanced engine materials, en-
gine concepts, and testing of propulsion systems or
components of the high-speed civil transport re-
search program;
(3) advanced general aviation research;
(4) advanced rotorcraft research; and
(5) advanced hypersonic aeronautical research.
(b) CONTRACTS AND GRANTS.—Contracts and grants
entered into under the program established under sub-
section (a) shall be administered using procedures devel-
oped jointly by the Administrator and the heads of the
other Federal agencies involved in the program. These
procedures should include an integrated acquisition policy
for contract and grant requirements and for technical data
rights that are not an impediment to joint programs
among the National Aeronautics and Space Administra-
tion, the other Federal agencies involved in the program,
and industry.
(c) ELEMENTS OF PROGRAM.—The program estab-
lished under subsection (a) shall include—
(1) selected programs that jointly enhance pub-
lic and private aeronautical technology development;
(2) an opportunity for private contractors to be
involved in such technology research and develop-
ment; and
(3) the transfer of Government-developed tech-
nologies to the private sector to promote economic
strength and competitiveness.
SEC. 406. NATIONAL AERO-SPACE PLANE.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that—
(1) hypersonic flight will be critical to the con-
tinued contribution of aeronautics to the economic
and strategic interests of the United States in the
early twenty-first century;
(2) the data obtained through rocket-based
hypersonic flight experiments will not, by themselves,
reduce risk sufficiently to allow the development of
a single-stage-to-orbit, air-breathing plane; and
(3) a single-stage hypersonic research plane is
critical 
to 
the 
successful 
exploration 
of 
the
hypersonic flight regime and the timely realization of
a single-stage-to-orbit, air-breathing plane.
(b) HYPERSONIC RESEARCH PLANE ASSESSMENT.—
The Administrator shall conduct a study, through an inde-
pendent organization, of strategies that would optimize
the next phase of the National Aero-Space Plane program
by integrating with the rocket-based hypersonic flight ex-
periments the development, in the shortest possible time
frame, of a single-stage hypersonic research plane capable
of speeds in the Mach 10 to Mach 15 range or greater,
with the objective of providing data that would accelerate
the ultimate development of a single-stage-to-orbit, air
breathing plane. The Administrator shall report the re-
sults of the study to Congress no later than 6 months after
the date of the enactment of this Act.
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