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118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7687 
To amend title 51, United States Code, to authorize the transfer to NASA 
of funds from other agencies for scientific or engineering research or 
education, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 15, 2024 
Mr. SORENSEN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Com-
mittee on Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by 
the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall with-
in the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend title 51, United States Code, to authorize the 
transfer to NASA of funds from other agencies for sci-
entific or engineering research or education, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘NASA Streamlining 
Partnerships for Research and Education for Engineering 
and Science Act’’ or the ‘‘NASA SPREES Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION FOR THE TRANSFER TO NASA OF 
FUNDS FROM OTHER AGENCIES FOR SCI-
ENTIFIC OR ENGINEERING RESEARCH OR 
EDUCATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (f) of section 20113 
of title 51, United States code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘In the performance of its func-
tions’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In the performance of its 
functions’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(2) TREATMENT.—Funds available to any de-
partment or agency of the Federal Government for 
scientific or engineering research or education, or 
the provision of facilities therefor, shall, subject to 
the approval of the head of such department or 
agency or as delegated pursuant to such depart-
ment’s or agency’s regulation, be available for trans-
fer, in whole or in part, to the Administration for 
such use as is consistent with the purposes for which 
such funds were appropriated. Funds so transferred 
shall be merged with the appropriation to which 
transferred, except that such transferred funds shall 
be limited to the awarding of grants or cooperative 
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agreements for scientific or engineering research or 
education.’’. 
(b) ANNUAL
INFORMATION
ON
FUNDS
TRANS-
FERRED.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than two years 
after the date of the enactment of this section, the 
Administrator of the National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration (in this section referred to as 
the ‘‘Administration’’) shall include in the annual 
budget justification materials of the Administration, 
as submitted to Congress with the President’s budg-
et request under section 1105 of title 31, United 
States Code, information describing the activities 
conducted under subsection (f) of section 20113 of 
title 51, United States Code (as amended by sub-
section (a)), during the immediately preceding fiscal 
year. 
(2) CONTENTS.—The information referred to in 
paragraph (1) shall contain a description of each 
transfer of funds under the authority provided for in 
paragraph (2) of subsection (f) of section 20113 of 
title 51, United States Code (as added and amend-
ed, respectively, by this section), during the imme-
diately preceding fiscal year, including the following: 
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(A) An identification of the department or 
agency of the Federal Government from which 
such funds were transferred. 
(B) The total amount of funds so trans-
ferred, disaggregated by each such department 
or agency. 
(C) The purposes for which such funds 
were appropriated to each such agency or de-
partment. 
(D) The program or activity of the Admin-
istration to which such funds were made avail-
able by each such transfer. 
(E) The purposes of each such Administra-
tion program or activity, and the amount of 
funding appropriated to the Administration for 
such purposes. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than three years after the 
date of enactment of the section, the Administrator of the 
Administration shall submit to the Committee on Science, 
Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
tation of the Senate a report that includes the following: 
(1) A summary of the value of the authority 
provided for in paragraph (2) of subsection (f) of 
section 20113 of title 51, United States Code (as 
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