On September 16, 2016, United States Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX), Bill Nelson (D-FL.), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Gary Peters (D-MI), Roger Wicker (R-MS), and Tom Udall (D-NM) introduced S. 3346, The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Transition Authorization Act of 2016. The legislation sought to provided stability for NASA to sustain and build upon existing national space investments designed to advance space exploration with an overall authorization level of $19.508 billion for fiscal year 2017.
On December, 10, 2016, the United States Senate passed the NASA Transition Authorization Act of 2016 unanimously. The NASA Transition Authorization Act would reaffirm existing policy regarding use of the International Space Station (ISS) and would require NASA to develop a transition plan that would enable greater participation in the ISS and would require NASA to develop propulsion technologies intended to reduce travel time to Mars, as well as develop a strategic framework for human space flight to Mars.
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