AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

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 programs: (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. (B) Space transportation capability development, $723,400,000 for fiscal year 1991. Of such funds, $10,000,000 shall be used only for supporting heavy-lift launch vehicle studies, which shall include study of commercially developed variants as well as other appropriate concepts, rather than studying Shuttle-derived heavy-lift launch vehicles alone. (C) Physics and astronomy, $985,000,000 for fiscal year 1991. (D) Life sciences, $168,400,000 for fiscal year 1991. Of the amounts authorized for such purposes, by this or any other Act, for fiscal year 1991— 104 STAT. 3191 (i) $5,000,000 shall be used for the development of payloads for the Lifesat program; and (ii) not less than $400,000 shall be used for space food processing studies and bioregenerative modeling assessments. (E) Planetary exploration, $337,200,000 for fiscal year 1991. (F) Earth sciences: (i) $542,500,000 for fiscal year 1991, of which $5,000,000 shall be made available for the conduct of an advanced sensor technology demonstration program, $35,000,000 shall be made available for Earth Probes, including the development of the Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer, and $44,300,000 shall be made available for Modeling and Data Analysis, including the development of Earth Science Data Directories and remote sensing data conversion. (ii) Notwithstanding section 201(a)(1)(A) of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1989, not more than $132,000,000 may be made available for the Earth Observing System Platform for fiscal year 1991. (G) Materials processing in space, $97,300,000 for fiscal year 1991. (H) Communications, $52,800,000 for fiscal year 1991, including not more than $2,000,000 for experimenter ground stations for the Advanced Communications Technology Satellite, but only if the experimenter receiving funds obtains at least an equal amount of funds from sources other than the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. (I) Information systems, $36,800,000 for fiscal year 1991. (J) Technology utilization, $24,400,000 for fiscal year 1991. (K) Commercial use of space, $76,600,000 for fiscal year 1991. (L) Aeronautical research and technology, $537,000,000 for fiscal year 1991. (M) Transatmospheric research and technology, $119,000,000 for fiscal year 1991. (N) Space research and technology, $412,900,000 for fiscal year 1991. Of the amounts authorized for the Exploration Technology program, by this or any other Act, for fiscal year 1991, at least 10 percent shall be for university contracts and grants. (O) Exploration mission studies, $21,000,000 for fiscal year 1991, which is authorized for studies conducted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The Administrator shall provide to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, by March 15, 1991, a report setting forth the goals for academic participation and enhancement of the educational infrastructure with regard to the human exploration initiative. (P) Safety, reliability, and quality assurance, $33,000,000 for fiscal year 1991. 104 STAT. 3192 (Q) Tracking and data advanced systems, $20,000,000 for fiscal year 1991. (R) University Space Science and Technology Academic Program, $50,100,000 for fiscal year 1991. (S) Comet Rendezvous Asteroid Flyby/Cassini mission, not to exceed $1,600,000,000, for development, launch, and 30 days of operations thereof, to remain available until expended, of which— (i) $490,000,000 shall be available for obligation after October 1, 1989; (ii) an additional $370,000,000 shall be available for obligation 30 days after the submission of a report summarizing the results of a preliminary design review to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate; (iii) an additional $640,000,000 shall be available for obligation 30 days after the submission of a report summarizing the results of a critical design review to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate; and (iv) an additional $100,000,000 shall be available for obligation 30 days after the submission of a report summarizing the results of a spacecraft integration and systems test to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate. A cost containment plan shall be submitted to the Commit-tee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate by January 31, 1991, and updated on July 31 and January 31 of each succeeding year until such funds are expended. (2) For “space flight, control, and data communications”, for the following programs: (A) Shuttle production and operational capability, $1,364,000,000 for fiscal year 1991. Of such funds, $45,000,000 shall be used only for carrying out the safety modifications recommended by the Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel and for such other safety related elements of an Assured Shuttle Availability Program as the Administrator considers necessary. By September 30, 1991, the Administrator shall submit to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a full report on the completion of planned safety enhancements. (B) Shuttle transportation operations, $2,831,400,000 for fiscal year 1991, of which $4,000,000 shall be made available for the provision of launch services for eligible satellites in accordance with section 6 of the Commercial Space Launch Act Amendments of 1988. (C) Expendable launch vehicle services, $229,200,000 for fiscal year 1991. 104 STAT. 3193 (D) Space and ground network, communications, and data systems, $868,800,000 for fiscal year 1991. (E) Tracking and data relay satellite system, $1,209,732,000 for fiscal year 1991, which shall be used only for the purpose of reducing all outstanding debt to the Federal Financing Bank. (3) For “construction of facilities” for fiscal year 1991 as follows: (A) Construction of Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory, John-son Space Center, $15,000,000. (B) Construction of Space Station Processing Facility, Kennedy Space Center, $25,000,000. (C) Construction of Addition for Flight Training and Operations, Johnson Space Center, $12,000,000. (D) Rehabilitation of Mission Control Center Power and Control Systems, Johnson Space Center, $8,500,000. (E) Construction of Transporter/Canister Facility, Kennedy Space Center, $5,500,000. (F) Construction of Processing Control Center, Kennedy Space Center, $9,400,000. (G) Replacement of Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning System, Hypergolic Maintenance Facility, Kennedy Space Center, $2,100,000. (H) Replacement of Operations and Checkout Building, West Cooling Tower, Kennedy Space Center, $1,000,000. (I) Restoration of Heavy Equipment Area, Kennedy Space Center, $900,000. (J) Upgrade of Orbiter Processing Facility High