SEC. 214. STUDY ON CONVERGENCE OF GEOSAT AND EOS
ALTIMETRY PROGRAMS.
(a) REQUIREMENT.—The Administrator shall conduct
a study on the convergence of the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration Earth Observing System (EOS) Al-
timetry mission with the Navy Geosat Follow-On program.
The study shall assess whether a converged system, which
may involve minor modifications to the Geosat Follow-On
satellite, could—
(1) satisfy the needs of the Earth Observing Sys-
tem program for altimetry data;
(2) reduce the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration’s expenses in satisfying such needs;
(3) be available in time to serve as the follow-on
to the Topex/Poseidon mission; and
(4) continue to meet the Navy’s requirements for
altimetry data at no additional cost to the Navy.
(b) CONSULTATION.—In conducting the study, the Ad-
ministrator shall consult with the Navy and the scientific
community, as appropriate.
(c) REPORT.—The Administrator shall report on the
study’s findings and recommendations on the feasibility of
convergence to the Committee on Science, Space, and Tech-
nology of the House of Representatives and the Committee
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate
by February 15, 1995.
SEC. 215. SPACE SHUTTLE COST REDUCTION INITIATIVES.
By February 1, 1995, the Administrator shall submit
a report to the Committee on Science, Space, and Tech-
nology of the House of Representatives and the Committee
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate
that—
(1) specifies the minimum number of Space
Shuttle flights that would be required each fiscal year
from 1995 through 2004 to implement payload and
related activities provided for in the President’s fiscal
year 1995 budget request and supporting and ancil-
lary documents thereto;
(2) outlines the Space Shuttle flight and payload
manifest that could be implemented for each of the fis-
cal years 1995 through 1999 if the Space Shuttle
flight rate for each of those years were 8 missions, if
the flight rate were 7 missions, and if the flight rate
were 6 missions;
(3) evaluates the extent to which various poten-
tial management consolidation initiatives could re-
duce the annual cost of the Space Shuttle program
while preserving quality and safety; and
(4) evaluates the extent to which various poten-
tial contract incentives could be used to reduce the
annual cost of the Space Shuttle program while pre-
serving quality and safety.
SEC. 216. ADVANCED LAUNCH TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM.
(a) FUNDING POLICY.—The Administrator may use,
and is encouraged to use, any funds appropriated for Space
Shuttle operations, but not needed for such purposes because
of a reduction in annual operating costs, for an advanced
launch technology program, including the cost of technology
development, flight demonstrators, and procurement of
operational flight hardware.
(b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—By February 1, 1995, the
Administrator shall submit to the Congress a program plan
for an advanced launch technology program that—
(1) clearly articulates the goals and objectives of
the program and the flight hardware it will produce;
(2) describes the management structure and de-
velopment philosophy that will be used to implement
the program;
(3) outlines key milestones toward the achieve-
ment of the goals and objectives articulated under
paragraph (1);
(4) estimates the total cost that will have been
incurred upon completion of the program;
(5) defines the annual budgetary requirements of
the program for the next 5 years; and
(6) identifies the source or sources of funding an-
ticipated for the program for each of the next 5 years,
including funds described in subsection (a).
SEC. 217. LAND CONVEYANCE.
The Administrator may accept the conveyance to the
United States of certain parcels of land from the cities of
Cleveland and Brook Park, Ohio, for the purpose of estab-
lishing a Visitor Center for the Lewis Research Center.
SEC. 218. PROCUREMENT.
(a) PROCUREMENT DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall es-
tablish within the Office of Advanced Concepts and
Technology a program of expedited technology pro-
curement for the purpose of demonstrating how inno-
vative technology concepts can rapidly be brought to
bear upon space missions of the National Aeronautics
and Space Administration.
(2) PROCEDURES
AND
EVALUATION.—The Ad-
ministrator shall establish procedures for actively
seeking from nongovernment persons innovative tech-
nology concepts relating to the provision of space
hardware, technology, or services to the National Aer-
onautics and Space Administration, and for the eval-
uation of such concepts by the National Aeronautics
and Space Administration’s Advisory Council against
mission requirements.
(3) REQUIREMENT.—At least 2 percent of
amounts authorized to be appropriated under section
102(a)(4) for each fiscal year shall be used for inno-
vative technology procurements that are determined
under paragraph (2) of this subsection to meet mis-
sion requirements.
(4) SPECIAL AUTHORITY.—In order to carry out
this subsection the Administrator shall recruit and
hire for limited term appointments persons from the
nongovernmental sector with special expertise and ex-
perience related to the innovative technology concepts
with respect to which procurements are made under
this subsection.
(5) SUNSET.—This subsection shall cease to be
effective 10 years after the date of its enactment.
(b) TECHNOLOGY PROCUREMENT INITIATIVE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall co-
ordinate National Aeronautics and Space Adminis-
tration resources in the areas of procurement, com-
mercial programs, and advanced technology in order
to—
(A) fairly assess and procure commercially
available technology from the marketplace in the
most efficient manner practicable;
(B) achieve a continuous pattern of inte-
grating advanced technology from the commer-
cial sector into the missions and programs of the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration;
(C) incorporate private sector buying and
bidding procedures, including fixed price con-
tracts, into procurements; and
(D) provide incentives for cost-plus contrac-
tors of the National Aeronautics and Space Ad-
ministration to integrate commercially available
technology in subsystem contracts on a fixed-
price basis.
(2) CERTIFICATION.—Upon solicitation of any
procurement for space hardware, technology, or serv-
ices that are not commercially available, the Adminis-
trator shall certify, by publication of a notice and op-
portunity to comment in the Commerce Business
Daily, for each such procurement action, that no
functional equivalent, commercially available space
hardware, technology, or service exists and that no
commercial method of procurement is available.
SEC. 
219. 
ADDITIONAL 
NATIONAL 
AERONAUTICS 
AND
SPACE ADMINISTRATION FACILITIES.
The Administrator shall not construct or enter into a
new lease for facilities to support National Aeronautics and
Space Administration programs unless the Administrator
has certified to the Congress that the Administrator has re-
viewed existing National Aeronautics and Space Adminis-
tration and other federally owned facilities, including mili-