Sec. 214. Flight readiness demonstration
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The Administration shall carry out its flight readiness demonstration, in which one or more commercial crew partner companies safely transports United States astronauts to the International Space Station, by December 31, 2017. Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act and every 90 days thereafter until the Administration carries out its flight readiness demonstration, the Administrator shall transmit to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report— describing the current status of the Commercial Crew program, including all funding paid to any partner company throughout the life of the program detailed by specific dollar amounts provided for each milestone completed for each partner company; specifying the accomplishments and milestones completed in the 90 days prior to the date of transmission of the report under any phase of the program and all dollar amounts provided for each of those milestones; identifying those accomplishments and milestones that were expected to be completed in the 90 days prior to the date of transmission of such report under any phase of the program but that were not completed in that timeframe; setting forth the accomplishments and milestones that are expected to be completed in the 90-day period following the transmission of such report under any phase of the program; and containing a statement of flight readiness under subsection (c).
The statement of flight readiness required by subsection (b)(5) shall include— either— a certification by the Administrator that the Administration is on schedule to comply with subsection (a); or an explanation as to why the Administration is not on schedule to comply with subsection
(a)and why the Administration did not develop an acquisition strategy based on existing budget authority; and a certification by the Administrator that all deviations from the Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel recommendations have been reported in accordance with section 215. Not later than 60 days after the issuance of the explanation described in subsection (c)(2), the Administrator shall provide, and begin implementation of, a new acquisition strategy that ensures that at least 1 company will be prepared to provide crew transport services by December 31, 2017.