S.Amdt. 1933

SA 1933. Mrs. HYDE-SMITH submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed to amendment SA 1502 proposed by Mr. Schumer to the bill S.
1260, to establish a new Directorate for Technology and Innovation in
the National Science Foundation, to establish a regional technology hub
program, to require a strategy and report on economic security,
science, research, innovation, manufacturing, and job creation, to
establish a critical supply chain resiliency program, and for other
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place in subtitle B of title VI of
division B, insert the following:

SEC. 26__. HYDROGEN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING.

(a) In General.--The Administrator shall fully leverage and
use the unique hydrogen expertise, fuel farm, and testing
platforms co-located with NASA large-scale rocket propulsion
test facilities for testing federally funded programs or
public-private partnerships involving the use of hydrogen in
space exploration, space technology, and aeronautics.
(b) Maintenance of Expertise.--
(1) In general.--The Administrator shall maintain the
hydrogen expertise, fuel farm, and testing platforms co-
located with NASA large-scale rocket propulsion test
facilities for the purpose of supporting ongoing activities
associated with liquid oxygen-hydrogen rockets, including the
Space Launch System and the Exploration Upper Stage for the
Space Launch System.
(2) Availability.--The Administrator shall make the
expertise and infrastructure described in paragraph (1)
available to Government and commercial vehicles that may
benefit from testing at NASA hydrogen test facilities.
(c) Testing Capabilities and Platforms.--The Administrator
shall consider investments in future testing capabilities and
platforms to support a range of hydrogen systems in--
(1) space systems, including launch vehicles and
spacecraft; and
(2) aeronautics research and development, including
unmanned aircraft systems.
(d) Research and Development.--The Administrator, to the
extent practicable, shall coordinate with research
universities and other Federal agencies to incorporate
hydrogen capabilities into research and development and
testing road maps across programs.
(e) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this division, the Administrator shall submit to
the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the
Senate and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of
the House of Representatives a report that--
(1) identifies all current and planned NASA-funded programs
and public-private partnerships that involve the research,
development, and testing of space exploration, space
technology, and aeronautics systems using hydrogen, including
propulsion systems, hydrogen fuel tanks, transfer systems,
and integrated systems and vehicles;
(2) describes the manner in which each such program or
partnership is currently, or may in the future, use NASA
hydrogen research and development and testing capabilities;
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(3) identifies potential investments in facilities and
capabilities that may enable current and future hydrogen
research, development, and testing activities.
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