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H.R. 1536: Space Shuttle Retirement Act

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H.R. 1536: Space Shuttle Retirement Act

112th Congress · introduced 2011-04-14 · Science, Technology, Communications · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2011-04-14 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Chaffetz, Jason [R-UT-3] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Space Shuttle Retirement Act

Plain summary

Space Shuttle Retirement Act - Makes the following locations the homes of the retiring Space Shuttles of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA): (1) the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida for Shuttle Atlantis, (2) the California Science Center in California for Shuttle Enterprise, (3) the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Virginia for Shuttle Discovery, and (4) the Johnson Space Center in Texas for Shuttle Endeavour.

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Official text

Space Shuttle Retirement Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Chaffetz, Jason [R-UT-3] · 19 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Ken Calvert (R-CA), Al Green (D-TX), John R. Carter (R-TX)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong112-hr1536 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112