right now, captain scott kelley is on day 104 of miss year-long mission. in addition to the utilization efforts of nasa research programs the nasa authorization act of 2005 designated part of the i.s.s. as a national lab of the nasa authorization act of 2010 directed the administration to sign a cooperative agreement with a nonprofit to manage it. nasa selected the center for the advancement of science and space to lead this effort. the government accountability office noted in a recent report that it had made great strides in fulfilling the mandate under the law but that more work needed to be done to ensure that measureable progress was being made in a quantifiable manner. i hope to hear from nasa today that the agency is making progress towards answering this recommendation from g.a.o. as we keep an provision on the i.s.s., we must also look to the future. last year, the administration announced support for the extension of the i.s.s. program from 2020 to 2024. at present, federal law limits the life of the i.s.s. to 2020. absent action from congress to