and Space Administration Authorization Act of 1988 (42 
U.S.C. 2486 et seq.), has been an important program by 
which the Federal Government has partnered with State 
and local governments, universities, private industry, and 
other organizations to enhance the understanding and use 
of space and aeronautics activities and their benefits 
through education, fostering of interdisciplinary and multi-
disciplinary space research and training, and supporting 
Federal funding for graduate fellowships in space-related 
fields, among other purposes. 
(b) REVIEW.—The Administrator shall enter into an 
arrangement with the National Academies for— 
(1) a review of the National Space Grant College 
and Fellowship Program, including its structure and 
capabilities for supporting science, technology, engi-
neering, and mathematics education and training 
consistent with the National Science and Technology 
Council’s Federal Science, Technology, Engineering, 
and Mathematics (STEM) Education 5-Year Stra-
tegic Plan; and 
(2) recommendations on measures, if needed, to 
enhance the Program’s effectiveness and mechanisms 
by which any increases in funding appropriated by 
Congress can be applied. 
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(c) NATIONAL SPACE GRANT COLLEGE AND FELLOW-
SHIP PROGRAM AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) PURPOSES.—Section 40301 of title 51, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para-
graph (5); 
(B) by striking the period at the end of 
paragraph (6) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(7) support outreach to primary and secondary 
schools to help support STEM engagement and learn-
ing at the K-12 level and to encourage K-12 students 
to pursue postsecondary degrees in fields related to 
space.’’. 
(2) REGIONAL CONSORTIUM.—Section 40306 of 
title 51, United States Code, is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a)— 
(i) by redesignating paragraphs (2) 
and (3) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respec-
tively; and 
(ii) by inserting after paragraph (1) 
the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(2) INCLUSION
OF
2-YEAR
INSTITUTIONS.—A 
space grant regional consortium designated in para-
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graph (1)(B) may include one or more 2-year institu-
tions of higher education.’’; and 
(B) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘para-
graphs (2)(C) and (3)(D)’’ and inserting ‘‘para-
graphs (3)(C) and (4)(D)’’. 
TITLE VII—POLICY PROVISIONS 
SEC. 701. ASTEROID RETRIEVAL MISSION. 
(a) ASTEROID RETRIEVAL REPORT.—Not later than 
180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Admin-
istrator shall provide to the Committee on Science, Space, 
and Technology of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of 
the Senate a report on the proposed Asteroid Retrieval Mis-
sion. Such report shall include— 
(1) a detailed budget profile, including cost esti-
mates for the development of all necessary technologies 
and spacecraft required for the mission; 
(2) a detailed technical plan that includes mile-
stones and a specific schedule; 
(3) a description of the technologies and capa-
bilities anticipated to be gained from the proposed 
mission that will enable future human missions to 
Mars which could not be gained by lunar missions; 
(4) a description of the technologies and capa-
bilities anticipated to be gained from the proposed 
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mission that will enable future planetary defense mis-
sions, against impact threats from near-Earth objects 
equal to or greater than 140 meters in diameter, 
which could not be gained by robotic missions; and 
(5) a complete assessment by the Small Bodies 
Assessment Group and the National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration Advisory Council of how the 
proposed mission is in the strategic interests of the 
United States in space exploration. 
(b) MARS FLYBY REPORT.—Not later than 60 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, an independent, pri-
vate systems engineering and technical assistance organiza-
tion contracted by the Human Exploration Operations Mis-
sion Directorate shall transmit to the Administrator, the 
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House 
of Representatives, and the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report ana-
lyzing the proposal for a Mars Flyby human spaceflight 
mission to be launched in 2021. Such report shall include— 
(1) a technical development, test, fielding, and 
operations plan using the Space Launch System and 
other systems to successfully mount a Mars Flyby 
mission by 2021; 
(2) a description of the benefits in scientific 
knowledge and technologies demonstrated by a Mars 
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Flyby mission to be launched in 2021 suitable for fu-
ture Mars missions; and 
(3) an annual budget profile, including cost esti-
mates, for the development test, fielding, and oper-
ations plan to carry out a Mars Flyby mission 
through 2021 and comparison of that budget profile 
to the 5-year budget profile contained in the Presi-
dent’s Budget request for fiscal year 2015. 
(c) ASSESSMENT.—Not later than 60 days after trans-
mittal of the report specified in subsection (b), the Adminis-
trator shall transmit to the Committee on Science, Space, 
and Technology of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of 
the Senate an assessment by the National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration Advisory Council of whether the pro-
posal for a Mars Flyby Mission to be launched in 2021 is 
in the strategic interests of the United States in space explo-
ration. 
(d) CREWED MISSION.—The report transmitted under 
subsection (b) may consider a crewed mission with the 
Space Launch System in cis-lunar space prior to the Mars 
Flyby mission in 2021. 
