House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law

United States and Israel Space Cooperation Act

H.R. 1159Introduced Feb 16, 2017Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Where it went

IntroducedFeb 16, 2017
Committee actionSep 28, 2017
Passed HouseDec 20, 2017 · 411–0
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Dec 21, 2017 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1159.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1159, United States and Israel Space Cooperation Act” on October 20, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology on September 28, 2017”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 20, 2017 ↗
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https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53224
CBO publication date
October 20, 2017
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1159, 115th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1159
Record last updated by Congress.gov
December 5, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 21, 2026
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Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KILMER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 28, February 16, 2017, Page H1305):
Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 16, 2017 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1159, 115th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1159
Record last updated by Congress.gov
December 5, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 21, 2026
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686b179d109ac4f6907a924396102d5309dacfb4262c7ed22f0f658a68fba684
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of December 5, 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

37 cosponsors — 21 Republicans, 16 Democrats

21 of 37 cosponsors (57%) are from the other party.

Mark Amodei (R-NV), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Jim Bridenstine (R-OK), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), John Delaney (D-MD), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Neal Dunn (R-FL), Dwight Evans (D-PA), John Faso (R-NY), Gene Green (D-TX), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Randy Hultgren (R-IL), Peter King (R-NY), Doug Lamborn (R-CO), Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Ed Perlmutter (D-CO), Ted Poe (R-TX), Bill Posey (R-FL), James Renacci (R-OH), Kathleen Rice (D-NY), Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), Todd Rokita (R-IN), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Lamar Smith (R-TX), Darren Soto (D-FL) and 7 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Derek Kilmer.

Sponsor’s state and district

Washington in Congress · WA-6 district

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