The House Committee on Science, Space and Technology...
The House Committee on Science, Space and Technology approved the NASA Authorization Act of 2013 during a markup late Thursday. It reauthorizes programs for two years and includes a top line budget of $16.8 billion, which is lower than the…
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funding that some Democrats sought in amendments (CD July 19 p9). The bill, HR-2687, cancels the proposed reorganization of NASA education programs and “prohibits the administration’s poorly defined Asteroid Retrieval Mission, which has raised concerns within the scientific community,” Chairman Lamar Smith, R-Texas, said in a press release (http://1.usa.gov/15sJVnx). The bill was approved 22-17 on a party-line vote, it said. The committee approved amendments, including a manager’s amendment from Smith and an amendment from Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Fla., which prohibits using authorized funds to pay contractors that have committed fraud or violated antitrust statutes, it said.