Sec. 1205. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON INDEPENDENT VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION OF NASA SOFTWARE

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## SEC. 1205 SENSE OF CONGRESS ON INDEPENDENT VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION OF NASA SOFTWARE It is the sense of Congress that— ####

(1)safety is at the heart of every NASA mission; ####

(2)the Office of Safety and Mission Assurance remains vital to assuring the safety of all NASA activities; ####

(3)among the most important activities of the Office of Safety and Mission Assurance is the performance of independent safety and mission assurance assessments and process verification reviews; ####

(4)as NASA embarks on a new path, independent verification and validation of software must be of the highest priority to ensure safety throughout all NASA programs; ####

(5)NASA’s activities depend on software integrity to achieve their goals and deliver a successful mission to the American people; ####

(6)independent verification and validation is necessary to ensure that safety-critical software will operate dependably and support mission success; ####

(7)the creation of the Independent Verification and Validation Facility of NASA was the direct result of recommendations made by the National Research Council and the Report of the Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident; ####

(8)the mission-critical software of NASA must operate dependably and safely; ####

(9)the Independent Verification and Validation Facility of NASA plays an important role in assuring the safety of all NASA activities by improving methodologies for risk identification and assessment, and providing recommendations for risk mitigation and acceptance; and ####

(10)the Independent Verification and Validation Facility shall be the sole provider of independent verification and validation services for software created by or for NASA.