While there’s been no official announcement yet from the minority leadership of the House Appropriations Committee on new subcommittee assignments, at least one key member has found a slot on the new subcommittee whose jurisdiction includes NASA. Rep. Bud Cramer (D-AL), whose district includes NASA Marshall, announced late Tuesday that he will serve on the Science, State, Justice, and Commerce subcommittee. This is (for those who have lost track in the last couple of weeks) the committee formed by taking NASA and NSF from the former VA-HUD subcommittee and moving them into the committee that previously handled the budgets of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State. The overall reorganization was approved by the full membership of the House Appropriations Committee on Tuesday in a vote that fell along party lines.
