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Senate Subcommittee Approves Nearly $18 Billion For NASA

Pat Host

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2014

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Senate Subcommittee Approves Nearly $18 Billion For NASA

The Senate Appropriations commerce, justice, science and related agencies (CJS) subcommittee voted Tuesday to approve fiscal year 2015 funding that includes $17.9 billion for NASA, $439 million more than requested in President Barack Obama’s budget request. The full Senate Appropriations Committee (SAC) will take up the bill Thursday. The subcommittee approved legislation providing $51.2 billion in proposed discretionary budget authority, a decrease of $398 million from FY ’14 and an increase of $1 billion above the president’s budget request, according…

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Pentagon

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