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Senate Appropriations Approves Bill Providing Additional $920 Million For SLS

Pat Host

Thursday, April 21st, 2016

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Senate Appropriations Approves Bill Providing Additional $920 Million For SLS

The Senate Appropriations Committee (SAC) on Thursday approved its fiscal year 2017 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies (CJS) bill that would provide $920 million more than requested for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS).The CJS bill, overall, is worth nearly $56 billion, $563 million more than last year and $1.6 billion than President Barack Obama’s budget request. There were no amendments approved, nor offered, related to NASA or NOAA during Thursday’s markup hearing. The legislation provides $19.3 billion for NASA,…

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