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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 108
To allow the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Adminis-
tration to establish a research center for deep space and interplanetary
research, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY3, 2025
Mr. B
IGGSof Arizona introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
A BILL
To allow the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration to establish a research center for
deep space and interplanetary research, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Space Research Inno-4
vation Act’’. 5
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SEC. 2. RESEARCH CENTER FOR DEEP-SPACE AND INTER-1
PLANETARY RESEARCH. 2
(a) I
NGENERAL.—The Administrator of the Na-3
tional Aeronautics and Space Administration, using the 4
authority under section 3204(a)(3)(B) of title 10, United 5
States Code, shall— 6
(1) establish a university-affiliated research 7
center to facilitate capabilities in support of the Na-8
tional Aeronautics and Space Administration; 9
(2) use such a university-affiliated research cen-10
ter to fund analyses and engineering support related 11
to cis-lunar and deep-space missions and interplan-12
etary research; and 13
(3) ensure such a university-affiliated research 14
center— 15
(A) is held accountable for the technical 16
quality of the work product developed under 17
this section; and 18
(B) has established expertise in convening 19
academic and private sector groups to facilitate 20
research and private-public partnerships. 21
(b) P
OLICIES AND PROCEDURES.—The Adminis-22
trator shall develop and implement policies and procedures 23
to govern, with respect to the establishment of the univer-24
sity-affiliated research center under subsection (a)— 25
(1) the selection of participants; 26
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(2) the award of cooperative agreements or 1
other contracts; 2
(3) the appropriate use of competitive awards 3
and sole source awards; and 4
(4) the technical capabilities required. 5
(c) E
LIGIBILITY.—The following entities shall be eli-6
gible to participate in a university-affiliated research cen-7
ter established under subsection (a): 8
(1) An institution of higher education (as such 9
term is defined in section 102 of the Higher Edu-10
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002)). 11
(2) An operator of a federally funded research 12
and development center. 13
(3) A nonprofit or not-for-profit research insti-14
tution. 15
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