SEC. 702. TERMINATION LIABILITY. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 
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(1) The International Space Station, the Space 
Launch System, and the Orion crew capsule will en-
able the Nation to continue operations in low-Earth 
orbit and to send its astronauts to deep space. The 
James Webb Space Telescope will revolutionize our 
understanding of star and planet formation and how 
galaxies evolved and advance the search for the ori-
gins of our universe. As a result of their unique capa-
bilities and their critical contribution to the future of 
space exploration, these systems have been designated 
by Congress and the Administration as priority in-
vestments. 
(2) In addition, contractors are currently hold-
ing program funding, estimated to be in the hundreds 
of millions of dollars, to cover the potential termi-
nation liability should the Government choose to ter-
minate a program for convenience. As a result, hun-
dreds of millions of taxpayer dollars are unavailable 
for meaningful work on these programs. 
(3) According to the Government Accountability 
Office, the Administration procures most of its goods 
and services through contracts, and it terminates very 
few of them. In fiscal year 2010, the Administration 
terminated 28 of 16,343 active contracts and orders— 
a termination rate of about 0.17 percent. 
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(4) Providing processes requiring congressional 
notification on termination of these high-priority pro-
grams would enable contractors to apply taxpayer 
dollars to making maximum progress in meeting the 
established technical goals and schedule milestones of 
these programs. 
(b) ADMINISTRATION TERMINATION LIABILITY.— 
(1) GENERAL RULE.—Termination liability costs 
for a covered program shall be provided only pursu-
ant to this subsection. 
(2) PROHIBITION ON RESERVING FUNDS.—The 
Administrator may not reserve funds from amounts 
appropriated for a covered program, or require the 
reservation of funds by the prime contractor, for po-
tential termination liability costs with respect to a 
covered program. 
(3) INTENT OF CONGRESS.—It is the intent of 
Congress that funds authorized to be appropriated for 
covered programs be applied in meeting established 
technical goals and schedule milestones. 
(4) APPLICATION OF PRIOR RESERVED FUNDS.— 
Funds that have been reserved before the date of en-
actment of this Act for potential termination liability 
shall be promptly used to make maximum progress in 
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meeting the established goals and milestones of the 
covered program. 
(5) NOTIFICATION.—The Administrator shall no-
tify the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate 
at least 120 days in advance of initiating termi-
nation for convenience or termination for cause of a 
prime contract on a covered program. 
(6) SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION REQUEST.— 
(A) REQUEST.—If the Administrator initi-
ates termination of a prime contract on a cov-
ered program pursuant to paragraph (5), and 
sufficient unobligated appropriations are not 
available to cover termination liability costs in 
the appropriations account that is funding the 
prime contract being terminated, the Adminis-
trator shall provide to Congress a notification 
that an authorization of appropriations is nec-
essary not later than 120 days in advance of the 
proposed contract termination settlement for the 
covered program. 
(B) INTENT OF CONGRESS.—It is the intent 
of Congress to provide additional authorization 
for appropriations as may be necessary to pay 
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termination liability costs on prime contracts for 
covered programs if Congress deems it appro-
priate that the Administration terminate such 
prime contracts. The Administration shall be re-
sponsible for applying these additional funds for 
payment of all allowable and reasonable nego-
tiated termination liability costs if the Adminis-
tration terminates a prime contract for a covered 
program. If the Administration terminates a 
prime contract for a covered program for the 
convenience of the Federal Government, then the 
Federal Government is responsible for payment 
of all allowable and reasonable negotiated termi-
nation liability costs on the prime contract. 
(c) REPORTING.—Not later than 6 months after the 
date of enactment of this Act, and every 6 months thereafter 
for the duration of the prime contracts on covered programs, 
the Administrator shall transmit to the Committee on 
Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Trans-
portation of the Senate a report that provides— 
(1) the estimated termination liability costs for 
each of the prime contracts; and 
(2) the basis for how such estimate was deter-
mined. 
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(d) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 
(1) COVERED
PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘covered 
program’’ means the International Space Station, the 
Space Launch System, the Orion crew capsule, and 
the James Webb Space Telescope. 
(2) PRIME CONTRACT.—The term ‘‘prime con-
tract’’ means a contract entered directly between a 
person or entity and the Federal Government for the 
performance of all or the majority of the responsibil-
ities for developing, integrating, fielding, operating, 
or sustaining a covered program. 
(3) PRIME CONTRACTOR.—The term ‘‘prime con-
tractor’’ means a person or entity contracting directly 
with the Federal Government on a covered program. 
(4) TERMINATION LIABILITY COSTS.—The term 
‘‘termination liability costs’’ means any costs in-
curred by a prime contractor, or by any subcon-
tractor of a prime contractor, for which the Federal 
Government is liable as a result of termination of a 
prime contract by the Administrator. 
SEC. 703. BASELINE AND COST CONTROLS. 
Section 30104 of title 51, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘Procedural 
Requirements 7120.5c, dated March 22, 2005’’ and 
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