HR 1536

112th CONGRESS
1st Session

H. R. 1536

To provide for the disposition of the retiring Space Shuttles.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

April 14, 2011

Mr. CHAFFETZ (for himself, Mr. OLSON, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. POSEY, Mr. NUGENT, Mrs. ADAMS, Mr. POE of Texas, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas, and Mr. AL GREEN 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 provide for the disposition of the retiring Space Shuttles.

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 `Space Shuttle Retirement Act'.

SEC. 2. SPACE SHUTTLE DISPOSITION.

The following locations shall be home to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's retiring Space Shuttles:

(1) The Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida shall be home to the Shuttle Atlantis.

(2) The California Science Center in Los Angeles, California, shall be home to the Shuttle Enterprise.

(3) The Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Virginia shall be home to the Shuttle Discovery.

(4) Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, shall be home to the Shuttle Endeavour.

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