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Congress Sends Bipartisan Cruz-Nelson NASA Transition Authorization Act to the President's Desk

Press Release

By: Ted Cruz
By: Ted Cruz
Date: March 7, 2017
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Science, Technology and Communication Government Budget and Spending Legislative Branch

The U.S. House of Representatives today passed S. 442, The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Transition Authorization Act of 2017, a bill originally introduced in the U.S. Senate by U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), along with Sens. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Gary Peters (D-Mich.), John Thune (R-S.D.), Tom Udall (D-N.M.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.), and John Cornyn (R-Texas). In the House, the chairmen with committees of jurisdiction for the bill are U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas), chairman of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee, and Rep. Brian Babin (R-Texas), chairman of the House Space Subcommittee. The legislation provides stability for NASA to sustain and build upon existing national space investments designed to advance space exploration and science with an overall authorization level of $19.508 billion for fiscal year 2017. With the House's passage of the bill today, the legislation now heads to the White House to await President Donald Trump's signature.

"The importance of NASA and space exploration to Houston and the state of Texas cannot be underestimated," said Sen. Cruz. "With the passage of this bipartisan legislation, the future of the U.S. space program is now more secure and stable, and we have provided much-needed certainty to the missions of the International Space Station and Johnson Space Center. We are also making a serious commitment to the manned exploration of space, laying the groundwork for the mission to Mars, and enabling commercial space ventures to flourish, all of which will foster extraordinary economic growth and job creation throughout Texas. I'm grateful for the hard work and collaboration of Senators Bill Nelson, John Thune, and Gary Peters, Congressmen Lamar Smith and Brian Babin, and organizations like the Bay Area Houston Economic Partnership, all of whom all helped forge this legislation to help ensure America continues to lead the way in space exploration."


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