95th Congress > House > Vote 1127
Description: TO PASS H.R. 12505, THE BILL PROVIDING FOR RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION OF SATELLITES DESIGNED TO COLLECT SOLAR ENERGY AND TRANSMIT IT TO EARTH TO GENERATE ELECTRICITY.
Bill summary: (Reported to House from the Committee on Science and Technology, H. Rept. 95-1120)
Solar Power Satellite Research, Development, and Demonstration Program Act - Directs the Secretary of Energy and the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to initiate a Solar Power Satellite Research, Development, and Demonstration Program to study technical problems regarding the viability of the solar power satellite concept.
Requires the Secretary, in consultation with the
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Administrator, to submit to Congress, January 3, 1979, of a comprehensive plan to implement the Program.
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Bill titles: A bill to provide for a research, development, and demonstration program to determine the feasibility of collecting in space solar energy to be transmitted to Earth and to generate electricity for domestic purposes.
Original source documents: Digest of the Congressional Record vol. 124-96, p. 5974;
Links for more info on the vote: congress.gov
