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Topic: Texas lawmakers: Move Discovery to Houston

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Message to Edit: HTML is ON UBB Code is ON Smilies Legend	Originally posted by Robert Pearlman on 07-01-2025 10:08 PM The Senate passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act today (July 1) with the provision to relocate space shuttle Discovery included. The vote was 50 to 50; Vice President JD Vance broke the tie. The bill now heads back to the House of Representatives. As Marcia Smith of Space Policy Online [URL=https://x.com/SpcPlcyOnline/status/1940195154910204024]explains[/URL]: <BLOCKQUOTE>[i]For the reconciliation bill to go next to the President's desk, it must pass the House with no amendments. If amended, it must go back to the Senate. Amendments [URL=https://rules.house.gov/bill/119/hr-1-sa]are being proposed[/URL] to the Rules Committee.[/i]</BLOCKQUOTE> Among those amendments are: [list][]From Suhas Subramanyam (Democrat, VA-10): Strikes a provision requiring the transfer of a space vehicle and funding provided for the purpose of the transfer. []From George Whitesides (Democrat, CA-27): Prohibits the use of funds for the transfer of the Discovery space shuttle out of the Smithsonian's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center.[/list] For those not familiar, Whitesides was previously the chief of staff at NASA and the CEO of Virgin Galactic. Per Smith, the Speaker of the House is determined to get the bill to the President by July 4. <BLOCKQUOTE>[i]Although we always warn against trying to guess what Congress will do, it seems unlikely any amendments will make it to the floor for debate.[/i]</BLOCKQUOTE>
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