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Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026Section 5 › Proposal

$7,250,000,000 for NASA science

Making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes, section 5, Sec. 5. Written by .

$7,250,000,000 for NASA science

The document says “shallWho acts: Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationHow: statuteSec. 5 in the PDF
What the document says

“and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and administrative aircraft, $7,250,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027”

Making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes, Sec. 5

The science account of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, which pays for its research and development in science. The money stays available through September 30, 2027, and a proviso directs that the amounts in a table under this heading in the explanatory statement described in section 4 be spent on the purposes named there, in not less than the amounts named.

What the document actually says

“and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and administrative aircraft, $7,250,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027”

Making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes, Sec. 5
That sentence, in plain words

NASA science gets $7,250,000,000. The money can be used until September 30, 2027.

What this is about

This pays for telescopes, probes and earth studies. A table in the report sets floors for named projects. NASA may spend more on them but not less.

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