Space Shuttle Move from Virginia to Texas Makes GOP Tax Bill

The Space Shuttle Discovery could soon make another journey — but this time not in outer space.

Language geared at moving a historic space shuttle from Virginia to Texas is tucked into Senate Republicans’ 940-page tax and spending bill (H.R. 1). Earlier versions of the proposed language had faced challenges under the Byrd Rule that limits policies not tied to budget savings.

Senate Republicans now have a modified provision that would provide as much as $85 million to effectively direct NASA to transfer the Space Shuttle Discovery, which is on display at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum’s ...