US Congress Senate Bill 2617 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on March 2 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-03-02 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1223-1224)
Pending: Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

MANIFEST for Human Spaceflight Act of 2016 Mapping a New and Innovative Focus on Our Exploration Strategy for Human Spaceflight Act of 2016 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 2016 Mapping a New and Innovative Focus on Our Exploration Strategy for Human Spaceflight Act of 2016

Sen. John Cornyn [R-TX]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-02	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1223-1224)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2617/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s2617/BILLS-114s2617is.pdf