WASHINGTON — The chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee unveiled a proposal to add $10 billion to a budget reconciliation bill to offset changes to NASA human spaceflight and exploration programs in the administration’s budget proposal.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) released June 5 a package of “legislative directives” he seeks to include the Senate version of a budget reconciliation bill, a broader package that includes both new spending and recissions of existing spending, along with tax cuts.
The package includes language providing an additional $9.995 billion in the current fiscal year for NASA. Those funds would be available for NASA to spend through fiscal year 2032.
The largest part of the package, $4.1 billion, would go towards production of Space Launch System rockets for the Artemis 4 and 5 missions. NASA’s fiscal year 2026 budget proposal seeks to end SLS development, along with the Orion spacecraft, with Artemis 3.
Source: https://spacenews.com/cruz-seeks-10-billion-for-nasa-programs-in-budget-reconciliation-bill/