scope:

Applicability

a. This NPR is applicable to NASA Headquarters and NASA Centers, including Component Facilities and Technical and Service Support Centers. This language applies to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) (a Federally Funded Research and Development Center), other contractors, recipients of grants, cooperative agreements, or other agreements only to the extent specified or referenced in the applicable contracts, grants, or agreements.

b. In this directive, all mandatory actions (i.e., requirements) are denoted by statements containing the term "shall." The terms: "may" or "can" denote discretionary privilege or permission, "should" denotes a good practice and is recommended, but not required, "will" denotes expected outcome, and "are/is" denotes descriptive material.

c. In this directive, all document citations are assumed to be to the latest version, unless otherwise noted.

Purpose

This NASA Procedural Requirements (NPR) provides requirements and a general overview on how to develop, refine, justify, and submit NASA's annual request for direct budget authority to be appropriated by Congress. It includes information on establishing NASA budget estimates in the Government-wide President's Budget Request (PBR), and an overview of how the Agency monitors the Congressional appropriations process. This NPR focuses on budget formulation, which comprises the first three phases of the Agency's four-phase Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) process.