(A) $989,100,000 shall be for the Space 
Shuttle program; 
(B) $2,804,800,000 shall be for the ISS, of 
which $75,000,000 shall be for fundamental 
space life science and physical sciences and re-
lated technology research using ground-based, 
free-flyer, and ISS facilities, including ISS Na-
tional Laboratory research; 
(C) $60,000,000 shall be for the Post-Shuttle 
Workforce Transition Initiative grant program 
described in section 223; and 
(D) $740,400,000 shall be for Space and 
Flight Support, of which $50,000,000 shall be for 
the 21st Century Launch Complex Initiative. 
(6) For Education, $145,800,000. 
(7) 
For 
Cross-Agency 
Support 
Programs, 
$3,111,400,000. 
(8) For Construction and Environmental Com-
pliance and Restoration, $407,300,000, of which 
$10,000,000 is an augmentation to the President’s re-
quested funding level in order to support the NASA 
laboratory revitalization initiative described in sec-
tion 701. 
(9) For Inspector General, $38,400,000. 
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SEC. 102. FISCAL YEAR 2012. 
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Admin-
istrator for fiscal year 2012 $19,450,000,000, to be allocated 
as follows: 
(1) For Science, $5,278,600,000 of which— 
(A) $1,944,500,000 shall be for Earth 
Science; 
(B) $1,547,200,000 shall be for Planetary 
Science; 
(C) $1,109,300,000 shall be for Astro-
physics; 
(D) $672,600,000 shall be for Heliophysics, 
of which $25,000,000 shall be an augmentation 
to the Explorers program; and 
(E) $5,000,000 shall be an augmentation to 
the total amount provided under subparagraphs 
(C) and (D) for Astrophysics and Heliophysics 
in order to augment the funding for the Science 
Mission Directorate’s suborbital research pro-
grams, to be allocated between the Astrophysics 
and Heliophysics suborbital programs at the Ad-
ministrator’s discretion. 
(2) For Aeronautics, $598,700,000, of which 
$78,900,000 shall be for the Aviation Safety Program, 
$80,400,000 shall be for the Aeronautics Test Pro-
gram, $83,900,000 shall be for the Airspace Systems 
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Program, $233,500,000 shall be for Fundamental Aer-
onautics, and $122,000,000 shall be for Integrated 
Systems Research. 
(3) For Space Technology, $1,012,200,000. 
(4) For Exploration, $4,881,800,000 of which— 
(A) $215,000,000 shall be for Human Re-
search; 
(B) $50,000,000 shall be for commercial 
crew transportation-related activities; 
(C) $4,516,800,000 shall be for the restruc-
tured exploration program described in section 
202; and 
(D) $100,000,000 shall be for the loan and 
loan guarantee program described in section 243. 
(5) For Space Operations, $3,930,300,000, of 
which— 
(A) $86,100,000 shall be for the Space Shut-
tle program; 
(B) $3,033,600,000 shall be for the ISS, of 
which $100,000,000 shall be for fundamental 
space life science and physical sciences and re-
lated technology research using ground-based, 
free-flyer, and ISS facilities, including ISS Na-
tional Laboratory research; 
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(C) $40,000,000 shall be for the Post-Shuttle 
Workforce Transition Initiative grant program 
described in section 223; and 
(D) $770,600,000 shall be for Space and 
Flight Support, of which $50,000,000 shall be for 
the 21st Century Launch Complex Initiative. 
(6) For Education, $145,800,000. 
(7) 
For 
Cross-Agency 
Support 
Programs, 
$3,189,600,000. 
(8) For Construction and Environmental Com-
pliance and Restoration, $373,800,000, of which 
$10,000,000 is an augmentation to the President’s re-
quested level in order to support the NASA laboratory 
revitalization initiative described in section 701. 
(9) For Inspector General, $39,200,000. 
SEC. 103. FISCAL YEAR 2013. 
