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SEC. 301. OPERATION OF THE ISS.
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© Continuation of the ISS.--Section 501 of the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2010 (42
U.S.C. 18351) is amended to read as follows:
SEC. 501. CONTINUATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. (a) Policy of the United States.--It shall be the policy of the
United States, in consultation with its international partners in the
ISS program, to support full and complete utilization of the ISS
through at least 2024.
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SEC. 303. ISS TRANSITION PLAN.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
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(2) according to the National Research Council report
Pathways to Exploration: Rationales and Approaches for a U.S. Program of Human Space Exploration'' extending ISS beyond 2020 to 2024 or 2028 will have significant negative impacts on the schedule of crewed missions to Mars, without significant increases in funding. (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that-- (1) an orderly transition for United States human space flight activities in low-Earth orbit from the current regime, that relies heavily on NASA sponsorship, to a regime where NASA is one of many customers of a low-Earth orbit commercial human space flight enterprise may be necessary; and .... (c) Reports.--Section 50111 of title 51, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: © ISS Transition Plan.--
(1) In general.--The Administrator, in coordination with the ISS management entity (as defined in section 2 of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Transition Authorization Act of 2017), ISS partners, the scientific user community, and the commercial space sector, shall develop a plan to transition in a step-wise approach from the current regime that relies heavily on NASA sponsorship to a regime where NASA could be one of many customers of a low-Earth orbit non-governmental human space flight enterprise. (2) Reports.--Not later than December 1, 2017, and biennially
thereafter until 2023, 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 includes--
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(G) any necessary contributions that ISS extension would make to enabling execution of the human exploration roadmap under section 432 of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Transition Authorization Act of 2017; (H) the cost estimates for operating the ISS to achieve
the criteria required under subparagraphs (D) and (E) and the
contributions identified under subparagraph (G);
(I) the cost estimates for extending operations of the ISS to 2024, 2028, and 2030; (J) an evaluation of the feasible and preferred service
life of the ISS beyond the period described in section 503 of
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization
Act of 2010 (42 U.S.C. 18353), through at least 2028, as a
unique scientific, commercial, and space exploration-related
facility, including--
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(L) the impact on deep space exploration capabilities, including a crewed mission to Mars in the 2030s, if the preferred service life of the ISS is extended beyond 2024 and NASA maintains a flat budget profile; and (M) an evaluation of the functions, roles, and
responsibilities for management and operation of the ISS and a
determination of--
``(i) those functions, roles, and responsibilities the
Federal Government should retain during the lifecycle of
the ISS;
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SEC. 432. HUMAN EXPLORATION ROADMAP.
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(4) Critical decision plan on human space exploration.--As part
of the human exploration roadmap, the Administrator shall include a
critical decision plan--
(A) identifying and defining key decisions guiding human
space exploration priorities and plans that need to be made
before June 30, 2020, including decisions that may guide human
space exploration capability development, precursor missions,
long-term missions, and activities;