119-s1722

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1722 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 1722

To fund human spaceflight infrastructure and commercialization of space 
 support at Johnson Space Center.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 May 13, 2025

 Mr. Cornyn introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
 referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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 A BILL

To fund human spaceflight infrastructure and commercialization of space 
 support at Johnson Space Center.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Mission to Modernize Astronautic 
Resources for Space'' or ``Mission to MARS Act''.

SEC. 2. HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT INFRASTRUCTURE AND COMMERCIALIZATION OF SPACE 
 SUPPORT AT JOHNSON SPACE CENTER.

    (a) Appropriations.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, 
there is appropriated to the Administrator of the National Aeronautics 
and Space Administration (referred to in this section as the 
``Administrator''), out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, $1,000,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2034, to carry out at the Johnson Space Center the following projects:

    (1) Preparation of the Neutral Buoyancy Lab for commercial 
 space station training, lunar-suited operations, and 
 collaborations with the Department of Defense, and general 
 building repairs and maintenance.

    (2) Upgrades and repairs to the Astromaterials Curation and 
 Research facility for samples from the Moon and Mars.

    (3) Modernization of the Mission Control Center and 
 preparation for crewed missions beyond low-Earth orbit, repair 
 or replacement of utilities, and all general building repairs 
 and maintenance.

    (4) Upgrades and repairs to Ellington Field astronaut 
 flight training facilities.

    (5) Electrical substation switchgear upgrades.

    (6) Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning and 
 mechanical systems renewal for tier 1 and tier 2 facilities.

    (7) Replacement of steam chillers in building 24 (combined 
 heat and power plant).

    (8) Deferred maintenance on fire alarm components and 
 panels.

    (9) Foundation repairs.

    (10) Full modernization and construction of the space food 
 systems laboratory.

    (11) Asbestos mitigation.

    (12) Upgrades to the space environment simulation 
 laboratory located in chambers A and B in building 32.

    (13) Repair or replacement of chilled water pipe cross 
 ties.

    (14) Roof repairs and replacements.

    (15) Modernization of the imagery laboratory in building 8.

    (16) Repair and replacement of chilled water lines to the 
 Mission Control Center.

    (17) Repair and refurbishment of astronaut training 
 aircraft.

    (18) Repair, refurbishment, or replacement of large volume 
 cargo transportation aircraft.

    (b) Remaining Funds.--Any funds remaining after the projects 
described in subsection

    (a) are completed shall be used to upgrade 
facilities or infrastructure that would enable the National Aeronautics 
and Space Administration and commercial entities to develop advanced 
spacesuits, hardware, food systems, vacuum chambers, and simulations to 
train for missions to low-Earth orbit, the Moon, and Mars, as 
determined by the Administrator.
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