To reauthorize the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To reauthorize the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators. The main policy domain is Government Operations, Transportation, Science & Space.
Who Benefits and How
federal agencies and legislative administrators may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section HBECBD1D952B74A0A95E577BEDCD39819: 1. Short title; table of contents This Act may be cited as the NASA Reauthorization Act of 2024. The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
- Section HAD38A6D87C1A4F54B97B0CFC3943175D: 2. Definitions In this Act: The term Administrator means the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The term appropriate...
- Section H780726FF5EB84ED0BE0CD66F555CC801: 101. Fiscal year 2025 For fiscal year 2025, there are authorized to be appropriated to NASA $25,224,640,000 as follows: For the Exploration Systems Development...
- Section H0703FDE9B8AB46DE99AD9702E607F628: 201. Continuity of purpose for space exploration Congress finds the following: NASA continues to make progress in developing and testing the Space Launch...
- Section HAB74F345B40C4308B8C0F3B14F894A0F: 202. Artemis program The following is the sense of Congress: Exploration of outer space, including exploration of the lunar surface and cislunar space,...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To reauthorize the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.
Key Policy Areas
Government Operations, Transportation, Science & Space
Primary Purpose
This bill, To reauthorize the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- federal agencies and legislative administrators
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- federal implementing agencies
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
ReportedReceived; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, …
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the …
Mr. Lucas (for himself, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Babin, and Mr. …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Aerospace contractors, Asteroid detection technology companies, Astrophysics mission contractors
Federal agencies requiring Earth observation data, Government Accountability Office, ISS partner nations
NASA faces effects in multiple directions
Positive-direction: Federal agencies requiring Earth observation data, International space agencies, Wildfire management agencies
Negative-direction: Government Accountability Office, ISS partner nations, International space agencies (ESA, JAXA, CSA), NASA Office of Technology, Policy, and Strategy, NASA Planetary Science Division, NASA Science Mission Directorate, NASA mission program offices, NASA program management
Advanced air mobility companies (Joby, Archer, Lilium), CLPS lunar lander providers (Intuitive Machines, Astrobotic, Firefly), Commercial logistics providers
Federally funded researchers, ISS research users, Independent research organizations
Commercial constellation operators, Commercial microgravity platform providers, Commercial satellite servicing companies
Educational institutions, High school and undergraduate students, Institutions of higher education
Commercial Earth observation companies, Commercial Earth observation companies (Planet, Maxar, BlackSky), Foreign Earth observation companies
Positive-direction: Commercial Earth observation companies, Commercial Earth observation companies (Planet, Maxar, BlackSky), U.S. commercial Earth observation companies
Negative-direction: Foreign Earth observation companies
Greenhouse gas monitoring instrument developers, Lunar science instrument developers, Scientific instrument developers
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_commission"
- → The commission identified in the operative section
- "the_administrator"
- → The Administrator identified in the operative section
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The term appropriate committees of Congress means— the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate
the movement of passengers or property by air between 2 points using an airworthy aircraft that— has advanced technologies, such as distributed propulsion, vertical takeoff and landing, powered lift, nontraditional power systems, or autonomous technologies
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