,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #adjc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,april #aj1    
#bjbe,mr4 ,cornyn 7for himself and ,mr4 
,cruz7 introduced the following bill2   
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,rules and               
,administration  ,a ,,bill  ,to require 
the ,discovery space shuttle to be      
transferred from the ,smithsonian       
,institution to ,,nasa's ,johnson ,space
 ,center in ,houston1 ,texas4  #a4      
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,bring the ,space ,shuttle ,home    
,act4  #b4 ,transfer of ,discovery space
 shuttle to ,johnson ,space ,center in  
,houston1 ,texas  7a7 ,in general ,not  
later than #ah months after the date of 
the enactment of this ,act1 under the   
direction of the ,administrator of the  
,national ,aeronautics and ,space       
,administration 7referred to in this    
,act as the ,administrator71 the        
,discovery space shuttle shall be       
transferred from the ,smithsonian       

,institution's ,steven ,f4 ,udvar ,hazy 
,center of the ,national ,air and ,space
 ,museum1 near ,washington1 ,,dc1 to the
 ,national ,aeronautics and ,space      
,administration's ,johnson ,space       
,center in ,houston1 ,texas4  7b7 ,plan 
7#a7 ,in general ,the ,administrator and
 the ,smithsonian ,institution shall    
jointly develop a plan to transfer the  
,discovery space shuttle under          
subsection 7a71 which shall include an  
estimated timeline and cost estimate for
 such transfer4  7#b7 ,submission to    
,congress ,not later than #ij days after
 the date of the enactment of this ,act1
 the ,administrator and the ,smithsonian
 ,institution shall submit to ,congress 
the plan developed under paragraph 7#a74
  7c7 ,transfer of title to ,,nasa ,not 
later than #a year after the date on    
which the ,discovery space shuttle is   
transferred under subsection 7a71 the   
,smithsonian ,institution shall transfer
 the title to the shuttle to the        
,national ,aeronautics and ,space       

,administration4  7d7 ,public exhibition
 ,on the transfer of the ,discovery     
space shuttle under subsection 7a7--    
7#a7 the shuttle shall be placed on     
public exhibition to advance science1   
technology1 engineering1 and mathematics
 learning at a location not more than #e
 miles from the ,johnson ,space ,center2
 and  7#b7 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 7e74  7e7 ,role 
of nonprofit entity ,on any date after  
the transfer of title under subsection  
7c71 the ,administrator shall transfer  
the title to the ,discovery space       
shuttle to a nonprofit entity designated
 by the ,administrator1 on the condition
 that the nonprofit entity shall        
maintain the shuttle on public          
exhibition to advance science1          
technology1 engineering1 and mathematics
 learning in a location not more than #e
 miles from the ,johnson ,space ,center4

  7f7 ,authorization of appropriations  
,there are authorized to be appropriated
 to the ,administrator such sums as may 
be necessary to carry out this section1 
which shall be in addition to any       
amounts authorized to be appropriated by
 any other ,act1 and may be requested by
 the ,president as supplemental         
requirements1 if needed1 in the         
appropriate fiscal years4