House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
American Space Renaissance Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 14, 2016
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 30, 2016 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Space.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4945.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BRIDENSTINE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 57, April 14, 2016, Pages H1736-H1737):Article I, Section 8: ``The Congress shall have Power to . . . provide for the common Defence.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 14, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 96 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4945, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4945
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of August 12, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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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
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jim Bridenstine.
- H.R. 2261 (114th) Commercial Remote Sensing Act of 2015
- H.R. 3245 (114th) GRACE Act
- H.R. 1487 (114th) American Energy Renaissance Act of 2015
- H.R. 443 (114th) To streamline the collection and distribution of government information.
- H.R. 1864 (114th) To direct the Secretary of Defense to designate a single senior official of the Department of Defense to procure wideband satellite…
- H.R. 4328 (114th) Read the Bill Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.