US Congress House Bill 650 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Introduced on January 24 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-04-25 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Space.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Space Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

MANIFEST for Human Spaceflight Act of 2017 Mapping a New and Innovative Focus on Our Exploration Strategy for Human Spaceflight Act of 2017 This bill amends the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2010 to make it a key U.S. objective to achieve human exploration of Mars, including the establishment of a capability to extend human presence to the surface of Mars. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) shall report a strategy to achieve such objective through a series of successive, sustainable, free-standing, but complementary missions making robust use of cislunar space and employing the Space Launch System, Orion crew capsule, and other capabilities provided under specified titles of the Act. NASA shall arrange with the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) to review and comment on each interim report on the strategy and identify matters the NAS agrees with and matters raising NAS concerns, as well as any NAS recommendations.

MANIFEST for Human Spaceflight Act of 2017 Mapping a New and Innovative Focus on Our Exploration Strategy for Human Spaceflight Act of 2017

Rep. John Culberson [R-TX]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-04-25	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Space.
2017-01-24	House	Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
2017-01-24	House	Introduced in House

SB212 (Same As) 2017-01-24 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S448-449)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/650/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr650/BILLS-115hr650ih.pdf