Senate bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Space Exploration Research Act
Official title: A bill to supplement existing lease authorities available to the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to support research, education, and training, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen. Ted Cruz R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 17, 2025
- Committee actionJul 30, 2025
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 13, 2026 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 369.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 2351.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2351, Space Exploration Research Act” on April 10, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on July 30, 2025”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 10, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62324
- CBO publication date
- April 10, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2351, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/s/2351
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
37b7e56b185b3f7fb7ef37840fccd168dcdcaff16f05db3cf4a5a1d3536d237c
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 119-117 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on April 13, 2026.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 13, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/SRPT/117
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2351, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/s/2351
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
37b7e56b185b3f7fb7ef37840fccd168dcdcaff16f05db3cf4a5a1d3536d237c
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 2351, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 12, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
5 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 5 cosponsors (60%) are from the other party.
Katie Britt (R-AL), Ben Luján (D-NM), Alex Padilla (D-CA), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Roger Wicker (R-MS).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Ted Cruz.
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.