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Admin-
istrator for fiscal year 2013 $19,960,000,000, to be allocated 
as follows: 
(1) For Science, $5,569,500,000, of which— 
(A) $2,089,500,000 shall be for Earth 
Science; 
(B) $1,591,200,000 shall be for Planetary 
Science; 
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(C) $1,149,100,000 shall be for Astro-
physics; 
(D) $734,700,000 shall be for Heliophysics, 
of which $55,000,000 shall be an augmentation 
to the Explorers program; and 
(E) $5,000,000 shall be an augmentation to 
the total amount provided under subparagraphs 
(C) and (D) for Astrophysics and Heliophysics 
in order to augment the funding for the Science 
Mission Directorate’s suborbital research pro-
grams, to be allocated between the Astrophysics 
and Heliophysics suborbital programs at the Ad-
ministrator’s discretion. 
(2) For Aeronautics, $609,400,000, of which 
$81,200,000 shall be for the Aviation Safety Program, 
$79,600,000 shall be for the Aeronautics Test Pro-
gram, $87,300,000 shall be for the Airspace Systems 
Program, $239,000,000 shall be for Fundamental Aer-
onautics, and $122,300,000 shall be for Integrated 
Systems Research. 
(3) For Space Technology, $1,059,700,000. 
(4) For Exploration, $4,888,500,000 of which— 
(A) $215,000,000 shall be for Human Re-
search; 
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(B) $5,000,000, shall be for the Exploration 
Technology and Demonstration program; 
(C) $5,000,000 shall be for the Exploration 
Precursor Robotic Missions program; 
(D) $50,000,000 shall be for commercial 
crew transportation-related activities; 
(E) $4,513,500,000 shall be for the restruc-
tured exploration program described in section 
202; and 
(F) $100,000,000 shall be for the loan and 
loan guarantee program described in section 243. 
(5) For Space Operations, $3,993,300,000, of 
which— 
(A) $3,179,400,000 shall be for the ISS, of 
which $100,000,000 shall be for fundamental 
space life science and physical sciences and re-
lated technology research using ground-based, 
free-flyer, and ISS facilities, including ISS Na-
tional Laboratory research; 
(B) $40,000,000 shall be for the Post-Shuttle 
Workforce Transition Initiative grant program 
described in section 223; and 
(C) $773,900,000 shall be for Space and 
Flight Support, of which $50,000,000 shall be for 
the 21st Century Launch Complex Initiative. 
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(6) For Education, $145,800,000. 
(7) 
For 
Cross-Agency 
Support 
Programs, 
$3,276,800,000. 
(8) For Construction and Environmental Com-
pliance and Restoration, $376,900,000, of which 
$10,000,000 is an augmentation to the President’s re-
quested funding level in order to support the NASA 
laboratory revitalization initiative described in sec-
tion 701. 
(9) For Inspector General, $40,100,000. 
TITLE II—HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT 
Subtitle A—Exploration 
SEC. 201. REAFFIRMATION OF EXPLORATION POLICY. 
Congress reaffirms its support for the exploration pol-
icy set forth in sections 401 and 402 of the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 
2008 (Public Law 110–422; 122 Stat. 4788-4789). 
SEC. 202. RESTRUCTURED EXPLORATION PROGRAM. 
(a) REQUIREMENTS.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall 
develop a plan to restructure the exploration program in 
existence prior to fiscal year 2011 in order to develop and 
demonstrate in an integrated manner and as expeditiously 
and efficiently as practicable a governmentally owned crew 
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transportation system and heavy lift transportation system 
that satisfies the following requirements: 
(1) The plan shall make maximum practicable 
use of the design, development, and test work com-
pleted to date on the Orion crew exploration vehicle, 
Ares I crew launch vehicle, heavy lift launch vehicle 
system, and associated ground support and explo-
ration enabling systems, including spacesuit develop-
ment and related life support technology, and take 
best advantage of investments and contracts imple-
mented to date. 
(2) The performance capabilities of the crew 
transportation system shall be phased in a manner 
that is consistent with available and anticipated re-
sources, with the initial operational goal of having 
the crew transportation system developed under this 
section available to assure crewed access to low-Earth 
orbit and the ISS no later than December 31, 2015, 
in order to minimize the duration of the United 
States human space flight gap following the retire-
ment of the Space Shuttle fleet. If one or more United 
States commercial entities are certified to provide 
ISS crew transportation and rescue services, the crew 
transportation system developed under this section 
shall be available as a backup ISS crew transpor-
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tation and rescue service as needed but shall not be 
utilized as the primary means of ISS crew transpor-
tation and rescue or otherwise compete with the com-
mercial system for ISS crew transportation and res-
cue services. 
