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Bring the Space Shuttle Home Act
To require the Discovery space shuttle to be transferred from the Smithsonian Institution to NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.
Summary
This bill would require the transfer of the Space Shuttle Discovery from the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC to NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas within 18 months of enactment. NASA and the Smithsonian Institution would be required to jointly develop a transfer plan within 90 days, including timeline and cost estimates, and submit it to Congress. The shuttle would be transferred to NASA ownership and placed on public exhibition within 5 miles of the Johnson Space Center to advance science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education. The bill authorizes appropriations as necessary to carry out the transfer and allows NASA to later transfer the shuttle to a nonprofit entity with the condition that it remains on public STEM education display in the Houston area.
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Sponsor (1)
2 cosponsors
- Rep. Self, Keith [R-TX-3] (R-TX)
- Rep. Williams, Roger [R-TX-25] (R-TX)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Randy K. Sr. Weber’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- NULL $36,400
- TRANS-GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INC. $13,200
- TRANS-GOLBAL SOLUTIONS GROUP INC $13,200
- MCCORVEY INDUSTRIAL FABRICATION $13,200
- BALD CYPRESS LTD $8,300
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Randy K. Sr. Weber → · Outside spending →
Actions (2)
- Jun 20, 2025 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. · house
- Jun 20, 2025 Introduced in House
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Full text
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
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. <all>
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