Bay Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning System, Kennedy Space Center, $3,300,000. (K) Upgrade of Yundum International Airport to Full Transoceanic Abort Landing Site, Banjul, The Gambia, $3,400,000. (L) Repair of Condensate System, Main Manufacturing Building, Michoud Assembly Facility, $900,000. (M) Construction of Project Engineering Facility, Mar-shall Space Flight Center, $17,000,000. (N) Restoration of Information and Electronic Systems Laboratory, Marshall Space Flight Center, $4,000,000. (O) Rehabilitation of Hydrogen Transfer Facility, Stennis Space Center, $2,700,000. (P) Restoration of Space Shuttle Main Engine Test Complex “A”, Stennis Space Center, $2,800,000. (Q) Construction of Advanced Solid Rocket Motor Program Facilities, including land acquisition, various locations, $92,000,000. (R) Construction of Addition to Site Electrical Substation, Johnson Space Center, $11,000,000. (S) Addition to Administration and Engineering Building, Stennis Space Center, $3,800,000. (T) Construction of Earth Observing System Data Information System Facility, Goddard Space Flight Center, $8,000,000. (U) Construction of Detector Development Laboratory, Goddard Space Flight Center, $3,100,000. (V) Replacement of Chillers, Central Heating/Refrigeration Plant, Goddard Space Flight Center, $4,000,000. 104 STAT. 3194 (W) Replacement/Modernization of Electrical Power Feeders, Goddard Space Flight Center, $1,500,000. (X) Construction of Observational Instruments Laboratory, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, $14,000,000. (Y) Refurbishment of 25-Foot Space Simulator, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, $13,200,000. (Z) Restoration of Utilities, Wallops Flight Facility, $5,200,000. (AA) Modifications to the High Pressure Air System, Langley Research Center, $12,000,000. (BB) Modifications to Upgrade the 30 x 60-Foot Wind Tunnel, Langley Research Center, $4,000,000. (CC) Repairs to the Tunnel Shell, Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel, Langley Research Center, $2,700,000. (DD) Rehabilitation of Central Air System, Lewis Re-search Center, $7,900,000. (EE) Rehabilitation of Propulsion Systems Laboratory, Lewis Research Center, $6,000,000. (FF) Construction of Liquid Hydrogen Structural Test Facility, Dryden Flight Research Facility, $18,800,000. (GG) Rehabilitation and Modification of the Electrical Distribution System, Dryden Flight Research Facility, $4,000,000. (HH) Construction of Addition for Light-Alloy Research Laboratory, Langley Research Center, $4,600,000. (II) Construction of Space Experiments Laboratory, Lewis Research Center, $7,100,000. (JJ) Refurbishment of Electric Power Laboratory, Lewis Research Center, $8,900,000. (KK) Construction of 34-Meter Multifrequency Antenna at Goldstone, CA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, $13,200,000. (LL) Rehabilitation of 70-Meter Antenna Drive Gear Boxes in Australia, Spain, and Goldstone, CA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, $4,400,000. (MM) Repair of facilities at various locations, not to exceed $1,000,000 per project, $30,000,000. (NN) Rehabilitation and modification of facilities at various locations, not to exceed $1,000,000 per project, $34,000,000. (OO) Minor construction of new facilities and additions to existing facilities at various locations, not to exceed $750,000 per project, $11,000,000. (PP) Environmental compliance and restoration, $32,000,000. (QQ) Facility planning and design not otherwise provided for, $28,000,000. (4) For “research and program management”, for fiscal year 1991, $2,252,900,000. (5) For “Inspector General”, $11,000,000 for fiscal year 1991. (b) Limitations.— (1) (A) Notwithstanding paragraph (4), appropriations authorized under this section for “research and development” and “space flight, control, and data communications” may be used— (i) for any items of a capital nature (other than acquisition of land) which may be required at locations other than installations of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for the performance of research and development contracts; and 104 STAT. 3195 (ii) for grants to nonprofit institutions of higher education, or to nonprofit organizations whose primary purpose is the conduct of scientific research, for purchase or construction of additional research facilities. Title to facilities described in clause (ii) shall be vested in the United States unless the Administrator determines that the national program of aeronautical and space activities will best be served by vesting title in any such grantee institution or organization. Each such grant shall be made under such conditions as the Administrator shall determine to be required to ensure that the United States will receive therefrom benefit adequate to justify the making of that grant. (B) None of the funds appropriated for “research and development” and “space flight, control, and data communications” pursuant to this title may be used in accordance with this paragraph for the construction of any facility, the estimated cost of which, including collateral equipment, exceeds $750,000, unless the Administrator has notified the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, of the nature, location, and estimated cost of such facility. (2) Any amount appropriated pursuant to this title for “research and development”, for “space flight, control and data communications”, or for “construction of facilities” may remain available until expended. Any amount appropriated pursuant to this title for “re-search and program management” for maintenance and operation of facilities, and for other services, shall remain available through the next fiscal year after the fiscal year for which such amount is appropriated. (3) Appropriations made pursuant to subsection (a)(4) may be used, but not to exceed $35,000, for scientific consultations or extraordinary expenses upon the approval or authority of the Administrator, and his determination shall be final and conclusive upon the accounting officers of the Government. (4) (A) Funds appropriated pursuant to subsection (a) (1), (2), and (4) may be used for the construction of new facilities and additions to, or repair, rehabilitation, or modification of existing facilities, but only if the cost of each such project, including collateral equipment, does not exceed $200,000. (B) Funds appropriated pursuant to subsection (a) (1) and (2) may be used for unforeseen programmatic facility project needs, but only if the cost of each such project, including collateral equipment, does not exceed $750,000. (C) Funds appropriated pursuant to subsection (a)(4) may be used for repair, rehabilitation, or modification of facilities controlled by the General Services Administration, but only if the cost of each project, including collateral equipment, does not exceed $500,000.