National Aeronautics and Space Administration Transition Authorization Act of 2017

Short title— This Act may be cited as the “National Aeronautics and Space Administration Transition Authorization Act of 2017”.

Table of contents— The table of contents of this Act is as follows:

Administration— The term Administration means the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Administrator— The term Administrator means the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Appropriate committees of Congress— The term appropriate committees of Congress means—

Cis-lunar space— The term cis-lunar space means the region of space from the Earth out to and including the region around the surface of the Moon.

Deep space— The term deep space means the region of space beyond low-Earth orbit, to include cis-lunar space.

Government astronaut— The term government astronaut has the meaning given the term in section 50902 of title 51, United States Code.

ISS— The term ISS means the International Space Station.

ISS management entity— The term ISS management entity means the organization with which the Administrator has a cooperative agreement under section 504(a) of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2010 (42 U.S.C. 18354(a)).

NASA— The term NASA means the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Orion— The term Orion means the multipurpose crew vehicle described under section 303 of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2010 (42 U.S.C. 18323).

Space Launch System— The term Space Launch System has the meaning given the term in section 3 of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2010 (42 U.S.C. 18302).

United States government astronaut— The term United States government astronaut has the meaning given the term government astronaut in section 50902 of title 51, United States Code, except it does not include an individual who is an international partner astronaut.