From: LARRY KLAES (ljk4_at_msn.com)
Date: Tue Jul 20 2004 - 20:04:00 PDT
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http://www.spacetoday.net/getsummary.php?id=2473 House subcommittee slashes NASA budget
A House budget subcommittee cut more than $1 billion from
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Posted: Tue, Jul 20 5:52 PM ET (2152 GMT)
NASA's proposed 2005 budget on Tuesday, with elements of the
agency's new exploration initiative taking the brunt of the
cuts. The subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee
that oversees the Departments of Veterans Affairs and
Housing and Urban Development, as well as independent
agencies such as NASA, cut $1.1 billion from the agency's
proposed $16.2-billion budget for fiscal year 2005. The cuts
included $268 million from Project Prometheus, NASA's
nuclear systems program; $468 million from the Crew
Exploration Vehicle; $100 million by accelerating the end of
the Space Launch Initiative program; and $30 million from
technology maturation programs. The subcommittee also cut
$100 million from the ISS program, but left the shuttle and
Mars exploration programs fully funded. The resulting
$15.1-billion budget is $229 million below NASA's current
2004 budget. Subcommittee members cited tight budget
allocations as the reason for the cuts. House Majority
Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX), whose district was recently shifted
to include the Johnson Space Center, called the cuts
"unacceptable" and suggested that he might block
consideration of the full appropriations bill on the House
floor unless changes are made. The full House Appropriations
Committee is scheduled to consider the budget bill on
Thursday.
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AP article:
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CongressDaily article:
http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0704/072004cdpm1.htm
House Appropriations Committee press release:
http://appropriations.house.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressReleases.Detail&PressRelease_id=414
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