Senate bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
ORBITS Act of 2025
Official title: A bill to establish a demonstration program for the active remediation of orbital debris and to require the development of uniform orbital debris standard practices in order to support a safe and sustainable orbital environment, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen. John Hickenlooper D-COWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 22, 2025
- Committee actionFeb 12, 2026
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 18, 2026 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 440.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1898.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1898, ORBITS Act of 2025” on June 2, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on February 12, 2026”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 2, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62500
- CBO publication date
- June 2, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1898, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/s/1898
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6935cb917f7f1342539b5fccbf973b1582ec8fe93e9d2bec646a45efc3066008
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 119-128 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on June 18, 2026.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 18, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/SRPT/128
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1898, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/s/1898
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6935cb917f7f1342539b5fccbf973b1582ec8fe93e9d2bec646a45efc3066008
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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
3 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 1 Democrat
2 of 3 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Roger Wicker (R-MS).
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Related bills
- S. 447 (118th) ORBITS Act of 2023Cross-Congress related bill
- H.R. 8787 (118th) ORBITS Act of 2024Cross-Congress related 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.