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The strategic forces subcommittee of the Senate Armed Services Committee is scheduled to hold a hearing this afternoon on national security space policy and programs in the FY2006 budget proposal. Several witnesses, including acting Air Force Secretary Peter Teets as well as the commanders of the US Strategic Command and Air Force Space Command, are […] The House Science Committee’s space and aeronautics subcommittee will hold a hearing Wednesday at 10 am on “The Future of Aeronautics at NASA”. The NASA associate administrator for aeronautics, J. Victor Lebacqz, is scheduled to testify, along with several other people from universities and organizations. Given the controversy that has surrounded proposed budget cuts to […] That’s the assessment of a front page article in Monday’s Washington Post, which notes that some Republicans are starting to become at least mildly concerned about alleged improprieties (or at least the appearance of impropriety, which can be just as damning) by the House majority leader. One Republican political consultant said the situation was “negatively […] The House Science Committee announced last week that Roselee Roberts has joined the staff of the committee as designee to Rep. Ken Calvert, chairman of the space subcommittee. Roberts was formerly director of legislative affairs for Boeing, where she worked for the last 17 years; before that she worked for then-Congressman Bill Nelson. Speaking of […] The conventional wisdom regarding the reorganization of the appropriations subcommittees in the House and Senate is that this is a beneficial move for NASA: no longer does the space agency have to compete with low-income housing and veterans’ programs for funding. The Commerce, Justice, and State departments all seem like easier competition for funding, the […] The Senate Appropriations Committee completed a reorganization of its subcommittees yesterday that mostly, but not entirely, followed plans. The major difference between the final plan and what was reported earlier in the week is that while NASA will be moved from the VA-HUD subcommittee (which will be dissolved) to the Commerce, Justice, and State subcommittee, […] While the House has completed its reorganization of its appropriations committees, moving NASA into what’s widely considered to be a more favorable subcommittee, the Senate is still grappling with its own reorganization plan. CongressDaily reported Monday that a reshuffling could come as early as this week that would eliminate the VA-HUD-Independent Agencies subcommittee (but only […] The minority leadership of the House Appropriations Committee has announced its assignments of Democratic members to the new subcommittee structure. (This assignment took place last week; I had missed it before now.) The Democratic members of the Science, State, Justice, and Commerce subcommittee, the new subcommittee whose jurisdiction includes NASA, are: Alan Mollohan (WV) José […] The full House Science Committee will hold a hearing at 10am this morning on the FY06 NASA budget proposal. Fred Gregory, the acting administrator, is the sole witness scheduled to testify. The hearing will be webcast. Thomas has finally posted the text of HR 656, the legislation introduced last week by Rep. James Oberstar to amend the Commercial Space Launch Amendments Act with additional safety provisions. As expected, the bill includes a provision to require AST to ensure that each launch license “includes minimum standards to protect the health and safety […] |
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