House bill · 111th Congress · Public Law 111-314
To enact certain laws relating to national and commercial space programs as title 51, United States Code, "National and Commercial Space Programs".
Became law on Dec 18, 2010.
Sponsor: Rep. John Conyers D-MIWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 16, 2009
- Committee actionOct 21, 2009
- Passed HouseJan 13, 2010 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateDec 3, 2010 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentDec 9, 2010
- Became lawDec 18, 2010
Latest action: Dec 18, 2010 — Became Public Law No: 111-314.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3237.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3237, A bill to enact certain laws relating to national and commercial space programs as title 51, United States Code, "National and Commercial Space Programs"” on October 30, 2009. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on October 21, 2009</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 30, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41387
- CBO publication date
- October 30, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3237, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/3237
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1e5bf2ead59b659f28c275a4370cff9177cbe006c99b32628137e19ac6eca4a7
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3237, A bill to enact certain laws relating to national and commercial space programs as title 51, United States Code, "National and Commercial Space Programs"” on October 30, 2009. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on October 21, 2009”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 30, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41387
- CBO publication date
- October 30, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3237, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/3237
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1e5bf2ead59b659f28c275a4370cff9177cbe006c99b32628137e19ac6eca4a7
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3237, An act to enact certain laws relating to national and commercial space programs as title 51, United States Code, "National and Commercial Space Programs"” on May 14, 2010. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on May 10, 2010</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 14, 2010 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/21472
- CBO publication date
- May 14, 2010
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3237, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/3237
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1e5bf2ead59b659f28c275a4370cff9177cbe006c99b32628137e19ac6eca4a7
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3237, An act to enact certain laws relating to national and commercial space programs as title 51, United States Code, "National and Commercial Space Programs"” on May 14, 2010. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on May 10, 2010”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 14, 2010 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/21472
- CBO publication date
- May 14, 2010
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3237, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/3237
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1e5bf2ead59b659f28c275a4370cff9177cbe006c99b32628137e19ac6eca4a7
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 111-325 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 10, 2010 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/111/HRPT/325
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3237, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/3237
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1e5bf2ead59b659f28c275a4370cff9177cbe006c99b32628137e19ac6eca4a7
A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
- Congress.gov noteA page further explaining the bill is available from the Office of the Law Revision Counsel at http://uscode.house.gov/codification/t51/index.html.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 10, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3237, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/3237
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1e5bf2ead59b659f28c275a4370cff9177cbe006c99b32628137e19ac6eca4a7
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
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