Senate bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Blue Skies for Taiwan Act of 2026
Official title: A bill to promote the development, production, and deployment of secure and resilient Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) to enhance United States national security and support the defense and resilience of Taiwan in the Indo-Pacific Region.
Sponsor: Sen. Jeff Merkley D-ORWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 26, 2026
- Committee actionJun 17, 2026
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 27, 2026 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 507.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 4259.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 4259, Blue Skies for Taiwan Act of 2026” on September 17, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on July 27, 2026”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 17, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62772
- CBO publication date
- September 17, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 4259, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/s/4259
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 17, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of September 17, 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
4 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 4 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Christopher Coons (D-DE), Ted Cruz (R-TX), John Curtis (R-UT), Andy Kim (D-NJ).
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