H.R. 4065

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4065 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 4065

To require the Discovery space shuttle to be transferred from the 
Smithsonian Institution to NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, 
Texas.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

June 20, 2025

Mr. Weber of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the 
Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently 
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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A BILL

To require the Discovery space shuttle to be transferred from the 
Smithsonian Institution to NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, 
Texas.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Bring the Space Shuttle Home Act''.

SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF DISCOVERY SPACE SHUTTLE TO JOHNSON SPACE CENTER IN 
HOUSTON, TEXAS.

(a) In General.--Not later than 18 months after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, under the direction of the Administrator of the 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (referred to in this Act 
as the ``Administrator''), the Discovery space shuttle shall be 
transferred from the Smithsonian Institution's Steven F. Udvar Hazy 
Center of the National Air and Space Museum, near Washington, DC, to 
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Johnson Space 
Center in Houston, Texas.
(b) Plan.--
(1) In general.--The Administrator and the Smithsonian 
Institution shall jointly develop a plan to transfer the 
Discovery space shuttle under subsection (a), which shall 
include an estimated timeline and cost estimate for such 
transfer.
(2) Submission to congress.--Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator and 
the Smithsonian Institution shall submit to Congress the plan 
developed under paragraph (1).
(c) Transfer of Title to NASA.--Not later than 1 year after the 
date on which the Discovery space shuttle is transferred under 
subsection (a), the Smithsonian Institution shall transfer the title to 
the shuttle to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
(d) Public Exhibition.--On the transfer of the Discovery space 
shuttle under subsection (a)--
(1) the shuttle shall be placed on public exhibition to 
advance science, technology, engineering, and mathematics 
learning at a location not more than 5 miles from the Johnson 
Space Center; and
(2) the Johnson Space Center shall be responsible for 
oversight of the shuttle until the date on which the shuttle is 
transferred to a nonprofit entity under subsection (e).
(e) Role of Nonprofit Entity.--On any date after the transfer of 
title under subsection (c), the Administrator shall transfer the title 
to the Discovery space shuttle to a nonprofit entity designated by the 
Administrator, on the condition that the nonprofit entity shall 
maintain the shuttle on public exhibition to advance science, 
technology, engineering, and mathematics learning in a location not 
more than 5 miles from the Johnson Space Center.
(f) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Administrator such sums as may be necessary to 
carry out this section, which shall be in addition to any amounts 
authorized to be appropriated by any other Act, and may be requested by 
the President as supplemental requirements, if needed, in the 
appropriate fiscal years.
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