Senate bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed Senate

ASCEND Act

S. 1437Introduced Apr 10, 2025Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Official title: A bill 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: Sen. John Hickenlooper D-CO

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Where it went

IntroducedApr 10, 2025
Committee actionApr 30, 2025
Passed SenateDec 9, 2025 · by unanimous consent
Passed House—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Dec 10, 2025 — Held at the desk.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1437.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1437, ASCEND Act” on August 13, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on April 30, 2025”.
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August 13, 2025
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S. 1437, 119th Congress
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October 8, 2026
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 119-68 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on September 29, 2025.
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S. 1437, 119th Congress
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October 8, 2026
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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.

John Cornyn (R-TX).

More from the sponsor

Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. John Hickenlooper.

Sponsor’s state and district

Colorado in Congress

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Data as of Oct 19, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.