House Appropriators Propose Small Cut to FAA's Commercial Space Office – UPDATE 2
UPDATE 2: The full committee approved the bill on May 21, 2014, with no change to this part of the bill.
UPDATE, May 7, 2014: The subcommittee approved the draft bill by voice vote.
ORIGINAL STORY, May 6, 2014: The House Appropriations subcommittee that funds the FAA’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation (AST) will markup the FY2015 Transportation-HUD bill tomorrow (May 7). The committee released the draft bill today, which shows they are proposing a small cut to AST’s budget request.
The FY2015 request for AST is $16.605 million. The subcommittee proposal is $16.000 million. The proposed bill does not provide any explanation of the reason for the cut. Typically that would be included in the report to accompany the bill, which is usually released after full committee markup.
The subcommittee markup is at 10:00 am ET in 2358-A Rayburn House Office Building.
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