Number: RL32988
Title: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's FY2006 Budget Request: Description, Analysis, and Issues for Congress
Authors: Marcia S. Smith and Daniel Morgan, Resources, Science, and Industry Division 
Abstract: This report discusses the major issues debated in the context of NASA's FY2006 request for $16.456 billion, a 2.4% increase over the $16.070 billion appropriated in the FY2005 Consolidated Appropriations Act (adjusted for the rescission). NASA also received $126 million in a FY2005 supplemental for damages from the 2004 Florida hurricanes, giving it a total of $16.196 billion for FY2005. The FY2006 request was a 1.6% increase above that total. By comparison, last year's (FY2005's) budget submission projected that the agency would receive a 4.7% increase for FY2006. NASA submitted a FY2006 budget amendment on July 15, 2005; total funding requested did not change, only how it is allocated within the agency.
Pages: 63
Date: January 24, 2006