![]() Adjusting for inflation, this is NASA's best budget since 2009, when it received a temporary $1 billion boost from the economic stimulus bill.Īnd it wasn't just NASA. This is a far better outcome than the White House's original proposal, which would have cut NASA by 1 percent to $19.1 billion. Should this legislation pass, NASA would receive a $1.1 billion increase to $20.7 billion in fiscal year 2018. This is arguably the best budget for national science investment in a decade. Congress thoroughly rejected every major cut proposed to NASA and other science agencies by the Trump Administration, often providing them with funding increases instead. NASA-and science in general-did very well in this legislation. ![]() Yesterday, we saw the fruit of that deal with the release of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018, a bill that would fund nearly all government agencies through the remainder of this fiscal year (which ends September 30). Last month, Congress reached a broad budget deal that lifted self-imposed spending caps-the "sequester"-for the next two years. Update 3/22/18: The House of Representatives just passed the omnibus, 256-to-167. It now goes to the White House for the President's signature. ![]() Update 3/23/18 12:39am ET: The Senate votes in favor of the omnibus, 65-32. NASA's funding for fiscal year 2018 is officially wrapped up. ![]() Update 3/23/18 2:24pm ET: After an initial veto threat, the President signed the bill into law. ![]()
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