[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 9 (Tuesday, January 13, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S173]
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  SA 4204. Mr. LUJAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 6938, making consolidated appropriations for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes; which 
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the appropriate place in division A, insert the 
     following:
       Sec. ___. (a) None of the funds made available by this Act 
     under the heading ``science'' under the heading ``National 
     Aeronautics and Space Administration'' may be--
       (1) used for any purpose other than the programs, projects, 
     and activities specified for such account in this Act and the 
     report accompanying this Act; or
       (2) transferred, reprogrammed, deferred, or otherwise 
     withheld from obligation, except pursuant to the 
     reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act.
       (b) The Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space 
     Administration--
       (1) shall obligate and expend funds made available under 
     the heading ``science'' under the heading ``National 
     Aeronautics and Space Administration'' in a manner consistent 
     with the amounts and purposes specified in this Act; and
       (2) shall neither take, nor permit to be taken, any action 
     that would impede the timely obligation of such funds without 
     prior notification to the Committees on Appropriations 
     pursuant to section 505 of this Act.
       (c) Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment 
     of this Act, the Administrator of the National Aeronautics 
     and Space Administration shall submit to the Committees on 
     Appropriations a certification that funds appropriated under 
     the heading ``science'' under the heading ``National 
     Aeronautics and Space Administration'' have been received and 
     were made available in a manner consistent with congressional 
     intent and without delay.
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