shall be closely coordinated with United States in-
dustry;
(3) 
the 
establishment 
of 
industry-led,
precompetitive consortia shall be encouraged to bet-
ter prioritize and coordinate the industry require-
ments for advanced technologies and facilities;
(4) revitalizing national aeronautical facilities
shall be a major element of Federal investment in
aeronautical research and development; and
(5) industry and government cost-sharing for
facilities construction and use shall be investigated
to achieve aeronautics research and technology goals
within a constrained Federal budget.
SEC. 403. AMENDMENTS TO THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS
AND SPACE ACT OF 1958.
(a) TECHNICAL
CORRECTION
AMENDMENT.—(1)
Section 214 of the National Aeronautics and Space Ad-
ministration Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1989 is
amended by striking ‘‘(c)’’ both places it appears and in-
serting in lieu thereof ‘‘(d)’’.
(2) The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall be
effective as of the date of enactment of the Act referred
to in paragraph (1).
(b) OBJECTIVES.—Section 102(d) of the National
Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 (42 U.S.C. 2451(d))
is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph
(8);
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (9) and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon;
and
(3) by adding at the end the following new
paragraphs:
‘‘(10) The economic growth, competitiveness,
and productivity of the Nation through close coordi-
nation with industry in the conduct of innovative
aeronautics technology validation and technology
transfer programs; and
‘‘(11) The improvement of the safety, capacity,
and efficiency of the United States air transpor-
tation system through close coordination among the
agencies of the Federal Government.’’.
SEC. 404. AERONAUTICAL BASIC RESEARCH INVESTMENT
PLAN.
(a) PLAN.—The Administrator shall develop an aero-
nautical basic research investment plan which—
(1) describes the aeronautical basic research
underway within the United States, including a re-
view of the status of United States basic research in
critical aeronautics disciplines including—
(A) aerodynamics;
(B) propulsion;
(C) materials and structures;
(D) controls, guidance, and human factors;
and
(E) flight systems;
(2) establishes goals and objectives for United
States aeronautical basic research to advance the
critical disciplines required by United States indus-
try for such research;
(3) identifies the priorities for aeronautical
basic research required by industry to advance
United States long-term competitiveness;
(4) describes the anticipated impact of aero-
nautical basic research on United States long-term
competitiveness;
(5) encourages the transfer of Government-de-
veloped technologies to the private sector to promote
economic strength and competitiveness; and
(6) identifies opportunities for aeronautical
basic research to be performed by minority-owned
and women-owned businesses within the aeronautical
basic research industry.
The Administrator shall annually update the plan, includ-
ing a report on progress in achieving the goals and objec-
tives identified pursuant to paragraph (2).
(b) INDEPENDENT
EVALUATION.—The Adminis-
trator shall submit the plan developed under subsection
(a), and all subsequent annual updates thereto, along with
appropriate programmatic technical, schedule, and finan-
cial information, to the National Research Council of the
National Academy of Sciences for an independent evalua-
tion of such plan.
(c) TRANSMITTAL
TO CONGRESS.—The Adminis-
trator shall, along with the first annual budget request
of the President occurring more than 1 year after the date
of enactment of this Act, transmit to the Congress the
plan developed under subsection (a) and the results of the
independent review conducted pursuant to subsection (b).
Subsequent annual updates to the plan and independent
reviews thereof shall be transmitted to the Congress along
with subsequent annual budget requests of the President.
SEC. 405. ROLE OF PROCUREMENT IN TECHNOLOGY IN-
VESTMENT.
The Administrator, in carrying out aeronautical re-
search and technology procurement, shall—
(1) promote the advancement of state-of-the-art
research and technologies;
(2) assess and procure, where appropriate, com-
mercially available technologies;
(3) where appropriate, use performance speci-
fications in procuring technologies; and
(4) reduce the paperwork requirements associ-
ated with procurement.
SEC. 406. AERONAUTICAL TEST FACILITIES INITIATIVE.
(a) STRATEGY.—The President shall establish a
strategy to coordinate with domestic aeronautical compa-
nies to establish the requirements of such companies and
the Federal Government for aeronautical test facilities.
The strategy shall—
(1) define the capabilities of aeronautical test
facilities required by domestic aeronautical compa-
nies and the Federal Government over the next 30
years;
(2) assess the impact to United States competi-
tiveness over the next 30 years resulting from the
use of a combination of domestic and foreign aero-
nautical test facilities by domestic companies; and
(3) identify a funding method for procuring
new aeronautical test facilities which includes cost
sharing and risk sharing with domestic aeronautical
companies, and which uses innovative financing
schemes for the construction and operation of such
new facilities.
(b) TRANSMITTAL TO CONGRESS.—The strategy es-
tablished under subsection (a), along with anticipated
budget requirements over the next 10 years associated
with implementing the strategy, shall be transmitted to
the Congress no later than 6 months after the date of en-
actment of this Act.
SEC. 407. 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. 408. HYPERSONIC RESEARCH INITIATIVE.
The Administrator shall conduct a study, through an
organization not a part of the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration, of strategies that would optimize
the Hypersonic System Technology Program by integrat-
ing with the rocket-based hypersonic flight test experi-
ments the necessary development program which would
achieve a single-stage hypersonic research vehicle capable
of Mach 15 or greater, in the shortest possible time frame.
The objective of a program developed under the strategies
identified through such study would be the development
of a single stage to orbit air breathing aircraft. The Ad-
ministrator shall report the results of the study to Con-
gress no later than 6 months after the date of enactment
of this Act.
Passed the House of Representatives August 8,
1994.
Attest:
Clerk.
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4489
AN ACT
To authorize appropriations to the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration for human
space flight, science, aeronautics, and technology,
mission support, and Inspector General, and for
other purposes.