Bring the Space Shuttle Home Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 4065 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4065 To require the Discovery space shuttle to be transferred from the Smithsonian Institution to NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. _______________________________________________________________________ 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 est