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Provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14Section 40005 › Proposal

A flown spacecraft must be identified in 30 days and moved within 18 months

To provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14, section 40005, Sec. 40005. Written by .

A flown spacecraft must be identified in 30 days and moved within 18 months

The document says “shallWho acts: Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationHow: statuteSec. 40005 in the PDF
What the document says

“Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this section, the Administrator shall identify a space vehicle described in paragraph (2) to be--”

To provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14, Sec. 40005

The section requires the Administrator, within 30 days of enactment, to identify a space vehicle to be transferred to a field center involved in the Commercial Crew Program and put on public exhibition at an entity within that center's Metropolitan Statistical Area. The vehicle must have flown into space, have carried astronauts, and be chosen with the concurrence of an entity the Administrator designates. It must be transferred to an entity the Administrator designates within 18 months of enactment.

What the document actually says

“Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this section, the Administrator shall identify a space vehicle described in paragraph (2) to be--”

To provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14, Sec. 40005
That sentence, in plain words

The head of the space agency must pick a spacecraft. That must happen within 30 days of this law. The two things that follow say what happens to it.

What this is about

The craft must have flown in space with people aboard. It goes to a center that works on crewed flights. It is then put on public show nearby.

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