[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 157 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 157

     To reduce Federal spending by prohibiting the expenditure of 
  appropriated funds on the United States International Space Station 
                                Program.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 5, 1995

  Mr. Bumpers (for himself, Mr. Warner, Mr. Bradley, Mr. Conrad, Mr. 
Feingold, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Kohl, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Pryor, Mr. Simon, and Mr. 
  Wellstone) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
              referred to the Committee on Appropriations

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                                 A BILL


 
     To reduce Federal spending by prohibiting the expenditure of 
  appropriated funds on the United States International Space Station 
                                Program.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Reduction of Federal Spending 
Through Space Station Termination Act of 1995''.

SEC. 2. TERMINATION OF THE SPACE STATION PROGRAM.

    (a) Prohibition.--Effective immediately upon the enactment of this 
Act, no appropriated funds shall be expended by the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration for the Space Station Program.
    (b) Exception.--Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), 
not to exceed $500,000,000 of such funds referred to in subsection (c) 
may be used in terminating the Space Station Program.
    (c) Unexpended Funds.--Subject to the provisions of subsection (b), 
any funds appropriated for use on the Space Station Program that remain 
unexpended and unobligated 90 days after the date of enactment of this 
section shall be credited to the general revenues of the United States 
Treasury.
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