2025-2026 Regular SessionUS Congress Legislature

SB1437: ASCEND Act Accessing Satellite Capabilities to Enable New Discoveries Act

Legislative Summary

A bill to require the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to establish a program to identify, evaluate, acquire, and disseminate commercial Earth remote sensing data and imagery in order to satisfy the scientific, operational, and educational requirements of the Administration, and for other purposes.

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Bill History

4/10/2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Senate
4/30/2025
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Senate

Status Information

Current Status
Introduced(4/10/2025)
Chamber
Senate

Sponsors

Democrat: 1
Republican: 1

Co-Sponsors (1)

Documents

Introduced
Bill Text4/29/2025245.3 KB