House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
Secure Space Act of 2025
Official title: To amend the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019 to prohibit the Federal Communications Commission from granting a license or United States market access for a geostationary orbit satellite system or a nongeostationary orbit satellite system, or an authorization to use an individually licensed earth station or a blanket-licensed earth station, if the license, grant of market access, or authorization would be held or controlled by an entity that produces or provides any covered communications equipment or service or an affiliate of such an entity, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Frank Pallone D-NJWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 27, 2025
- Committee actionApr 8, 2025
- Passed HouseApr 28, 2025 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 29, 2025 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2458.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2458, Secure Space Act of 2025” on June 27, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As passed by the House of Representatives”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 27, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61528
- CBO publication date
- June 27, 2025
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2458, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2458
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 30, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 1, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-65 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on April 24, 2025.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 24, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/65
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2458, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2458
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 30, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 1, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6e0244d084df2883643b063b04a097207309e9c90cb8284c6be6bc1bf1d3e4a2
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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. PALLONE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 56, March 27, 2025, Page H1339):Article 1, Section 8, clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution. That provision gives Congress the power ``to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 27, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 201 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2458, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2458
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 30, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 1, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6e0244d084df2883643b063b04a097207309e9c90cb8284c6be6bc1bf1d3e4a2
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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
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
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Related bills
- S. 1962 (119th) Secure Space Act of 2026Related bill
- H.R. 1768 (119th) Lower Costs for Everyday Americans ActRelated bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 1, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.