(3) The crewed spacecraft element of the crew 
transportation system shall be evolvable on a contin-
uous development path to support— 
(A) ISS crew transportation and rescue ca-
pability; 
(B) non-ISS missions to, from, and in low- 
Earth orbit; and 
(C) human missions beyond low-Earth 
orbit. 
(4) The crew transportation system shall be able 
to serve as a testbed for demonstrating operations con-
cepts for exploration missions beyond low-Earth orbit, 
as well as for demonstrating technologies and car-
rying out risk reduction for the heavy lift launch ve-
hicle development program. 
(5) The crew transportation system shall have 
predicted levels of safety during ascent to low-Earth 
orbit, transit, and descent from low-Earth orbit that 
are not less than those required of the Ares I/Orion 
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configuration that has completed program prelimi-
nary design review. 
(6) In order to make the most cost-effective use 
of the funds available for the restructured exploration 
program, the Administrator shall pursue the expedi-
tious and cost-efficient development of a heavy lift 
launch system that utilizes the systems and flight and 
ground test activities of the crew transportation sys-
tem developed under this section to the maximum ex-
tent practicable. In developing the heavy lift launch 
vehicle— 
(A) the heavy lift launch vehicle shall be 
sized to enable challenging missions beyond low- 
Earth orbit and evolvable on a continuous devel-
opment path to enable the efficient and cost-effec-
tive conduct of crewed missions to the full range 
of destinations envisioned in the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration Authorization 
Act of 2008, namely Lagrangian points, the 
Moon, near-Earth objects, and Mars and its 
moons; 
(B) not later than 180 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall 
carry out a review of the heavy lift launch vehi-
cle requirements needed to support crewed mis-
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sions to the full range of destinations envisioned 
in the National Aeronautics and Space Adminis-
tration Authorization Act of 2008, and shall se-
lect an exploration launch vehicle architecture to 
meet those requirements; 
(C) the development of the heavy lift launch 
vehicle authorized in this paragraph shall be 
completed as expeditiously as possible within 
available resources and shall take maximum ben-
efit from the prior investments made in the 
Orion, Ares I, and heavy lift projects and from 
investments made in the restructured program 
on the development, demonstration, and test of 
the crew transportation system; and 
(D) the Administrator shall strive to meet 
the goal of having the heavy lift launch vehicle 
authorized in this paragraph available for oper-
ational missions by the end of the current dec-
ade. 
(b) IMPLEMENTATION
OF
RESTRUCTURED
PRO-
GRAM.—The restructured exploration program shall be im-
plemented in a manner that— 
(1) facilitates the planned transition of Space 
Shuttle program personnel to the restructured explo-
ration program upon the retirement of the Space 
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tial United States Government, academic, and commercial 
users of the ISS. 
SEC. 215. ISS CARGO RESUPPLY REQUIREMENTS AND CON-
TINGENCY CAPACITY THROUGH 2020. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall ensure the 
availability of ISS cargo resupply capacity to support the 
full and productive utilization and the extended operations 
of the ISS through the year 2020. 
(b) ASSESSMENT.—The Administrator shall conduct 
an assessment of the ISS cargo resupply capacity required 
to support the enhanced research utilization and extended 
operations of the ISS through 2020. The assessment shall 
describe the methodology and assumptions used to define 
the cargo requirements and provide a breakdown of the 
cargo resupply requirements (upmass and downmass) to 
support scientific research, other research and development, 
operations and maintenance, crew supplies, and other nec-
essary activities. In addition, the assessment shall identify 
the systems to be used for ISS cargo resupply, the amount 
of cargo those systems will transport, and the timeline for 
cargo resupply services to the ISS. 
(c) ADDITIONAL RESUPPLY OPTIONS.—The Adminis-
trator shall explore with ISS partners options for ensuring 
the provision of needed upmass to and downmass from the 
ISS in the event that adequate commercial cargo resupply 
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