SR 68 — Support moving NASA headquarters to Ohio

As(136th AdoptedGeneralAssembly) by(Senate theResolution SenateNumber 136th68) GeneralARESOLUTION AssemblyTo Regularsupport Sessionmoving S.NASAheadquarters to Ohio.

R.Be it resolved by the Senate of the State of Ohio:

No.WHEREAS, Ohio is the birthplace of aviation and has produced some of our nation's greatest pioneers in space exploration, including more astronauts than any other state;

68and 2025-2026WHEREAS, SenatorOhio Roegnercontinues Cosponsors:to lead the nation in aerospace research and development and is home to world-class research institutions such as NASA Glenn Research Center, NASA Neil Armstrong Test Facility, and theAir Force Research Laboratory;

Senatorsand Antonio,WHEREAS, Blackshear,The Blessing,lease Brenner,on Chavez,the Cirino,current Craig, Cutrona, DeMora, Gavarone, Hicks-Hudson, Huffman, Ingram, Johnson, Koehler, Landis, Liston, Manchester, O'Brien, Patton, Reineke, Reynolds, Romanchuk, Schaffer, Timken, Weinstein, Wilkin, Wilson A R E S O L U T I O N To support moving NASA headquarters toin Ohio.Washington, D.C.

1will BEexpire ITin RESOLVED2028, BYmaking THEthis SENATEan OFopportune THEtime STATEto OFaccomplish OHIO:President Trump's wish to move federal agencies out of Washington, D.C.

WHEREAS, Ohio is the birthplace of aviation and has 2 produced some of our nation's greatest pioneers in space 3 exploration, including more astronauts than any other state;

and 4 WHEREAS, Ohio continues to lead the nation in aerospace 5 research and development and is home to world-class research 6 institutions such as NASA Glenn Research Center, NASA Neil 7 Armstrong Test Facility, and the Air Force Research Laboratory;

8 and 9 WHEREAS, The lease on the current NASA headquarters in 10 Washington, D.C.

will expire in 2028, making this an opportune 11 time to accomplish President Trump's wish to move federal 12 agencies out of Washington, D.C.

13 and 14 WHEREAS, Ohio's highly skilled workforce, robust 15 transportation infrastructure, and developed manufacturing 16 sector make Ohio a strategic location to support NASA's 17operations; S.

R.and WHEREAS, Ohio's lower cost of living would save taxpayer dollars as compared to other prospective locations for NASAheadquarters;

No.and WHEREAS, Relocating NASA headquarters to Ohio would honor Ohio's contributions to aerospace and space exploration, reinforce Ohio's position as an international leader in space exploration and aeronautics innovation, and best position NASA for sustained success;

68now Pagetherefore 2be Asit AdoptedRESOLVED, byThat we, the members of the Senate operations;of the 136th General Assembly of Ohio, strongly encourage President Trump, Vice President Vance, and NASA Administrator Designate Isaacman to relocate NASAheadquarters to Ohio;

and 18be WHEREAS,it Ohio'sfurther lowerRESOLVED, costThat the Clerk of livingthe wouldSenate savetransmit taxpayerduly 19authenticated dollarscopies asof comparedthis resolution to otherthe prospectivePresident locationsof forthe NASAUnited 20States, headquarters;Vice President of the United States, NASAAdministrator Designate Jared Isaacman, and the news media of Ohio.

andPresident 21_________________ WHEREAS,of Relocatingthe NASASenate. headquarters to Ohio would honor 22 Ohio's contributions to aerospace and space exploration, 23 reinforce Ohio's position as an international leader in space 24 exploration and aeronautics innovation, and best position NASA 25 for sustained success;

nowAdopted therefore____________________, be20____ it 26 RESOLVED, That we, the members of the Senate of the 136th 27 General Assembly of Ohio, strongly encourage President Trump, 28 Vice President Vance, and NASA Administrator Designate Isaacman 29 to relocate NASA headquarters to Ohio;

and be it further 30 RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the Senate transmit duly 31 authenticated copies of this resolution to the President of the 32 United States, Vice President of the United States, NASA 33 Administrator Designate Jared Isaacman, and the news media of 34 Ohio.

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