House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
ASCEND Act
Official title: To require the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to establish a program to identify, evaluate, acquire, and disseminate commercial Earth remote sensing data and imagery in order to satisfy the scientific, operational, and educational requirements of the Administration, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Jeff Hurd R-COWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 2, 2025
- Committee actionApr 29, 2025
- Passed HouseFeb 23, 2026 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 24, 2026 — Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 344.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2600.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2600, ASCEND Act” on August 14, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology on April 29, 2025”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61671
- CBO publication date
- August 14, 2025
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2600, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2600
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 18, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-502 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Science, Space, and Technology Committee on February 20, 2026.Source: Congress.gov, reported February 20, 2026 ↗
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- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/502
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2600, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2600
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 18, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
88a48f566c498bb36efcc7112b4ec669d040b694ff1aba67fbbab8695c68e222
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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. HURD of Colorado, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 59, April 2, 2025, Page H1413):Article 1 Section 8 Clause 3Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 2, 2025 ↗
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- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2600, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2600
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 18, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
88a48f566c498bb36efcc7112b4ec669d040b694ff1aba67fbbab8695c68e222
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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
6 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 4 Democrats
4 of 6 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Jeff Crank (R-CO), Laura Gillen (D-NY), Thomas Kean (R-NJ), Josh Riley (D-NY), Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jeff Hurd.
- H.R. 2316 (119th) Wetlands Conservation and Access Improvement Act of 2025
- H.R. 5631 (119th) Geothermal Energy Advancement Act
- H.R. 3857 (119th) Snow Water Supply Forecasting Program Reauthorization Act of 2026
- H.R. 7342 (119th) Made in America Jobs Act of 2026
- H.R. 5911 (119th) Crystal Reservoir Conveyance Act
- H.R. 7954 (119th) Don Young Doug LaMalfa Indian Buffalo Management Act
Related bills
- H.R. 7273 (119th) NASA Reauthorization Act of 2026Related bill
- S. 933 (119th) NASA Transition Authorization Act of 2025Related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.