Senate Reauthorization bill - is this the missing rudder on the NASA human space flight sailboat?

Take at look at the bill that Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson introduced yesterday to close the gap: http://commerce.senate.gov/public/?a=Files.Serve&File_id=1cacb498-64bb-4fa3-a42e-d861e87700d5. But not only does it close the gap, it creates an ISS management entity, sets aside near term money for ISS utilization (e.g., research hardware), and the words "fundamental research" (formerly known as non-exploration research) is used within the context of ISS -

"an opportunity for multiple United States government agencies, University-based researchers, commercial research organizations, and others to utilize the unique environment of microgravity for fundamental scientific research and potential commercial developments."