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H.R. 2263: Office of Space Commerce Act

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H.R. 2263: Office of Space Commerce Act

114th Congress · introduced 2015-05-12 · Science, Technology, Communications · Latest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 620.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2015-05-12 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-48] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 620. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Office of Space Commerce Act

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Office of Space Commerce Act (Sec. 2) This bill renames the Office of Space Commercialization as the Office of Space Commerce. (Sec. 3) The Office of Space Commerce shall: foster the conditions for the economic growth and technological advancement of the U.S. space commerce industry; coordinate space commerce policy issues and actions within the Department of Commerce; represent Commerce in the development of U.S. policies and in negotiations with foreign countries to promote U.S. space commerce; promote the advancement of U.S. geospatial technologies related to space commerce in cooperation with relevant interagency working groups; and support federal government organizations working on Space-Based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing policy.

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Official text

Office of Space Commerce Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House without amendment)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-48] · 2 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 2263, Office of Space Commerce Act (2015-05-19)

Cosponsors on this site

Brian Babin (R-TX)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong114-hr2263 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114