ACCESSION 
NUMBER:353698

FILE ID:POL304

DATE:07/20/94

TITLE:CONGRESSIONAL REPORT, WEDNESDAY, JULY 20 (07/20/94)

TEXT:*94072004.POL

CONGRESSIONAL REPORT, WEDNESDAY, JULY 20

(Space, Intelligence)  (380)

HOUSE HONORS ASTRONAUTS FOR MOON EXPLORATION MISSIONS

The House of Representatives, in a resolution marking the 25th anniversary

of the Apollo moon landing on July 20, honored the U.S. astronauts who took

part in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) program to

reach and explore the moon.



The astronauts who put their lives on the line in that program are "true

national heroes," said Representative Ralph Hall, chairman of the House

Subcommittee on Space.  The moon landing, he said on the House floor,

"marks one of the greatest achievements in all of human history."



In the Senate, Democratic Senator Howell Heflin marked the anniversary of

the moon landing by urging the United States to renew its commitment to the

space program, and in particular, the international manned space station,

which is scheduled to go into operation in 1997.



"We must push forward with our space program or risk losing the incredible

advances...ahead," Heflin said in a Senate speech.



So far the federal government has spent more than $11,000 million on the

space station program, and the space agency is asking for an additional

$17,500 million to complete the project.



Last year the space station program survived being eliminated by a single

vote in the House of Representatives.  But this year an intense lobbying

effort by the Clinton administration and assurances of cooperation from

Russia has given the program new life.  The House approved funding by a

wide margin last month and the Senate is expected to follow suit in the

next few weeks.



HOUSE APPROVES FISCAL 1995 INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION BILL

The House of Representatives by a vote of 410-16 July 20 approved and sent

to the Senate a fiscal 1995 intelligence authorization bill maintaining

intelligence funding steady at about the reported $28,000 million expended

during fiscal 1994.



1oth the overall spending level and authorizations for specific agencies are

classified.  The House rejected 221-194 an amendment that would have

required public disclosure of the aggregate amount requested, but not of

the proposed funding levels for the individual agencies.



The authorization measure covers the activities of the Central Intelligence

Agency (CIA), the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), the National Security

Agency (NSA) and other government intelligence agencies.



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