S.Amdt. 1470
What it does: Adds SEC. 912. STUDY ON USE OF SPACE SHUTTLE-DERIVED LAUNCH SYSTEM TO MEET SPACE LAUNCH REQUIREMENTS at the end of subtitle B of title IX
Sen. Robert F. Bennett (R-UT)What it changes
1 change to S. 1042 · shown in the bill's text
Adds SEC. 912. STUDY ON USE OF SPACE SHUTTLE-DERIVED LAUNCH SYSTEM TO MEET SPACE LAUNCH REQUIREMENTS at the end of subtitle B of title IX
Adds a sectionIn S. 1042 · Placed on Calendar Senate
(h) Funding.--Amounts authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Defense shall be available to the Secretary of Defense for purposes of the activities of the advisory committee under this section.
Inserted: SEC. 912. STUDY ON USE OF SPACE SHUTTLE-DERIVED LAUNCH SYSTEM TO MEET SPACE LAUNCH REQUIREMENTS.
Inserted: (a) Study Required.--The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a study to evaluate the feasability and advisability of utilizing a space launch system derived from the Space Shuttle to meet current and future space launch requirements for medium and heavy payloads for national security purposes as a complement to current space launch vehicles.
Inserted: (b) Elements.--The study required by subsection (a) shall include the following:
Inserted: (1) A comparison of the reliability of the space launch system described in that subsection with the vehicles referred to in that subsection.
Inserted: (2) A comparison of the workforce available to support such system and to support such vehicles.
Inserted: (3) A comparative assessment of the infrastructure investment required for such system and for such vehicles.
Inserted: (4) A comparative assessment of the impact of the utilization of such system and of the utilization of such vehicles on other weapons systems.
Inserted: (5) An identification of single points of failure, if any, in such system and in such vehicles.
Inserted: (6) An identification and comparison of any economies of scale with other departments and agencies of the Federal Government that might result from the utilization of such system or of such vehicles.
Inserted: (c) Report.--The Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the study required by subsection (a) not later than February 28, 2006.
Original wording
At the end of subtitle B of title IX, add the following:
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SA 1470. Mr. BENNETT submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1042, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2006 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle B of title IX, add the following:
SEC. 912. STUDY ON USE OF SPACE SHUTTLE-DERIVED LAUNCH SYSTEM TO MEET SPACE LAUNCH REQUIREMENTS.
(a) Study Required.--The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a study to evaluate the feasability and advisability of utilizing a space launch system derived from the Space Shuttle to meet current and future space launch requirements for medium and heavy payloads for national security purposes as a complement to current space launch vehicles.
(b) Elements.--The study required by subsection (a) shall include the following:
(1) A comparison of the reliability of the space launch system described in that subsection with the vehicles referred to in that subsection.
(2) A comparison of the workforce available to support such system and to support such vehicles.
(3) A comparative assessment of the infrastructure investment required for such system and for such vehicles.
(4) A comparative assessment of the impact of the utilization of such system and of the utilization of such vehicles on other weapons systems.
(5) An identification of single points of failure, if any, in such system and in such vehicles.
(6) An identification and comparison of any economies of scale with other departments and agencies of the Federal Government that might result from the utilization of such system or of such vehicles.
(c) Report.--The Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the study required by subsection (a) not later than February 28, 2006.
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Senate amendment submitted
July 25, 2005