UPDATE: NASA Cut $379 Million, NOAA Cut $336 Million, in House Appropriations Proposal for CR For Rest of FY2011

UPDATE: The House Appropriations Committee has now posted its “partial list of 70 spending cuts” it is proposing for the FY2011 CR. The list includes the $379 million cut to NASA reported by the National Journal, as well as a $336 million cut to NOAA’s budget, and one of the largest cuts — $1.1 billion — is from the Department of Energy’s Office of Science (the press release does not specify that it is DOE’s Office of Science, but a committee staffer confirmed that it is). NSF would also get cut by $139 million, and the National Institutes of Health by $1 billion.

ORIGINAL STORY: The document is not yet posted on the House Appropriations Committee’s website, but the National Journal (subscription required) reports that the Continuing Resolution (CR) as reported from that committee for the rest of FY2011 includes a $379 million cut to NASA. The article states:

“The spending bill will also include cuts to several of Congress’ sacred cows: a $379 million cut to the NASA; a $224 million cut to Amtrak, and a $256 million cut in assistance to state and local law enforcement.”

The cut presumably is to the FY2011 President’s budget request of $19.0 billion, which would put the agency roughly at its FY2010 level of $18.7 billion. We will provide more details when they are available.