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Senate bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced

NEW HORIZON Act

S. 4693Introduced Jun 4, 2026Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Official title: A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to carry out an operational pilot program under the Hybrid Space Architecture initiative to evaluate the use of commercially available orbital data center services and space-based cloud computing capabilities relevant to national security space and joint mission requirements, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Sen. Ted Cruz R-TX
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Where it went

Latest action: Jun 4, 2026 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

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 Democrat

1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.

John Hickenlooper (D-CO).

More from the sponsor

Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Ted Cruz.

Sponsor’s state and district

Texas in Congress

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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.