S.Amdt. 4076

SA 4076. Mr. LUJAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 3951 submitted by Ms. Collins and intended to be proposed
to the bill H.R. 4016, making appropriations for the Department of
Defense 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 title III of division B,
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, the
accompanying explanatory statement, and the Senate report; or
(2) transferred, reprogrammed, deferred, or otherwise
withheld from obligation, except pursuant to the
reprogramming procedures required by the Committees on
Appropriations of the Senate and the House of
Representatives.
(b) The Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration, in coordination with the Director of the
Office of Management and Budget--
(1) shall obligate and expend funds appropriated 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 not 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.
(c) Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment
of this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and
Budget shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations a
certification that funds appropriated under the heading
``science'' under the heading ``National Aeronautics and
Space Administration'' are being apportioned and made
available in a manner consistent with congressional intent
and without delay.
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