H.R. 2616: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2013
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H.R. 2616: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2013
113th Congress · introduced 2013-07-08 · Science, Technology, Communications · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Space.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2013-07-08 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Edwards, Donna F. [D-MD-4] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Space. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2013
Plain summary
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2013 - Authorizes appropriations for FY2014-FY2016 for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Authorizes NASA and NASA-related programs, activities and reports, including those with regard to human exploration, the Space Launch System and the Orion multipurpose crew vehicle, space radiation, the International Space Station (ISS), commercial crew transportation, the James Webb Space Telescope, the Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope, radioisotope thermoelectric generators, land imaging remote sensing data, aeronautics research, project and program reserves, NASA education programs, astronaut occupational health care, and near-Earth objects. Establishes a space technology program.
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Official text
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2013
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Edwards, Donna F. [D-MD-4] · 16 cosponsors
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Cosponsors on this site
Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Scott H. Peters (D-CA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Marc A. Veasey (D-TX), Robin L. Kelly (D-IL), Mark Takano (D-CA), Ami Bera (D-CA), Julia Brownley (D-CA)
Agencies named in this bill
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration: its federal spending and other bills that name it
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Words on this page, explained (2)
- Appropriation
- Money a legislature sets aside by law for a specific purpose. Government agencies may spend public money only as it has been appropriated.
- Authorization
- A law that creates or continues a government program and says what it may do, often with a suggested spending ceiling. An authorization alone does not provide money; a separate appropriation does.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-113hr2616.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/113/hr>
Record fed-us-cong113-hr2616 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113