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The House of Representatives passed by a nearly unanimous vote Wednesday legislation that would provide awards to amateur astronomers who discover near Earth asteroids (NEAs). The Charles "Pete" Conrad Astronomy Awards Act, HR 912, gives the NASA administrator the authority to give $3,000 annual awards to US amateur astronomers who discover the largest NEA in a given year or who otherwise make the biggest contribution to NEA searches. The bill, named after the late Apollo astronaut, was introduced by Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) last year. The bill passed the House on a 404-1 vote, with only Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) dissenting.

Ron Paul is a former Libertarian presidential candidate turned Republican Congressman who opposes any legislation that is not expressly authorized by the Constitution. This is yet another clear cut example to all the "government is all waste" people that in fact government programs can acheive important goals. But couldn't they come up with more than a lousy $3k?