To require a study of the risk of space debris impacting a metropolitan area, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5529.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SANTOS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 150, September 18, 2023, Page H4381):
  Article 1 Section 8 Clause 14 of the Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To provide for a study on the risk of, and response to, orbital debris impacting a metropolitan area
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 18, 2023 ↗

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  193 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5529, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5529

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 24, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2d88717dec49d455d918e341efcfe3bb44bf5aac59fc62b8a883a29a2e366ced

  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 July 24, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

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