Washington Updates

United States Space Policy Updates The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (SCST) held a nomination hearing for Paul Dabbar, President Trump’s nominee to be U.S. Deputy Secretary of Commerce (SCST, May 1) The Senate Armed Service Committee (SASC) held a nomination hearing for Matthew Lohmeier to be Undersecretary of Air Force (SASC, May 1)…

United States Space Policy Updates The U.S. House Committee on Science Space and Technology (HSST) Space and Aeronautics Subcommittee held a hearing entitled “Leveraging Commercial Innovation for Lunar Exploration: A Review of NASA’s CLPS Initiative” on Tuesday, April 1, 2025. Read Space Foundation’s summary of the hearing here. (HSST, April 1) United States Space Force (USSF) Chief of…

United States Space Policy Updates As part of the full-year continuing resolution spending bill passed by congress, the United States Space Force (USSF) has an allocated $28.7 billion budget for fiscal year 2025, less than its $29.5 billion budget request. (SpaceNews, March 20) The USSF released its ‘Data and Artificial Intelligence FY 2025 Strategic Action Plan,’ focused on developing ‘a…

United States Space Policy Updates The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee held a hearing to examine spectrum auction delays. (Congress.gov, February 19) The House Science Space and Technology Committee (HSST) Space and Aeronautics Subcommittee has announced a hearing set for February 26, entitled ‘Step by Step: The Artemis Program and NASA’s Path to Human…

This Week in Washington The House Science Space and Technology Committee announced the subcommittee chairs and ranking members for the 119th Congress. The House Science Space and Technology Committee held a full committee hearing entitled ‘The State of U.S. Science and Technology: Ensuring U.S. Global Leadership.’ The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs Science…