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(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-
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. 
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(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 
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. The results of the re-
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view shall be provided to the Committee on Science and 
Technology of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 
Senate not later than 18 months after the date of enact-
ment of this Act. 
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 
operational purposes. OSTP shall consult with 
NASA, NOAA, and other Federal agencies, and with 
industry, in developing the plan. 
(2) REPORT.—The Director shall transmit the 
plan to Congress not later than 1 year after the date 
of enactment of this Act. 
(b) RESEARCH PROGRAM ON SPACE WEATHER AND 
AVIATION.— 
(1) 
ESTABLISHMENT.—The 
Administrator 
shall, in coordination with the National Science 
Foundation, NOAA, and other relevant agencies, ini-
tiate a research program to— 
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(A) conduct or supervise research projects 
on impacts of space weather to aviation, includ-
ing impacts on communication, navigation, 
avionic systems, and airline passengers and per-
sonnel; and 
(B) facilitate the transfer of technology 
from space weather research programs to Fed-
eral agencies with operational responsibilities 
and to the private sector. 
(2) USE OF GRANTS OR COOPERATIVE AGREE-
MENTS.—The Administrator may use grants or co-
operative agreements in carrying out this subsection. 
(c) ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPACT OF SPACE WEATH-
ER ON AVIATION.— 
(1) STUDY.—The Administrator shall enter into 
an arrangement with the National Research Council 
for a study of the impacts of space weather on the 
current and future United States aviation industry, 
and in particular to examine the risks for Over-The- 
Pole (OTP) and Ultra-Long-Range (ULR) oper-
ations. The study shall— 
(A) examine space weather impacts on at 
least communications, navigation, avionics, and 
human health in flight; 
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(B) assess the benefits of space weather in-
formation and services to reduce aviation costs 
and maintain safety; 
(C) provide recommendations on how 
NASA, NOAA, and the National Science Foun-
dation can most effectively carry out research 
and monitoring activities related to space 
weather and aviation; and 
(D) provide recommendations on how to 
integrate space weather information into the 
Next Generation Air Transportation System. 
(2) REPORT.—A report containing the results 
of the study shall be provided to the Committee on 
Science and Technology of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation of the Senate not later than 1 year 
after the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 1102. SPACE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—As more nations acquire the capa-
bilities for launching payloads into outer space, there is 
an increasing need for a framework under which informa-
tion intended to promote safe access into outer space, op-
erations in outer space, and return from outer space to 
Earth free from physical or radio-frequency interference 
can be shared among those nations. 
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