Pub. L. 109-108, tit. VI, sec. 628

Sec. 628. (a) In General.—The President of the United States through his designee the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and in consultation with other Federal agencies shall develop a national aeronautics policy to guide the aeronautics programs of the Administration through 2020.(b) Content.—At a minimum, the national aeronautics policy shall describe—(1) the priority areas of research for aeronautics through fiscal year 2011;(2) the basis on which and the process by which priorities for ensuing fiscal years will be selected;(3) the facilities and personnel needed to carry out the program through fiscal year 2011; and119 STAT. 2343(4) the budget assumptions on which the national aeronautics policy is based.(c) Considerations.—In developing the national aeronautics policy, the President shall consider the following questions, which shall be discussed in the policy statement—(1) the extent to which NASA should focus on long-term, high-risk research or more incremental research or both and the expected impact on the U.S. aircraft and airline industries of those decisions;(2) the extent to which NASA should address military and commercial needs;(3) how NASA will coordinate its aeronautics program with other Federal agencies; and(4) the extent to which NASA will fund university research and the expected impact of that funding on the supply of U.S. workers for the aeronautics industry.(d) Consultation.—In developing the national aeronautics policy, the Administrator shall consult widely with academic and industry experts and with other Federal agencies. The Administrator may enter into an arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences to help develop the national aeronautics policy.(e) Schedule.—The Administrator shall submit the new national aeronautics policy to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations and to the House Committee on Science and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation within one year of enactment of this Act. The Administrator shall make available to the Congress any study done by a non-governmental entity that was used in the development of the national aeronautics policy.