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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 477
5	5	To advance scientific research and technology development of hypersonic
6	6	vehicles, and for other purposes.
7	7	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
8	8	JANUARY16, 2025
9	9	Mr. F
10	10	ONG(for himself and Mr. MULLIN) introduced the following bill; which
11	11	was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
12	12	A BILL
13	13	To advance scientific research and technology development
14	14	of hypersonic vehicles, and for other purposes.
15	15	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
16	16	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
17	17	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
18	18	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Making Advancements 4
19	19	in Commercial Hypersonics Act’’ or the ‘‘MACH Act’’. 5
20	20	SEC. 2. MAKING ADVANCEMENTS IN COMMERCIAL 6
21	21	HYPERSONICS PROGRAM. 7
22	22	(a) I
23	23	NGENERAL.—In conducting hypersonics re-8
24	24	search pursuant to section 40112(d) of title 51, United 9
25	25	States Code, the Administrator of the National Aero-10
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29	29	nautics and Space Administration (in this section referred 1
30	30	to as the ‘‘Administrator’’) may establish the Making Ad-2
31	31	vancements in Commercial Hypersonics Program (in this 3
32	32	section referred to as the ‘‘Program’’) to facilitate oppor-4
33	33	tunities for testing of high-speed aircraft and other tech-5
34	34	nologies that advance scientific research and technology 6
35	35	development related to hypersonic aircraft. 7
36	36	(b) L
37	37	IMITATION.—The Program may not fund the 8
38	38	development of technologies that are supported by the 9
39	39	testing described in subsection (a). 10
40	40	(c) S
41	41	TRATEGICPLAN.—Not later than 60 days after 11
42	42	the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator, 12
43	43	acting through the Aeronautics Research Mission Direc-13
44	44	torate, shall develop a strategic plan for activities under 14
45	45	subsection (a) that aligns with the hypersonic research 15
46	46	roadmap required under section 603 of the National Aero-16
47	47	nautics and Space Administration Transition Authoriza-17
48	48	tion Act of 2017 (Public Law 115–10; 51 U.S.C. 20302 18
49	49	note). 19
50	50	(d) C
51	51	OORDINATION, CONSULTATION, ANDCOLLABO-20
52	52	RATION.— 21
53	53	(1) C
54	54	OORDINATION.—The Administrator shall 22
55	55	ensure coordination between the Aeronautics Re-23
56	56	search Mission Directorate and other Mission Direc-24
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60	60	torates, as appropriate, to identify technologies eligi-1
61	61	ble for testing opportunities under the Program. 2
62	62	(2) C
63	63	ONSULTATION; COLLABORATION.—The 3
64	64	Administrator shall consult and seek to collaborate, 4
65	65	as appropriate, with the Secretary of Defense and 5
66	66	the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Adminis-6
67	67	tration on activities related to the Program, includ-7
68	68	ing development, testing, and evaluation of high- 8
69	69	speed aircraft and related technologies. 9
70	70	(e) R
71	71	EPORT.—The Administrator shall submit to the 10
72	72	Committee on Science, Space, and Technology and the 11
73	73	Committee on Armed Services of the House of Represent-12
74	74	atives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 13
75	75	Transportation and the Committee on Armed Services of 14
76	76	the Senate— 15
77	77	(1) not later than 90 days after the date of the 16
78	78	enactment of this Act, a report that— 17
79	79	(A) describes activities of the Program; 18
80	80	and 19
81	81	(B) includes the strategic plan required 20
82	82	under subsection (c); and 21
83	83	(2) not later than one year after the date of the 22
84	84	enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, a re-23
85	85	port describing progress in carrying out the Pro-24
86	86	gram, including regarding the number and type of 25
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90	90	testing opportunities carried out in the previous fis-1
91	91	cal year and planned for the upcoming fiscal year. 2
92	92	(f) R
93	93	ESEARCHSECURITY.—Nothing in this section 3
94	94	authorizes the Administrator to develop, implement, or 4
95	95	execute an agreement related to technologies under this 5
96	96	section with any entity of concern, a foreign business enti-6
97	97	ty, or a foreign country of concern. 7
98	98	(g) D
99	99	EFINITIONS.—In this section— 8
100	100	(1) E
101	101	NTITY OF CONCERN.—The term ‘‘entity of 9
102	102	concern’’ has the meaning given such term in section 10
103	103	10114 of the Research and Development, Competi-11
104	104	tion, and Innovation Act (Public Law 117–167; 42 12
105	105	U.S.C. 18912). 13
106	106	(2) F
107	107	OREIGN BUSINESS ENTITY .—The term 14
108	108	‘‘foreign business entity’’ means an entity that is 15
109	109	majority-owned or majority-controlled (as such term 16
110	110	is defined in section 800.208 of title 31, Code of 17
111	111	Federal Regulations, or a successor regulation), or 18
112	112	minority owned greater than 25 percent by— 19
113	113	(A) any governmental organization of a 20
114	114	foreign country of concern; or 21
115	115	(B) any other entity that is— 22
116	116	(i) known to be owned or controlled 23
117	117	by any governmental organization of a for-24
118	118	eign country of concern; or 25
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122	122	(ii) organized under, or otherwise sub-1
123	123	ject to, the laws of a foreign country of 2
124	124	concern. 3
125	125	(3) F
126	126	OREIGN COUNTRY OF CONCERN .—The 4
127	127	term ‘‘foreign country of concern’’ has the meaning 5
128	128	given such term in section 9901 of title XCIX of di-6
129	129	vision H of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry Na-7
130	130	tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 8
131	131	2021 (15 U.S.C. 4651). 9
132	132	(4) H
133	133	IGH-SPEED AIRCRAFT.—The term ‘‘high- 10
134	134	speed aircraft’’ has the meaning given such term in 11
135	135	section 1009 of the Federal Aviation Reauthoriza-12
136	136	tion Act of 2024 (Public Law 118–63; 49 U.S.C. 13
137	137	44701 note). 14
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