S.Amdt. 3078

SA 3078. Mrs. HUTCHISON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 3254, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2013 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of section 912 of subtitle B of title IX of division A, add the following:

(c) Extension of Certain Space Launch Liability Provisions.--Section 50915(f) of title 51, United States Code, is amended by striking “December 31, 2012” and inserting “December 31, 2014”.

(d) Extension of Certain International Space Cooperation Provisions.--Section 7(1)(B) of Public Law 106--178 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended by striking “prior to July 1, 2016” and inserting “prior to December 31, 2020”.

(e) Level of Effort Assurance.--

(1) In general.--To ensure sufficient resources for the development of Federal and commercial launch capabilities under titles III and IV of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2010 (42 U.S.C. 18301 et seq.; 124 Stat. 2805), for fiscal years 2014 and 2015 the proportionate funding levels for the Space Launch System, the Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, known as Orion, and related Ground Systems and technology developments, shall be no less than the proportion as provided in the aggregate within the Exploration account for fiscal year 2013.

(2) Exception.--Paragraph (1) shall not apply if the amounts provided for the activities under paragraph (1) for fiscal year 2014 or fiscal year 2015 are equal to or greater than the aggregate amounts provided for each of those activities for fiscal year 2012 or 2013, whichever is greater, by an Act of Congress.