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Code · BILL · 119th Congress · H.R. 7273 (Introduced in House) — To reauthorize the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and for other purposes. · Sec. 1

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents

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This Act may be cited as the . NASA Reauthorization Act of 2026 The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Definitions. Title I—Authorization of Appropriations Sec. 101. Fiscal year 2026. Title II—Exploration Sec. 201. Continuity of purpose for space exploration. Sec. 202. Artemis program. Sec. 203. Reaffirmation of the Space Launch System. Sec. 204. Human-rated lunar landing capabilities. Sec. 205. Advanced spacesuit capabilities.
Title III—Space Operations Subtitle A—Policy Sec. 301. Report on continued United States presence in low-Earth orbit. Sec. 302. United States strategy for low-Earth orbit. Sec. 303. Risk of losing access to low-Earth orbit. Subtitle B—International Space Station Sec. 311. International Space Station. Sec. 312. Maintenance of service for International Space Station. Sec. 313. Nongovernmental human missions on the International Space Station. Sec. 314. United States deorbit capabilities.
Subtitle C—Future Activities and Other Provisions Sec. 321. Commercial low-Earth orbit development. Sec. 322. Report on suborbital crew missions. Sec. 323. Orbital debris research and development. Sec. 324. Lunar communications and navigation. Sec. 325. Celestial time standardization. Title IV—Space Technology Sec. 401. SBIR phase II flexibility. Sec. 402. Lunar power purchase agreement feasibility study. Sec. 403. Cryogenic fluid valve technology review. Title V—Aeronautics Sec. 501.
Definitions. Sec. 502. Experimental aircraft demonstrations. Sec. 503. Hypersonics research. Sec. 504. Advanced materials and manufacturing technology. Sec. 505. Unmanned aircraft systems and advanced air mobility. Sec. 506. Advanced capabilities for emergency response operations. Sec. 507. Hydrogen aviation. Sec. 508. High-performance chase aircraft. Sec. 509. Collaboration with academia. Sec. 510. Decadal survey for national aeronautics research. Sec. 511. Making advancements in commercial hypersonics.
Title VI—Science Sec. 601. Maintaining a balanced science portfolio. Sec. 602. Implementation of science mission cost-caps. Sec. 603. Reexamination of decadal surveys. Sec. 604. Landsat. Sec. 605. Private earth observation data. Sec. 606. Commercial satellite data. Sec. 607. NASA data for agricultural applications. Sec. 608. Planetary science portfolio. Sec. 609. Planetary defense. Sec. 610. Lunar discovery and exploration. Sec. 611. Commercial lunar payload services. Sec. 612.
Planetary and lunar operations. Sec. 613. Mars sample return. Sec. 614. Hubble space telescope servicing. Sec. 615. Great observatories mission and technology maturation. Sec. 616. Nancy Grace Roman space telescope. Sec. 617. Heliophysics research. Sec. 618. Study on commercial space weather data. Sec. 619. Geospace dynamics constellation. Sec. 620. Technology development for wildland fire science, management, and mitigation. Sec. 621. Implementation of recommendations by the National Wildland Fire Management and Mitigation Commission.
Title VII—STEM Education Sec. 701. National space grant college and fellowship program. Sec. 702. Skilled technical workforce education outreach. Title VIII—Policy of NASA Sec. 801. Major programs. Sec. 802. NASA advisory council. Sec. 803. NASA assessment of early cost estimates. Sec. 804. Independent cost estimate. Sec. 805. Authorization for the transfer to NASA of funds from other agencies for scientific or engineering research or education. Sec. 806. Report on merits and options for establishing an institute relating to space resources.
Sec. 807. Reports to Congress. Sec. 808. Contract flexibility. Sec. 809. GAO report. Sec. 810. NASA public-private talent program. Sec. 811. Report on Space Act agreements. Sec. 812. Mentoring. Sec. 813. Restriction on Federal funds relating to certain space and scientific activities of the People’s Republic of China. Sec. 814. Rule of construction.
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