Bill > HR4412

Introduced Session

National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2014 - Authorizes appropriations for FY2014 for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Authorizes programs, activities, and reports respecting NASA, including those with regard to human exploration of space, the Space Launch System, the Orion multipurpose crew vehicle, the commercial crew program, the International Space Station (ISS), radioisotope thermoelectric generators, extrasolar planet exploration, the James Webb Space Telescope, the Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope, near-Earth objects, space weather, the Deep Space Climate Observatory, land imaging remote sensing data, aeronautics research, science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education, project and program reserves, and orbital debris mitigation. Reaffirms the importance of the Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel. Directs the NASA Administrator to utilize the International Space Station and commercial services for Science Mission Directorate and Space Technology Demonstration missions in low-Earth orbit wherever it is practical and cost effective to do so. Establishes a space technology program. Directs the Administrator to: (1) enter into an arrangement with the National Academies for a review of the National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program, and (2) revise the NASA Supplement to the Federal Acquisition Regulation to address the detection and avoidance of counterfeit electronic parts.

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Steven Palazzo (R)*,  Lamar Smith (R), 

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (on 06/23/2014)

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