NASA Appropriations and Authorizations: A Fact Sheet

In the current fiscal environment, congressional deliberations about the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) often focus on the availability of funding. This fact sheet provides data on past and current NASA appropriations as well as proposed NASA appropriations for FY2015 and proposed authorizations of NASA appropriations for FY2015 and FY2016.

NASA issues of congressional interest are discussed further in CRS Report R43144, NASA: Issues for Authorization, Appropriations, and Oversight in the 113th Congress. Additional information on appropriations legislation affecting NASA is provided in CRS Report R43080, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies: FY2014 Appropriations, and similar reports for other years.