Yesterday, the House took up the Senate Amendment to HR 6500, the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2027 under the suspension of the rules process. After about 25 minutes of debate, the House agreed to the Senate amendment by a bipartisan vote of 370 to 48 (29 Republican and 19 Democrats voting NAY).
The amended bill provides a continuation of current federal government spending through December 11th, 2026.
This is not a ‘clean’ continuing resolution; a number of spending extensions and increases are included in the provisions of this bill. None of those spending actions are of specific interest here except the following Space Geek items of interest:
- Section 121 - funding needed to maintain the planned launch schedules for the Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO) satellite system.
The bill also extends the termination date of the following programs (among others) that are tied to the end of the fiscal year:
- Section 2011. Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015, and
- Section 2012. Federal Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2015.
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