; Whereas NASA’s fiscal year 2018 budget request proposed eliminating the Office of Education (OE) and its portfolio of OE-funded activities programs at the nine NASA centers and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory ; Whereas the House of Representatives passed an appropriations Act funding the Office of Education at $90 million and, House Report 115–231, reads The Committee understands that the Office of Education is undergoing a series of internal reviews and assessments; NASA shall brief the Committee when these assessments are concluded ; Whereas the Senate Appropriations Committee passed an appropriations Act funding the Office of Education at $100 million and, Senate Report 115–139, reads The Committee does not agree with the proposed cancellation of the activities within Education and has provided funding for the programs for the upcoming fiscal year. However, if NASA determines that the programs would be better managed, executed, and evaluated in other places within NASA, the Committee is not averse to considering funding these activities either within a revised Education directorate or other alternative locations ; Whereas Congress recognizes that NASA is reorganizing the Office of Education, and it is a critical moment for American educators, students, and STEM innovators, through their elected Representatives and Senators, to identify programs under the Office of Education that must be preserved and expanded; Whereas the ultimate validation of this program is when CubeSats are launched and operating in space; Whereas the limiting factor of getting CubeSats into space is lack of program awareness; Whereas more awareness leads to the utilization of a low-cost pathway to conduct scientific investigations and technology demonstrations in space; Whereas NASA’s Educational Resource Centers have promoted science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) engagement through public outreach