ACCESSION
NUMBER:353698
FILE ID:POL304
DATE:07/20/94
TITLE:CONGRESSIONAL REPORT, WEDNESDAY, JULY 20 (07/20/94)
TEXT:*94072004.POL
CONGRESSIONAL REPORT, WEDNESDAY, JULY 20
(Space, Intelligence) (380)
HOUSE HONORS ASTRONAUTS FOR MOON EXPLORATION MISSIONS
The House of Representatives, in a resolution marking the 25th anniversary
of the Apollo moon landing on July 20, honored the U.S. astronauts who took
part in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) program to
reach and explore the moon.
The astronauts who put their lives on the line in that program are "true
national heroes," said Representative Ralph Hall, chairman of the House
Subcommittee on Space. The moon landing, he said on the House floor,
"marks one of the greatest achievements in all of human history."
In the Senate, Democratic Senator Howell Heflin marked the anniversary of
the moon landing by urging the United States to renew its commitment to the
space program, and in particular, the international manned space station,
which is scheduled to go into operation in 1997.
"We must push forward with our space program or risk losing the incredible
advances...ahead," Heflin said in a Senate speech.
So far the federal government has spent more than $11,000 million on the
space station program, and the space agency is asking for an additional
$17,500 million to complete the project.
Last year the space station program survived being eliminated by a single
vote in the House of Representatives. But this year an intense lobbying
effort by the Clinton administration and assurances of cooperation from
Russia has given the program new life. The House approved funding by a
wide margin last month and the Senate is expected to follow suit in the
next few weeks.
HOUSE APPROVES FISCAL 1995 INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION BILL
The House of Representatives by a vote of 410-16 July 20 approved and sent
to the Senate a fiscal 1995 intelligence authorization bill maintaining
intelligence funding steady at about the reported $28,000 million expended
during fiscal 1994.
1oth the overall spending level and authorizations for specific agencies are
classified. The House rejected 221-194 an amendment that would have
required public disclosure of the aggregate amount requested, but not of
the proposed funding levels for the individual agencies.
The authorization measure covers the activities of the Central Intelligence
Agency (CIA), the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), the National Security
Agency (NSA) and other government intelligence agencies.
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