Text of Senate Amendment 6018

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Record: Senate Floor
Section type: Amendments
Chamber: Senate
Date: June 23, 2026
Congress: 119th Congress
Why this source matters: This section came from the Senate floor portion of the record.

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People mentioned: Moody, Ashley
Committees: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology

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SA 6018. Mrs. MOODY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of title X, add the following:

Subtitle H—Space Ready Act

SEC. 1094. SHORT TITLE.

This subtitle may be cited as the “Space Ready Act”.

SEC. 1095. DEFINITIONS.

In this subtitle:

(1) Administration.—The term “Administration” means the

National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

(2) Administrator.—The term “Administrator” means the

Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space

Administration.

(3) Common use infrastructure.—The term “common use

infrastructure”—

(A) means any infrastructure that benefits 1 or more NASA

Center users;

(B) includes roadways and commodities pipelines and

portions of roadways and commodities pipelines; and

benefits the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

(4) NASA.—The term “NASA” means the National Aeronautics

and Space Administration.

(5) Project.—The term “project” means any work performed

in support of a common activity or infrastructure effort

under 1 or more common use infrastructure agreements entered

into pursuant to this subtitle, regardless of whether such

work is conducted pursuant to a single agreement or multiple

separate agreements with different commercial entities.

SEC. 1096. PILOT PROGRAM FOR INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS AT

NASA CENTERS.

(a) Pilot Program.—The Administrator may conduct a pilot

program for private and public investment in specific

infrastructure projects at 1 or more NASA Centers.

(b) Agreements in Support of Common Use Infrastructure

Projects.—

(1) Funding.—

(A) Voluntary infrastructure contributions.—The

Administrator may enter into agreements under section

20113(e) of title 51, United States Code, involving

transactions that support public and commercial activities at

1 or more NASA Centers, and such agreements may include the

authority to collect voluntary infrastructure contributions

to fund specific capital repair, maintenance, and improvement

projects described in paragraph (2).

(B) Transparency.—

(i) Cost and schedule estimates.—In any agreement that

includes the means for voluntary contributions described in

this section, the Administrator shall establish a reasonable

cost and schedule baseline for each project.

(ii) Project completion.—At the conclusion of each

designated project, the Administrator shall provide each

contributing commercial entity with a final project cost,

including a breakdown of cost sharing between government and

commercial entities.

(i) to the maximum extent practicable, ensure that the

projects described in this section are completed within the

cost estimates and timelines established under subparagraph

(B)(i); and

(ii) exercise streamlined acquisition procedures to the

maximum extent allowed by law.

(D) Cost-sharing.—The Administrator shall ensure that any

agreement entered into with a commercial entity under

subparagraph (A) provides that, at the conclusion of the

project, any funds contributed by the commercial entity that

remain unexpended shall be returned to such entity in

proportion to the amount originally contributed by the

partner.

(E) Nonconditioning of agreements.—The Administrator shall

not withhold execution of any agreement under section

20113(e) of title 51, United States Code, or deny a lease or

other authorization for commercial activities on the basis of

a failure to reach agreement on the amount or terms of

contributions described in this section.

(F) Requirements with respect to agreements.—Each

agreement entered into with a commercial entity under

subparagraph (A) shall, on a case-by-case basis—

(i) address the terms of use, ownership, and disposition of

the funds, services, or equipment contributed pursuant to the

agreement;

(ii) include a provision that the commercial entity will

not recover the costs of its contribution through any other

agreement with the United States; and

(iii) include a provision that mutually determines which

entity covers costs in the event of cost overruns or project

delays.

(G) CECR funds.—

(i) In general.—Subject to the availability of

appropriations, the Administrator is authorized to use

amounts otherwise made available within the Construction and

Environmental Compliance and Restoration account to fulfill

the obligations entered into by the Administrator under

agreements pursuant to this section.

(ii) Receipt of funds.—Amounts received by the

Administrator pursuant to agreements entered into under

subparagraph (A) shall be credited to and merged with the

Construction and Environmental Compliance and Restoration

account and shall be available subject to the same terms and

conditions as amounts appropriated to that account.

(H) Contributions from other entities.—The Administrator

may enter into agreements for voluntary contributions from

other entities, including Federal, State, or local

authorities, for the purpose of funding projects.

(I) Direct agreements.—

(i) Rule of construction.—Nothing in this subtitle may be

construed to restrict the Administrator from entering into

direct agreements under section 20113(e) of title 51, United

States Code, with entities to perform work within a NASA

Center separate from the activities funded through projects.

(ii) Prioritization.—The Administrator shall prioritize

such direct agreements in instances in which required work

would be completed more expeditiously or at a lower cost than

through the pilot program described in this section.

(iii) Direct contributions.—The Administrator may make

direct financial or in-kind contributions to projects

undertaken by commercial entities under agreements entered

into under clause (i), as the Administrator considers

appropriate to support common use infrastructure at a NASA

Center.

(2) Use of funds.—

(A) In general.—Contributions proffered by entities under

agreements in support of projects shall be used by the

Administrator to conduct capital repairs, maintenance, and

improvements to NASA-owned infrastructure at a NASA Center,

as the Administrator considers necessary to support

activities conducted under agreements entered into under

section 20113(e) of title 51, United States Code, which may

include renovation, rehabilitation, sustainment, demolition,

construction, operation, maintenance, repair, enhancement,

expansion, and modernization of NASA-owned infrastructure at

a NASA Center.

(B) Consultation.—The Administrator shall consult and

partner with other Federal, State, and local public

entities—

(i) to ensure that such projects are not duplicative; and

(ii) to identify opportunities for projects to provide

increased capability or capacity to users.

owned infrastructure at a NASA Center with amounts made

available under a voluntary agreements under this section

shall be property of the United States, unless the

Administrator determines that transferring ownership of such

improvements would be in the best interests of the United

States.

(D) Unexpended contributions.—For any voluntary

contributions from a commercial entity designated to a

specific project that are not fully expended on that project

within 90 days of the project becoming operational, the

Administrator shall, at the election of the contributing

commercial entity—

(i) refund the unexpended portion to the entity; or

(ii) allow the commercial entity to redesignate the funds

to another eligible project under this subsection.

(3) Annual report.—Not later than 180 days after the date

of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the

Administrator shall submit to the Committee on Commerce,

Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee

on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of

Representatives a report on projects conducted under this

section that includes the following:

(A) For the preceding calendar year, the total amount of

expenditures on projects by NASA and industry.

(B) The proposed uses of amounts contributed by NASA and

industry for the operating plans of the Administration.

reduce costs for each agreed upon project described in this

section.

(4) Updates.—Not less frequently than every 2 years, the

Administrator, in collaboration with commercial entities,

shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and

Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Science,

Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives interim

milestone updates relating to the pilot program under this

section.

(5) Termination.—

(A) In general.—The authority to collect voluntary

contributions under paragraph (1)(A) shall terminate on

December 31, 2031.

(B) Rule of construction.—The termination under

subparagraph (A) of the authority to collect voluntary

contributions may not be construed to otherwise affect the

validity or terms of agreements under section 20113(e) of

title 51, United States Code, or the retention or use by the

Administration of proceeds from such agreements.

(6) Prohibition on new budget authority.—Nothing in this

subtitle may be construed to provide new budget authority to

incur obligations in advance of appropriations.

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