,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bihd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #bd1 #bjbe,mr4
 ,babin introduced the following bill2  
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,oversight and ,government ,reform1 and 
in addition to the ,committee on        
,science1 ,space1 and ,technology1 for a
 period to be subsequently determined by
 the ,speaker1 in each case for         
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
amend title #ca1 ,united ,states ,code1 
to authorize transportation of officers 
and employees of ,federal agencies      
returning from space1 and for other     
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,astronaut ,safe    
,temporary ,ride ,options ,act or the   
,,astro ,act4  #b4 ,transportation of   
astronauts returning from space  7a7 ,in
 general ,subsection 7b7 of section     
#acdd of title #ca1 ,united ,states     
,code1 is amended--  7#a7 in paragraph  

7#h71 by striking and after the         
semicolon2  7#b7 in paragraph 7#i71 by  
striking the period and inserting 2 and2
 and  7#c7 by adding at the end the     
following new paragraph3  7#aj7 an      
officer or employee returning from space
 when transportation is necessary for   
the performance of medical research1    
monitoring1 diagnosis1 or treatment1 or 
other official duties as approved by the
 ,administrator of the ,national        
,aeronautics and ,space ,administration1
 prior to such officer or employee      
receiving post-flight medical clearance 
to operate a motor vehicle4  4  7b7     
,report  7#a7 ,in general ,not later    
than one year after the date of the     
enactment of this ,act and annually     
thereafter1 the ,administrator of the   
,national ,aeronautics and ,space       
,administration shall submit to the     
,committee on ,science1 ,space1 and     
,technology and the ,committee on       
,oversight and ,accountability of the   
,house of ,representatives and the      

,committee on ,commerce1 ,science1 and  
,transportation and the ,committee on   
,homeland ,security and ,governmental   
,affairs of the ,senate a report on     
transportation under paragraph 7#aj7 of 
section #acdd7;b7 of title #ca1 ,united 
,states ,code 7as amended by subsection 
7a774  7#b7 ,contents ,each report under
 paragraph 7#a7 shall include1 for the  
immediately preceding #ab month period1 
the following3  7,a7 ,for each officer  
or employee of a ,federal agency        
transported1 the following3 7i7 ,a      
description of such transportation4     
7ii7 ,the name of any such officer or   
employee who received such              
transportation4  7iii7 ,costs associated
 with such transportation4  7,b7 ,the   
total number of instances such          
transportation was provided4  7,c7 ,the 
total cost of such transportation4  7c7 
,prohibition on certain funding ,no     
additional amounts are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this ,act or  
the amendments made by this ,act4