Senate bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
SAFE Orbit Act
Official title: A bill to promote space situational awareness and space traffic coordination and to modify the functions and leadership of the Office of Space Commerce, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen. John Cornyn R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 5, 2025
- Committee actionMar 12, 2025
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 29, 2025 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 170.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 428.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 428, SAFE Orbit Act” on September 22, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on March 12, 2025”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 22, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61757
- CBO publication date
- September 22, 2025
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 428, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/s/428
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 119-65 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on September 29, 2025.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 29, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/SRPT/65
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 428, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/s/428
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
02deb5cf1006a748afdcc92efcd7fd1d17884930ea53b1727d54c49b6240c257
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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
7 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 4 Democrats
4 of 7 cosponsors (57%) are from the other party.
Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), John Hickenlooper (D-CO), Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Ben Luján (D-NM), Gary Peters (D-MI), Eric Schmitt (R-MO), Roger Wicker (R-MS).
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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.