Besides Tuesday’s hearing by the House Science Committee about the ISS, there are several other space-related hearings and votes scheduled for the coming weeks. The full House is scheduled to vote some time this week on the Science, State, Justice, and Commerce appropriations bill, which includes NASA’s $16.5-billion budget. (The Senate has yet to take any action on its version of this appropriation.) Meanwhile, Lori Garver, writing for The Planetary Society, reports that both the House and Senate will be moving forward later this month on authorization bills for NASA. The House Science Committee’s space subcommittee will mark up its version of the authorization bill on June 23, with the full committee scheduled to handle the bill a week later. The Senate Commerce Committee’s space subcommittee will mark up its authorization bill on June 23 as well, handing it over to the full committee for consideration the same day.
