Sec. 701. Sense of Congress on NASA's cross agency support
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Congress makes the following findings: Cross Agency Support operates and maintains the Administration’s centers and facilities, including headquarters, enabling the accomplishment of the Administration’s missions while protecting human health and the environment. Cross Agency Support provides for the unique facilities, skilled personnel, and administrative support that NASA programs, research, and development activities require at the centers. Cross Agency Support provides the Administration with the capability to improve mission success by supplying safety and mission assurance, engineering technical authority, and health and medical oversight across all of NASA's programs, research, and operations.
The Orbital Debris Program Office is located in Cross Agency Support and leads the Administration’s effort in addressing the orbital debris issue, which is an issue resulting from over 50 years of spaceflight. Cross Agency Support delivers the information technology services used throughout the Administration that allow its workforce to work and communicate efficiently and effectively, not only internal to the Administration, but with the citizens of the world which provides them the opportunity to be included and participate in the Administration’s accomplishments.
The Administration’s public affairs, located in Cross Agency Support, provided worldwide live coverage of the Curiosity Rover’s landing on Mars, the largest rover ever sent to Mars, in August of 2012. The authority and execution of the Administration’s offices responsible for finance, budget, acquisition, external relations, legislative affairs, training, security, and human capital management are performed under Cross Agency Support. It is the sense of Congress that— Cross Agency Support represents a variety of functions vital to the strength and success of the Administration and is essential to the Administration’s vision; the centers and facilities in the Administration are a vital part of the many advances in science and technology the Administration has provided and continues to provide to this Nation and the world since the Administration was created in 1958; at the Administration’s core is safety and mission success that, through Cross Agency Support, is carried out by the highly talented and dedicated workforce at the Administration’s centers and facilities; as the Administration looks to continue international, interagency, and industry cooperation and partnerships, Cross Agency Support will continue to provide the overseeing and execution of these efforts; and Cross Agency Support be given the necessary resources to keep the Administration capable of meeting the goals set forth by Congress and continue to be a global leader in space and aeronautics.