ASCEND Act

Summary

Official

Accessing Satellite Capabilities to Enable New Discoveries Act or the ASCEND Act This bill provides statutory authority for the Commercial SmallSat Data Acquisition (CSDA) program run by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Through the CSDA program, NASA acquires remote sensing data and imagery from commercial satellites to support its Earth science...

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Bill Progress

Passed House, sent to Senate

Introduced(4/2/25)

Committee

Passed House

Passed Senate

President

Law

Sponsor

Mr. Hurd

House (R) Colorado – 3

Cosponsors (6)

Gillen

House (D) New York

Subramanyam

House (D) Virginia

Riley

House (D) New York

Bonamici

House (D) Oregon

Crank

House (R) Colorado

Kean

House (R) New Jersey

Topics

Government Spending & Operations

Latest Action

Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 344.

Feb 24, 2026

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