Senate Appropriations CJS Subcommittee Proposes $24.9 Billion for NASA in FY2027

What happened

The Senate Appropriations Committee released five more FY2027 bills this evening, including the Commerce-Justice-Science bill that funds NASA. NASA implemented a major reorganization earlier this year, merging and/or rearranging the mission directorates and budget structure.

The committee released two other bills on Tuesday. A schedule for the full committee to meet and consider the subcommittee recommendations hasn’t been announced.

Like the Senate, it rejected the deep cuts proposed by the Administration, recommending $24.4 billion. The CJS subcommittee is proposing $24.874 billion for NASA, slightly more than the $24.438 billion approved by Congress for FY2026.

The subcommittee’s report explains that the changes happened too late and lacked sufficient detail for them to be incorporated in this bill, however. The text , explanatory statement , and a summary are posted on the committee’s website.

The bill also funds the Department of Commerce (including NOAA), the Department of Justice, and the National Science Foundation. Total funding for NASA, and for NASA’s science programs, are shown below.

The House Appropriations Committee approved its version of the CJS bill on May 13, but it has not passed the House yet. The bill cleared the committee on a party-line vote because Democrats objected to provisions in the Commerce and Justice sections of the bill.