Update on the House CR. It will be a clean CR and will last until December:http://www.spacepolitics.com/2014/08/22/house-gearing-up-for-cr-to-last-until-december/
Lobbyists said they expect lawmakers to pass a “clean” stopgap bill to avoid a shutdown fight before the election, but are counting on being able to influence the omnibus funding package when it comes out later this year.
"So I would expect there will be a continuing resolution to fund the government from September 30th into early December."
“The only people talking about a government shutdown are the Democrats and nobody has any interest in doing that, so I think we’ll pass a clean CR [continuing resolution], which would operate the government probably into December,” he told Fox Business Network in an interview.
...the language regarding financial reporting is in the committee report on the bill, not in the bill itself. The committee report is presented to the full Senate and could affect the amendment process if the bill goes to a conference committee. But the committee report does not have the force of law and if the House should pass a budget bill identical to the Senate's, the Shelby language would not be in it.
Quote from: vulture4 on 08/26/2014 04:14 am...the language regarding financial reporting is in the committee report on the bill, not in the bill itself. The committee report is presented to the full Senate and could affect the amendment process if the bill goes to a conference committee. But the committee report does not have the force of law and if the House should pass a budget bill identical to the Senate's, the Shelby language would not be in it.One can play that game with Appropriators. Knowing Shelby, I imagine he hopes on many levels that NASA does not abide by the report's language as that would give him ammo for more draconian efforts, ones that would end-up in the FY16 appropriations bill.
ThursdayThe House may take up a short-term spending bill to keep the government funded through early December and avoid a shutdown on Oct. 1.
A GOP leadership aide Saturday said no final decisions have been made on the exact timing for a continuing resolution vote, but acknowledged “our objective is to get it done quickly.”
Quote from: jimhillhouse on 09/08/2014 04:06 amQuote from: vulture4 on 08/26/2014 04:14 am...the language regarding financial reporting is in the committee report on the bill, not in the bill itself. The committee report is presented to the full Senate and could affect the amendment process if the bill goes to a conference committee. But the committee report does not have the force of law and if the House should pass a budget bill identical to the Senate's, the Shelby language would not be in it.One can play that game with Appropriators. Knowing Shelby, I imagine he hopes on many levels that NASA does not abide by the report's language as that would give him ammo for more draconian efforts, ones that would end-up in the FY16 appropriations bill.The bill isn't law. I am not sure why NASA would need to abide by it. Furthermore, I doubt that the text in the report will make it in the final conference report.
I don't know for sure but I expect that the CCtCap announcement was being delayed until the text of the CR was released.
Quote from: yg1968 on 09/10/2014 05:15 amI don't know for sure but I expect that the CCtCap announcement was being delayed until the text of the CR was released.Forgive me for not knowing the details of the US budget process, but can't the CR still be amended? (or is that in principle yes, but in practice no/unlikely) So could NASA be waiting for a CR to actually be passed so they know for sure where they stand? (or at least until December ...)
Does this mean there will likely be a shutdown on 11 December?