d. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Partial Text of Public Law 102–195 [H.R. 1988], 105 Stat. 1605, approved AN ACT To authorize appropriations to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for research and development, space flight, control, and data communications, construction of facilities, research and program management, and Inspector General, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the "National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1992". (3) development of an adequate data base for life sciences in space will be greatly enhanced through closer scientific cooperation with the Soviet Union, including active use of manned Soviet space stations; (5) the National Aeronautics and Space Administration should promote and support efforts to advance scientific understanding by conducting or otherwise providing for research on environmental problems, including global change, ozone depletion, acid precipitation, deforestation, and smog. SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR NASA. (a) RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.-There is authorized to be appropriated to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to become available October 1, 1991, for "Research and development", for the following programs: (1) United States International Space Station Freedom, $2,028,900,000 for fiscal year 1992, of which $18,000,000 is authorized for the design and development of an Assured Crew Return Vehicle. 142 U.S.C. 2451 note. * SEC. 10. PEACEFUL USES OF SPACE STATION. No civil space station authorized under section 4(a)(1) of this Act may be used to carry or place in orbit any nuclear weapon or any other weapon of mass destruction, to install any such weapon on any celestial body, or to station any such weapon in space in any other manner. This civil space station may be used only for peaceful purposes. * SEC. 14. NATIONAL SPACE COUNCIL AUTHORIZATION. (a)2 AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.-There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out the activities of the National Space Council established by section 501 of the National Aeronautics and space Administration Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1989 (42 U.S.C. 2471), $1,491,000 for fiscal year 1992, of which not more than $1,000 shall be available for official reception and representation expenses. The National Space council shall reimburse other agencies for not less than one-half of the personnel compensation costs of individuals detailed to it. (b) LANDSAT DATA CONTINUITY.-It is the sense of Congress that the National Space Council, in coordination with the Committee on Earth and Environmental Sciences, should establish policy recommendations for carrying out the President's commitment to maintaining the continuity of Landsat data, including plans and programs for a successor to Landsat 6, organizational options and recommendations for acquiring Landsat data for global change research, national security, environmental management, and other governmental purposes, and options and recommendations for encouraging the use of Landsat data by commercial firms and development of the commercial market for such data. Such policy recommendations shall be transmitted in writing to Congress at the time of submission of the President's fiscal year 1993 budget. * 242 U.S.C. 2471 note. e. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Partial Text of Public Law 101-611 [S. 2287], 104 Stat. 3188, approved November 16, 1990 AN ACT To authorize appropriations to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for research and development, space flight, control and data communications, construction of facilities, and research and program management, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the "National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1991". TITLE I-NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE SEC. 101.1 FINDINGS. The Congress finds that (1) over the next decade, the United States aeronautics and space program will be directed toward major national priorities of understanding, preserving, and enhancing our global environment, hypersonic transportation, human exploration, and emerging technology commercialization; (4) the United States space program is based on a solid record of achievement and continues to promote the objective of international cooperation in the exploration of the planets and the universe; * SEC. 102.1 POLICY. It is declared to be national policy that the United States should (3) ensure that the long-range environmental impact of all activities carried out under this title are fully understood and considered; (4) promote and support efforts to advance scientific understanding by conducting or otherwise providing for research on environmental problems, including global change, ozone depletion, acid precipitation, deforestation, and smog; (12) continue to seek opportunities for international cooperation in space and fully support international cooperative agreements; * SEC. 103. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. (a) AUTHORIZATIONS.-There are authorized to be appropriated to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration the following amounts: (1) For "research and development", for the following pro grams: (A) United States International Space Station Freedom: (i) Notwithstanding section 201(a)(1)(A) of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1989, not more than $2,451,000,000 shall be made available for fiscal year 1991. (ii) Such sums as are necessary from funds authorized for the United States International Space Station Freedom shall be used to initiate a flight test of the solar dynamic power program. By May 1, 1991, 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 on the implementation plan for the conduct of a flight test of the solar dynamic power program. SEC. 108.1 NATIONAL SPACE COUNCIL AUTHORIZATION. (a) There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out the activities of the National Space Council established by section 501 of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1989 (42 U.S.C. 2471), $1,363,000 for fiscal year 1991, of which not more than $1,000 shall be available for official reception and representation expenses. The National Space Council shall reimburse other agencies for not less than one-half of the personnel compensation costs of individuals detailed to it. (b) It is the sense of Congress that the National Space Council should, by October 1, 1991, establish guidelines and policy recommendations, including the need for licensing, for the conduct of expendable launch vehicle operations in which a Federal agency assumes substantial responsibility for public safety, indemnification, and administrative oversight. SEC. 112.2 SPACE SHUTTLE USE POLICY. (a)(1) It shall be the policy of the United States to use the Space Shuttle for purposes that (i) require the presence of man, (ii) require the unique capabilities of the Space Shuttle or (iii) when other compelling circumstances exist. 242 U.S.C. 2465a. (2) The term "compelling circumstances" includes, but is not limited to, occasions when the Administrator determines, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State, that important national security or foreign policy interests would be served by a Shuttle launch. (3) The policy stated in subsection (a)(1) shall not preclude the use of available cargo space, on a Space Shuttle mission otherwise consistent with the policy described under subsection (a)(1), for the purpose of carrying secondary payloads (as defined by the Administrator) that do not require the presence of man if such payloads are consistent with the requirements of research, development, demonstration, scientific, commercial, and educational programs authorized by the Administrator. (b) The Administrator shall, within six months after the date of enactment of this Act, submit a report to the Congress setting forth a plan for the implementation of the policy described in subsection (a)(1). Such plan shall include (1) details of the implementation plan; (2) a list of purposes that meet such policy; (3) a proposed schedule for the implementation of such policy; (4) an estimate of the costs to the United States of implementing such policy; and (5) a process for informing the Congress in a timely and regular manner of how the plan is being implemented. (c) At least annually, the Administrator shall submit to the Congress a report certifying that the payloads scheduled to be launched on the space shuttle for the next four years are consistent with the policy set forth in subsection (a)(1). For each payload scheduled to be launched from the space shuttle, which do not require the presence of man, the Administrator shall, in the certified report to Congress, state the specific circumstances which justified the use of the space shuttle. If, during the period between scheduled reports to the Congress, any additions are made to the list of certified payloads intended to be launched from the Shuttle, the Administrator shall inform the Congress of the additions and the reasons therefor within 45 days of the change. (d) The report described in subsection (c) shall also include those National Aeronautics and Space Administration payloads designed solely to fly on the space shuttle which have begun the phase C/ D of its development cycle. SEC. 114.1 STUDY ON INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IN PLANETARY EXPLORATION. (a) FINDINGS.-The Congress finds that (1) the President on July 20, 1989, established the longrange goal of establishing a lunar base, followed by manned exploration of Mars in the early twenty-first century; (2) the United States and the Soviet Union, in cooperation with other countries, are currently planning further unmanned missions to the Moon and to Mars with the possible goal of nding a human on Mars; |