House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
STAR Act
Official title: To amend title 51, United States Code, to authorize certain actions to protect certain facilities and assets from unmanned aircraft, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Darren Soto D-FLWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 22, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 22, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8458.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SOTO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 71, April 22, 2026, Page H3068):Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 22, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 45 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8458, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8458
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 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.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of September 19, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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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.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Darren Soto.
- H.R. 900 (119th) Sinkhole Mapping Act of 2025
- H.R. 1770 (119th) Consumer Safety Technology Act
- H.Res. 514 (119th) Commemorating 9 years since the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida, on June 12, 2016.
- H.Res. 1364 (119th) Commemorating 10 years since the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida, on June 12, 2016.
- H.R. 1348 (119th) Venezuelan Adjustment Act
- H.R. 3310 (119th) Venezuela TPS Act of 2025
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.