House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedNov 1, 2023
- Committee actionNov 29, 2023
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 29, 2023 — Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 21 - 17.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6131.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6131, Commercial Space Act of 2023” on September 12, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology on November 29, 2023”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 12, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60707
- CBO publication date
- September 12, 2024
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6131, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6131
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- November 18, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9fea1055837b7498062f64895ab92882640e4e7492716aa2d4fc167785c10d31
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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. BABIN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 180, November 1, 2023, Page H5229):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: ``The Congress shall have Power . . . To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.'' The single subject of this legislation is: To update government oversight of commercial space activities, and for other purposes.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 1, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 435 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6131, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6131
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- November 18, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9fea1055837b7498062f64895ab92882640e4e7492716aa2d4fc167785c10d31
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 committee report (as of November 18, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6131, last updated November 18, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
8 cosponsors — 8 Republicans
0 of 8 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Vince Fong (R-CA), Scott Franklin (R-FL), Mike Garcia (R-CA), Frank Lucas (R-OK), Jay Obernolte (R-CA), Bill Posey (R-FL), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Daniel Webster (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Brian Babin.
- H.R. 272 (118th) ASTRO Act
- H.R. 1202 (118th) REDI Act
- H.R. 6612 (118th) Birthright Citizenship Act of 2023
- H.R. 231 (118th) Terminate TikTok on Campus Act of 2023
- H.Res. 622 (118th) Honoring the efforts of the Coast Guard for excellence in maritime border security.
- H.R. 4321 (118th) No Bailouts for Reparations Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.