114 STAT. 1594 PUBLIC LAW 106-391—OCT. 30, 2000 Reports. Deadlines. 42 USC 2473 note. Deadline. 42 USC 2451 note. (b) REQUIRED IMPROVEMENTS. —The Administrator shall conduct an internal agency study, based on the conclusions of the study required by subsection (a), of what— (1) improvements to the current Space Shuttle external tank; and (2) other in-space transportation or infrastructure capability developments, would be required for the safe and economical use of the Space Shuttle external tank for any or all of the applications identified by the study required by subsection (a), a report on which shall be delivered to Congress not later than 45 days after receipt of the final report required by subsection (a). (c) CHANGES IN LAW OR POLICY. —Upon receipt of the final report required by subsection (a), the Administrator shall solicit comment from industry on what, if any, changes in law or policy would be required to achieve the applications identified in that final report. Not later than 90 days after receipt of such final report, the Administrator shall transmit to the Congress the comments received along with the recommendations of the Administrator as to changes in law or policy that may be required for those purposes. SEC. 311. NOTICE. (a) NOTICE OF REPROGRAMMING.— If any funds authorized by this Act are subject to a reprogramming action that requires notice to be provided to the Appropriations Committees of the House of Representatives and the Senate, notice of such action shall concurrently be provided to the Committee on Science of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate. (b) NOTICE OF REORGANIZATION.— The Administrator shall provide notice to the Committees on Science and Appropriations of the House of Representatives, and the Committees on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and Appropriations of the Senate, not later than 30 days before any major reorganization of any program, project, or activity of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. SEC. 312. UNITARY WIND TUNNEL PLAN ACT OF 1949 AMENDMENTS. The Unitary Wind Tunnel Plan Act of 1949 is amended— (1) in section 101 (50 U.S.C. 511) by striking "transsonic and supersonic" and inserting "transsonic, supersonic, and hypersonic"; and (2) in section 103 (50 U.S.C. 513)— (A) by striking "laboratories" in subsection (a) and inserting "laboratories and centers"; (B) by striking "supersonic" in subsection (a) and inserting "transsonic, supersonic, and hypersonic"; and (C) by striking "laboratory" in subsection (c) and inserting "facility". SEC. 313. INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES FOR HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT. (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.— In order to promote a "faster, cheaper, better" approach to the human exploration and development of space, the Administrator shall establish a Human Space Flight Innovative Technologies program of ground-based and space-based research and development in innovative technologies.
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