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Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, 2000
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Statement on Signing the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2000, October 30, 2000
Today I have signed into law H.R. 1654, the "National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2000."
I commend the bipartisan efforts of the Congress to pass a NASA authorization bill that funds my Administration’s priorities, including building the International Space Station, improving Space Shuttle safety, reducing the cost of access to space through the new Space Launch Initiative, and investing in outstanding science and technology.
I am disappointed, however, that this bill falls short of enabling NASA to conduct the most balanced, efficient, and effective space program. My Administration communicated significant objections and concerns with H.R. 1654 as it progressed through the legislative process. This bill satisfactorily addresses many of the key concerns; however, it limits NASA’s flexibility to pursue a promising commercial habitation module for the International Space Station. It also includes several other objectionable provisions and fails to include all but one of the fourteen legislative provisions proposed by my Administration.
I have signed this bill today because it authorizes funding for a robust space and aeronautics program for the Nation.
William J. Clinton The White House, October 30, 2000.
Note: H.R. 1654, approved October 30, was assigned Public Law No. 106-391.
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Chicago:
William J. Clinton, "Statement on Signing the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2000, October 30, 2000," Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, 2000 in United States. Executive Office of the President, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Week Ending Friday, November 3, 2000 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2000), 36:3215 Original Sources, accessed July 15, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=9HJMXS5VA5XS51X.
MLA:
Clinton, William J. "Statement on Signing the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2000, October 30, 2000." Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, 2000, in United States. Executive Office of the President, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Week Ending Friday, November 3, 2000 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2000), 36:3215, Original Sources. 15 Jul. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=9HJMXS5VA5XS51X.
Harvard:
Clinton, WJ, 'Statement on Signing the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2000, October 30, 2000' in Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, 2000. cited in , United States. Executive Office of the President, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Week Ending Friday, November 3, 2000 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2000), 36:3215. Original Sources, retrieved 15 July 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=9HJMXS5VA5XS51X.
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