SP-4012 NASA HISTORICAL DATA BOOK: VOLUME IV
NASA RESOURCES 1969-1978

 

Table 4-3. Authorizations and Appropriations Compared with Budget Requestsa(in millions of dollars)

 

Action

Amounts and Percentages Cut (or added) by Congress

Administrative Operations b

Research and Development

Construction of Facilities

Total

Amount

Percentage

Amount

Percentage

Amount

Percentage

Amount

Percentage

.

FY 1969 Auth.

Appr.

45.0

45.0

6.9

6.9

306.9

306.9

8.3

8.3

5.4

23.2

12.0

51.6

357.3

375.1

8.2

8.6

FY 1970 Auth.

Appr.

17.3

17.3

2.4

2.4

31.5

45.4

1.0

1.5

0.0

5.0

0.0

8.5

48.8

67.7

1.3

1.8

FY 1971 Auth.

Appr.

9.0

13.6

1.2

1.8

(87.0)

41.1

(3.3)

1.6

0.1

9.6

0.42.8

(77.9)

64.3

(2.3)

1.9

FY 1972 Auth.

Appr.

4.0

4.0

0.5

0.5

(85.5)

(5.0)

(3.4)

(0.2)

(2.1)

3.6

(3.7)

6.4

(83.6)

2.6

(2.5)

0.1

FY 1973 Auth.

Appr.

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

(36.5)

0.0

(1.4)

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

(36.5)

0.0

(1.1)

0.0

FY 1974 Auth.

Appr.

0.2

0.2

*

*

(48.5)

3.0

(2.2)

0.1

0.0

10.9

0.0

9.7

(48.3)

14.1

(1.6)

0.5

FY 1975 Auth.

Appr.

0.0

9.6

0.0

1.3

(26.8)

15.0

(1.1)

0.6

7.0

11.3

4.6

7.5

(19.8)

35.9

(0.6)

1.1

FY 1976 Auth.

Appr.

32.2

3.8

0.4

0.5

(8.8)

1.0

(0.3)

*

(14.5)

2.5

(17.1)

2.9

(20.1)

7.3

(0.6)

0.2

TQ Auth.

Appr.

0.0

0.1

0.0

0.1

30.0

30.0

4.1

4.1

3.8

3.8

25.9

25.9

33.8

33.9

3.5

3.5

FY 1977 Auth.

Appr.

0.8

1.3

0.1

0.1

(97.5)

(97.5)

(3.5)

(3.5)

3.7

5.9

3.0

4.8

(93.0)

(90.3)

(2.5)

(2.4)

FY 1978 Auth.

Appr.

0.4

3.4

*

0.4

(15.5)

13.0

(0.5)

0.4

0.9

0.9

0.5

0.5

(14.2)

17.3

(0.3)

0.4

.

TOTAL Auth.

Appr.

79.9

98.3

1.0

1.3

(37.7)

352.9

(0.1)

1.3

4.3

76.7

0.5

8.3

46.5

527.9

*

0.8

*Less than 0.05 percent.
 
a Due to rounding, figures may not add to totals.
b Renamed Research and Program Management (R&PM) in 1970.
 
Source: Table 4-8 through Table 4-17.

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