INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES FOR HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT.

SEC. 313. INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES FOR HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT. (a) Establishment of Program.—In order to promote a “faster, cheaper, better” approach to the human exploration and development of space, the Administrator shall establish a Human Space Flight Innovative Technologies program of ground-based and space-based research and development in innovative technologies. 114 STAT. 1595The program shall be part of the Technology and Commercialization program. (b) Awards.—At least 75 percent of the amount appropriated for Technology and Commercialization under section 101(b)(4) for any fiscal year shall be awarded through broadly distributed announcements of opportunity that solicit proposals from educational institutions, industry, nonprofit institutions, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Centers, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, other Federal agencies, and other interested organizations, and that allow partnerships among any combination of those entities, with evaluation, prioritization, and recommendations made by external peer review panels. (c) Plan.—The Administrator shall provide to the Committee on Science of the House of Representatives and to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, not later than December 1, 2000, a plan to implement the program established under subsection (a).