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 Space Exploration and NASA: Authorizations & Appropriations
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First Supplemental, 19601959
Space Funds Authorized1959
NASA Funds Authorization1960
Congress Authorizes $1.8 Billion for Space Programs1961
$5.3 Billion Authorized for NASA; Moon Race Criticized1963
Action on HR 75001963
Cut in NASA Funds Highlights Independent Offices1963
$5.2 Billion Authorized for NASA1964
Independent Offices Bill Gives NASA $5,250,000,0001964
NASA Authorization1965
Space Authorization Dips Again1966
Congress Trims Space Authorization Below $5 Billion1967
NASA Appropriations1967
NASA Authorization1968
NASA Authorization1969
Compromise HUD, NASA, Offices Bill Passed after Veto1970
Congress Authorizes $3.4 Billion for Space Agency1970
HUD, VA, NASA, Other Agencies: $18.3-Billion for 19721971
NASA: $3.3-Billion Authorized for Fiscal 19721971
Funds: $20.1-Billion for HUD, VA, NASA, Other Agencies1972
NASA Authorization: $3.4-Billion for Fiscal 19731972
Congress Votes $19-Billion For HUD, VA, NASA Programs1973
NASA Authorization: $3.1-Billion for Fiscal 19741973
NASA Authorization: $3.3-Billion Voted1974
$3.6-Billion NASA Authorization Voted1975
$49.3-Billion Approved for Housing and Urban Development, NASA, Veterans, Funding Community Development, Selective Service, and Research1975
Space Authorization1976
HUD, NASA, Veterans1977
NASA Authorization1977
NASA Authorization1978
HUD-Independent Agencies1979
NASA 1979 Supplemental1979
NASA Authorization1979
Federal Disaster Relief1980
NASA Authorization1981
$46.9 Billion for HUD, Independent Agencies1982
NASA Authorization1982
President Signs NASA Authorization Measure1984
NASA Authorization1985
NASA Authorization1986
Presidential Veto Message: Reagan On Six Pocket Vetoes1986
Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Related Agencies Get $57 Billion for Fiscal 19881987
NASA Gets $9.57 Billion Authorization1987
$11.2 Billion NASA Authorization Bill Cleared1988
NASA Authorization Bill Fails to Clear in ‘891989
Space Station Funding1989
NASA Cuts Slow Ambitious Plans1990
Multi-Year NASA Reauthorization Signed1991
NASA Funding Includes Space Station1992
Porky Appropriations for Veterans Affairs, Housing and Urban Development1992
House Passes NASA Authorization Bill1993
Highlights of President's Budget: Education and Fighting Crime Are Priorities As Science, Space Exploration and Highway Safety Face Cuts1994
No Accord on Reauthorizing NASA1994
Tempers Flare Over Appropriations and Special Projects for Veterans Affairs, Housing and Urban Development1994
Funding Cuts Prompt Veto of Bill for Veterans Affairs (VA) and Housing and Urban Development (HUD)1995
Bill for Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development Enjoys Bipartisan Support1996
Lawmakers Remain at Odds Over NASA Authorization1996
House Panels Advance Several Science-Related Bills1997
VA-HUDBill Revamps Housing Subsidies1997
Congressional Anger Over Russia's Space Station Role Snags NASA Authorization1998
Housing Policy Overhaul Gets Ride to Enactment On Spending Bill For Veterans Affairs, Housing and Urban Development1998
Compromise Boosts Funds For Veterans' Health Care, Provides Hurricane Relief1999
Despite Progress in Both Chambers, NASA Funding Authorization Remains Stalled1999
NASA's 1st Reauthorization Since 1992 Includes Curb On Space Station's Cost2000
VA-HUD Funds Grow $4.4 Billion2001
Lean Times for VA-HUD Bill2002
Fiscal Year 2003: Veterans Affairs, Housing and Urban Development2003
Vets Win More Health Funding2003
Congress Debates NASA's Future2004
NASA Gets Help From Bush, DeLay2004
Justice Gets a Boost in Commerce-Justice-State Bill2005
NASA Reauthorization Aims for Mars2005
Senate Seeks Disaster Aid for NASA2006
Census, Law Grants Receive Increases2013
Census, Law Grants Receive Increases2014
Commerce-Justice-Science: Gun Check Plan Blocked, NASA Pruned2016
Ambitious Mission Set for NASA In First Reauthorization in Years2017
Commerce-Justice-Science: House Cardinal Presses NASA Funding2017