119th Congress · introduced in the Senate · Feb 5, 2025
Space Commerce Advisory Committee Act
Official title from Congress.gov
Latest action (Aug 10, 2026): Held at the desk.
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Congressional Research Service summary, version: Introduced in Senate (Feb 5, 2025)
Space Commerce Advisory Committee Act
This bill requires the Office of Space Commerce to establish a Commercial Space Activity Advisory Committee to provide information and recommendations on nongovernmental space activities and promoting a robust and innovative commercial space sector.
Among other duties, the committee is directed to identify challenges to the U.S. commercial space sector and to review best practices for commercial space entities with respect to avoiding harmful contamination of the Moon and other celestial bodies and adverse impacts to the Earth’s environment from extraterrestrial matter.
The committee must be comprised of representatives from varying fields with significant experience in the commercial space industry. The committee must terminate ten years after it is established.
Includes amendment, cloture, and procedural votes. Each is labeled with its exact question; only a passage question is a vote to pass the bill.
No recorded roll calls on this bill in coverage.
Held at the desk.
Received in the House.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S4493-4494)
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S4493-4494)
The committee substitute withdrawn by Unanimous Consent.
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S4493-4494)
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 198.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cruz with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 119-87.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cruz with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 119-87.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Introduced in Senate
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Advisory bodies · Environmental assessment, monitoring, research · Public-private cooperation · Space flight and exploration · Spacecraft and satellites
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9 citations.
AMERICAN FUEL & PETROCHEMICAL MANUFACTURERS · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN FUEL & PETROCHEMICAL MANUFACTURERS
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 21, 2026 · issue area: Fuel/Gas/Oil
$2,150,000
Spent on own lobbying
…ean Air Act Waivers S.J. Res. 205,206,207,208, 209, and 210. H.J. Res. 214, 211, 205, 212, 210, 213, 202; Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards; H.R. 8330 / S. 434
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AIR TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, INC. (D/B/A AIRLINES FOR AMERICA) · lobbying firm or registrant: AIR TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, INC. (D/B/A AIRLINES FOR AMERICA)
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · amended · posted Oct 17, 2026 · issue area: Aviation/Airlines/Airports
$1,131,400
Spent on own lobbying
…S. 428 A bill to promote space situational awareness and space traffic coordination and to modify the functions and leadership of the Office of Space Commerce. S. 434 A bill to establish the Commercial Space Activity Advisory Committee. S. 347 A bill to amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liabil…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN FUEL & PETROCHEMICAL MANUFACTURERS · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN FUEL & PETROCHEMICAL MANUFACTURERS
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 27, 2026 · issue area: Fuel/Gas/Oil
$1,520,000
Spent on own lobbying
…ility (FENCES) Act; H.R. 3109 Refiner Act; H.R. 3699 Energy Choice Act; California Clean Air Act Waivers; Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards; H.R. 8330 / S. 434
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AIR TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, INC. (D/B/A AIRLINES FOR AMERICA) · lobbying firm or registrant: AIR TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, INC. (D/B/A AIRLINES FOR AMERICA)
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 20, 2026 · issue area: Aviation/Airlines/Airports
$1,100,700
Spent on own lobbying
…S. 428 A bill to promote space situational awareness and space traffic coordination and to modify the functions and leadership of the Office of Space Commerce. S. 434 A bill to establish the Commercial Space Activity Advisory Committee. S. 347 A bill to amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liabil…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AIR TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, INC. (D/B/A AIRLINES FOR AMERICA) · lobbying firm or registrant: AIR TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, INC. (D/B/A AIRLINES FOR AMERICA)
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted Apr 17, 2026 · issue area: Aviation/Airlines/Airports
$1,036,900
Spent on own lobbying
…S. 428 A bill to promote space situational awareness and space traffic coordination and to modify the functions and leadership of the Office of Space Commerce. S. 434 A bill to establish the Commercial Space Activity Advisory Committee. S. 347 A bill to amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liabil…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AIR TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, INC. (D/B/A AIRLINES FOR AMERICA) · lobbying firm or registrant: AIR TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, INC. (D/B/A AIRLINES FOR AMERICA)
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Jan 16, 2026 · issue area: Aviation/Airlines/Airports
$1,200,400
Spent on own lobbying
…S. 428 A bill to promote space situational awareness and space traffic coordination and to modify the functions and leadership of the Office of Space Commerce. S. 434 A bill to establish the Commercial Space Activity Advisory Committee. S. 347 A bill to amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liabil…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AIR TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, INC. (D/B/A AIRLINES FOR AMERICA) · lobbying firm or registrant: AIR TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, INC. (D/B/A AIRLINES FOR AMERICA)
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Oct 17, 2025 · issue area: Aviation/Airlines/Airports
$1,346,500
Spent on own lobbying
…S. 428 A bill to promote space situational awareness and space traffic coordination and to modify the functions and leadership of the Office of Space Commerce. S. 434 A bill to establish the Commercial Space Activity Advisory Committee. S. 347 A bill to amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liabil…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AIR TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, INC. (D/B/A AIRLINES FOR AMERICA) · lobbying firm or registrant: AIR TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, INC. (D/B/A AIRLINES FOR AMERICA)
2025 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025) · posted Jul 22, 2025 · issue area: Aviation/Airlines/Airports
$1,506,000
Spent on own lobbying
…S. 428 A bill to promote space situational awareness and space traffic coordination and to modify the functions and leadership of the Office of Space Commerce. S. 434 A bill to establish the Commercial Space Activity Advisory Committee. S. 347 A bill to amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liabil…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AIR TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, INC. (D/B/A AIRLINES FOR AMERICA) · lobbying firm or registrant: AIR TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, INC. (D/B/A AIRLINES FOR AMERICA)
2025 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025) · posted Apr 18, 2025 · issue area: Aviation/Airlines/Airports
$1,360,500
Spent on own lobbying
…S. 428 A bill to promote space situational awareness and space traffic coordination and to modify the functions and leadership of the Office of Space Commerce. S. 434 A bill to establish the Commercial Space Activity Advisory Committee. S. 347 A bill to amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liabil…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing