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Full Year CR: House Amendment to Senate Amendment to H.R. 3082 (NASA Excerpt)

By SpaceRef Editor
December 9, 2010
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Full Year CR: House Amendment to Senate Amendment to H.R. 3082 (NASA Excerpt)
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SEC. 2206. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level for the following accounts of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration shall be as follows: ”Science”, $5,005,600,000; ”Exploration”, $3,706,000,000; ”Space Operations”, $5,247,900,000; ”Aeronautics”, $1,138,600,000; ”Education”, $180,000,000; ”Cross Agency Support”, $3,085,700,000; ”Construction and Environmental Compliance and Remediation”, $528,700,000, of which $20,000,000 shall be derived from available unobligated balances previously appropriated for construction of facilities; and ”Office of Inspector General”, $37,500,000: Provided, That within the funds provided for ”Space Operations”, not less than $989,100,000 shall be for Space Shuttle operations, production, research, development, and support, $2,745,000,000 shall be for International Space Station operations, production, research, development, and support, $688,800,000 shall be for Space and Flight Support, and $825,000,000 shall be for additional Space Shuttle costs, launch complex development only for activities at the Kennedy Space Center related to the civil, nondefense launch complex, use at other National Aeronautics and Space Administration flight facilities that are currently scheduled to launch cargo to the International Space Station, and development of ground operations for the heavy lift launch vehicle and the Orion multipurpose crew vehicle: Provided further, That within the funds provided for ”Aeronautics”, $579,600,000 shall be for aeronautics research and development activities, and $559,000,000 shall be for space technology activities proposed for ”Aeronautics” and exploration technology and demonstration program activities proposed for ”Exploration” in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration congressional justification that accompanied the President’s Fiscal Year 2011 budget: Provided further, That within the funds provided for ”Exploration”, not less than $1,200,000,000 shall be for the Orion multipurpose crew vehicle, not less than $250,000,000 shall be for commercial crew, not less than $300,000,000 shall be for commercial cargo development, and not less than $1,800,000,000 shall be for the heavy lift launch vehicle system: Provided further, That the initial lift capability for the heavy lift launch vehicle system shall be not less than 130 tons and that the upper stage and other core elements shall be simultaneously developed: Provided further, That the provisos limiting the use of funds under the heading ”National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Exploration” in division B of Public Law 111-117 shall not apply to funds appropriated by this Act: Provided further, That within the funds provided for Construction and Environmental Compliance and Remediation, $40,500,000 shall be available to support science research and development activities; $109,800,000 shall be available to support exploration research and development activities; $15,600,000 shall be available to support space operations research and development activities; $300,700,000 shall be available for institutional construction of facilities; and $62,100,00 shall be available for environmental compliance and remediation: Provided further, That of funds provided under the headings ”Space Operations” and ”Exploration” in this Act, up to $60,000,000 may be transferred to ”Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administration, Economic Development Assistance Programs” to spur regional economic growth in areas impacted by Shuttle retirement and Exploration programmatic changes: Provided further, That following the retirement of the space shuttle orbiters, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration shall bear any costs that normally would be associated with surplusing the orbiters, including taking hazardous orbiter systems offline, and any shuttle recipient other than the Smithsonian Institution shall bear costs for transportation and for preparing the surplused orbiter for display: Provided further, That should the Administrator determine that the Smithsonian Institution is an appropriate venue for an orbiter, such orbiter shall be made available to the Smithsonian at no or nominal cost: Provided further, That any funds received by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration as a result of the disposition of any orbiter shall be available only as provided in subsequent appropriations Acts: Provided further, That funds made available for ”Space Operations” in excess of those specified for Space Shuttle, International Space Station, and Space and Flight support may be transferred to ”Construction and Environmental Compliance and Remediation” for construction activities only at National Aeronautics and Space Administration owned facilities: Provided further, That funds so transferred shall not be subject to section 505(a)(1) of division B of Public Law 111-117 or to the transfer limitations for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration described in the Administrative Pro11 visions of that Act, and shall be available until September 30, 2015, only after notification of such transfers to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.

SpaceRef staff editor.