House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
STARS Act of 2026
Official title: To establish the United States Space Academy as a service academy of the United States, to require that the Academy be located in the State of Florida, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Byron Donalds R-FLWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 16, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 16, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10430.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DONALDS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 146, September 16, 2026, Page H5984):Art 1, Sec 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 16, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 12 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 10430, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/10430
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 29, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 30, 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.
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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
2 cosponsors — 2 Republicans
0 of 2 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
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Related bills
- S. 5398 (119th) STARS Act of 2026Identical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 30, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.