Sec. 314. National Reconnaissance Office telescope donation
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Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall transmit a report to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate outlining the cost of the Administration’s potential plan for developing the Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope as described in the 2010 National Academies’ astronomy and astrophysics decadal survey, including an alternative plan for the Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope 2.4, which includes the donated 2.4-meter aperture National Reconnaissance Office telescope.
Due to the budget constraints on the Administration’s science programs, this report shall include— an assessment of cost efficient approaches to develop the Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope; a comparison to the development of mission concepts that exclude the utilization of the donated asset; an assessment of how the Administration’s existing science missions will be affected by the utilization of the donated asset described in this section; and a description of the cost associated with storing and maintaining the donated asset.