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Standing
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  - Markup By
2025-03-12T14:00:04Z
  - Referred To
2025-02-05T21:22:38Z
S. Rept. 119-65
- 2025-09-29
Senate
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 170.
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Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee
Senate
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cruz with amendments. With written report No. 119-65.
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Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cruz with amendments. With written report No. 119-65.
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Senate
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Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee
Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
IntroReferral
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Introduced in Senate
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Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
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Cornyn
R
TX
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Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
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Peters
D
MI
2025-02-05
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Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS]
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Wicker
R
MS
F.
2025-02-05
True
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Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN]
Marsha
Blackburn
R
TN
2025-02-05
True
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Sen. Hickenlooper, John W. [D-CO]
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Hickenlooper
D
CO
W.
2025-02-05
True
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Sen. Kelly, Mark [D-AZ]
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Kelly
D
AZ
2025-02-05
True
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Schmitt
R
MO
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2025-02-05
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NM
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2025-02-05
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S. 428, SAFE Orbit Act
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61757
As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on March 12, 2025
Science, Technology, Communications
- Advanced technology and technological innovations
2025-03-20T14:25:04Z
- Congressional oversight
2025-03-20T14:25:04Z
- Department of Commerce
2025-03-20T14:25:04Z
- Executive agency funding and structure
2025-03-20T14:25:04Z
- International scientific cooperation
2025-03-20T14:25:04Z
- Space flight and exploration
2025-03-20T14:25:04Z
- Spacecraft and satellites
2025-03-20T14:25:04Z
Science, Technology, Communications
2025-03-10T18:12:29Z
00
2025-02-05
Introduced in Senate
2025-06-09T16:22:57Z
Situational Awareness of Flying Elements in Orbit Act or the SAFE Orbit Act
This bill provides statutory authority for the Traffic Coordination System for Space, which is being developed by the Office of Space Commerce to provide space situational awareness data and services to space operators. (Space situational awareness means an understanding of the space operational environment and the identification, tracking, and prediction of the behavior of space objects and debris.)
As an initial matter, the bill provides for the elevation of the Office of Space Commerce to a standalone bureau within the Department of Commerce. (The office currently sits within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.)
The bill authorizes the bureau to acquire location tracking data, positional and orbit determination information, conjunction data messages, and other data, analytics, information, and services deemed necessary to avoid collisions in space. The bureau must disseminate this information at no charge (1) through a public database of space situational awareness information and services, including space traffic coordination; and (2) through the provision of basic situational awareness services to satellite operators. The bill also sets forth certain requirements for the collection and dissemination of such information, including that, to the extent practicable, the provision of service to satellite operators may not compete with private situational awareness products.
Finally, the bill provides immunity for the United States government from any suit for a cause of action arising from the provision or receipt of space situational awareness services or information.

SAFE Orbit Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate
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SAFE Orbit Act
2025-10-01T04:53:13Z
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Senate
Reported to Senate
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- Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate
103

Situational Awareness of Flying Elements in Orbit Act
2025-10-01T04:53:13Z
S
Senate
Reported to Senate
RS
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45

SAFE Orbit Act
2025-09-30T11:03:15Z
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
101

SAFE Orbit Act
2025-03-07T16:23:22Z
Introduced in Senate
IS
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
101

Situational Awareness of Flying Elements in Orbit Act
2025-03-07T16:23:22Z
Introduced in Senate
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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.
2025-03-07T16:18:23Z
Introduced in Senate
IS
- Reported to Senate
2025-09-29T04:00:00Z
  - https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119s428rs/xml/BILLS-119s428rs.xml
- Introduced in Senate
2025-02-05T05:00:00Z
  - https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119s428is/xml/BILLS-119s428is.xml
2025-09-29
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