S.Amdt. 1968

SA 1968. Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Mr. Kelly, Mr. Rubio, and Mr.
Peters) 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

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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:

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(1) For Exploration, $6,555,400,000.
On page 497, strike line 13 and insert the following:
(3) For Science, $7,301,000,000.
On page 497, strike line 15 and insert the following:
(5) For Space Technology, $1,100,000,000.
On page 497, strike line 21 and insert the following:
pliance and Restoration, $390,278,000.
On page 503, strike lines 6 and 7 and insert the following:
gress that next-generation advanced spacesuits and associated
EVA technologies are critical technologies for human space
exploration and use of
On page 503, line 12, insert ``and associated EVA
technologies'' after ``advanced spacesuits''.
On page 510, line 9, insert ``the ''before ``international
space station''.
On page 512, between lines 7 and 8, insert the following:

SEC. 2621A. TRANSITION STRATEGY FOR THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION.

(a) In General.--Not later than 300 days after the date of
the enactment of this division, the Administrator shall
submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a strategy
that--
(1) describes the manner in which the Administration will
ensure a stepwise transition to an eventual successor
platform consistent with the ISS Transition Principles
specified in the International Space Station Transition
Report issued pursuant to section 50111(c)(2) of title 51,
United States Code, on March 30, 2018;
(2) includes capability-driven milestones and timelines
leading to such a transition;
(3) takes into account the importance of maintaining
workforce expertise, core capabilities, and continuity at the
centers of the Administration, including such centers that
are primarily focused on human spaceflight;
(4) considers how any transition described in paragraph (1)
affects international and commercial partnerships;
(5) presents opportunities for future engagement with--
(A) international partners;
(B) countries with growing spaceflight capabilities, if
such engagement is not precluded by other provisions of law;
(C) the scientific community, including the microgravity
research community;
(D) the private sector; and
(E) other United States Government users; and
(6) promotes the continued economic development of low-
Earth orbit.
(b) Implementation Plan.--The strategy required by
subsection (a) shall include an implementation plan
describing the manner in which the Administration plans to
carry out such strategy.
(c) Report.--Not less frequently than biennially, the
Administrator shall submit to the appropriate committees of
Congress a report on the implementation of the strategy
required by subsection (a).
On page 523, line 8, strike ``2626'' and insert ``2625''.
On page 526, line 16, strike ``2626'' and insert ``2625''.
On page 527, line 11, strike ``2627'' and insert ``2626''
On page 535, between lines 15 and 16, insert the following:

SEC. 2628A. HUMAN SPACE FACILITIES IN AND BEYOND LOW-EARTH
ORBIT.

(a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that
human space facilities play a significant role in the long-
term pursuit by the Administration of the exploration goals
under section 202(a) of the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration Authorization Act of 2010 (42 U.S.C.
18312(a)).
(b) Report on Crewed and Uncrewed Human Space Facilities.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this division, the Administrator shall
submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on
the potential development of 1 or more human space
facilities.
(2) Contents.--With respect to the potential development of
each human space facility referred to in paragraph (1), the
report required under such paragraph shall include a
description of the following:
(A) The capacity of the human space facility to advance,
enable, or complement human exploration of the solar system,
including human exploration of the atmosphere and the surface
of celestial bodies.
(B) The role of the human space facility as a staging,
logistics, and operations hub in exploration architecture.
(C) The capacity of the human space facility to support the
research, development, testing, validation, operation, and
launch of space exploration systems and technologies.
(D) The importance of workforce expertise and core
capabilities at NASA centers, including NASA centers that are
primarily focused on human spaceflight, in the development of
structures and systems for each human space facility.
(E) Opportunities and strategies for commercial operation
or public-private partnerships with respect to the human
space facility that protect taxpayer interests and foster
competition.
(F) The role of the human space facility in encouraging
further crewed and uncrewed exploration investments.
(G) The manner in which the development and maintenance of
the International Space Station would reduce the cost of, and
time necessary for, the development of the human space
facility.
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following:
2640(b)(2)(A) of the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration Authorization Act of 2021.
On page 583, between lines 2 and 3, insert the following:
(e) Report on Research and Development Relating to Life-
sustaining Technical Systems and Plan for Achieving Power
Supply.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the
enactment of this division, the Administrator shall submit to
the appropriate committees of Congress--
(1) a report on the research and development of the
Administration relating to technical systems for the self-
sufficient sustainment of life in and beyond low-Earth orbit;
and
(2) a 10-year plan for achieving a power supply on the Moon
that includes--
(A) a consideration of the resources necessary to
accomplish such plan;
(B) collaboration and input from industry and the
Department of Energy;
(C) the use of a variety of types of energy, including
solar and nuclear; and
(D) a detailed description of the resources necessary for
the Administration to build a lunar power facility with
human-tended maintenance requirements during the subsequent
10-year period.
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