{"id":54125,"date":"2019-06-13T09:25:51","date_gmt":"2019-06-13T09:25:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2019\/06\/13\/space-corps-gets-ok-from-hasc-ndaa-markup\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T23:56:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T23:56:51","slug":"space-corps-gets-ok-from-hasc-ndaa-markup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2019\/06\/13\/space-corps-gets-ok-from-hasc-ndaa-markup\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Space Corps\u2019 gets OK in House committee\u2019s NDAA markup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WASHINGTON \u2015 The House Armed Services Committee approved a new military branch for space<\/a> early Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The panel unanimously adopted the measure by a voice vote after debating for less than an hour. It was offered by Strategic Forces Subommittee chairman Jim Cooper, D-Tenn., and Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Ala., who first offered the idea of a sixth branch two years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSo the Space Corps is as close as we could make it to the proposal that passed this committee overwhelmingly,\u201d Cooper said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is not a $13 billion expenditure, a gold-plated plan like had been proposed to us by the secretary of the Air Force. It is instead a reorganization so that space professionals can be properly recognized for their skill and ability and promoted.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rogers said the amendment is \u201calmost identical to what passed out of this committee nearly unanimously \u2015 and it was essential do be done.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t