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Budget

Senate Appropriations Committee Passes CJS Portion Of FY ’15 Bill

Pat Host

Thursday, June 5th, 2014

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Senate Appropriations Committee Passes CJS Portion Of FY ’15 Bill

Photo: NASA.

The Senate Appropriations Committee (SAC) Thursday voted 30-0 to send its fiscal year 2015 bill for the commerce, justice, science and related agencies (CJS) subcommittee to the full Senate. The bill includes nearly $17.9 billion for NASA, $439 million more than requested in President Barack Obama’s budget request. Other bill highlights include $3 billion for the International Space Station (ISS), down from the $3.05 billion requested, and $805 million for the Commercial Crew program, down from the $848 million requested.…

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