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S. 1403 119th Congress Senate

Bring the Space Shuttle Home Act

Official title: A bill to require the Discovery space shuttle to be transferred from the Smithsonian Institution to NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.

Introduced: April 10, 2025 Introduced by: John Cornyn Republican · Texas See on congress.gov
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Apr 10, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Apr 10, 2025
Introduced in Senate
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 4065 Identical bill Bring the Space Shuttle Home Act
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 Lobbying activity 1

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

  • PAULEY MANAGEMENT INC.
    for MANNED SPACE FLIGHT FOUNDATION INC · Texas · 2nd Quarter 2025 (Apr 1 - June 30)

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Cruz, Ted
Texas · Apr 10, 2025
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1403: Bring the Space Shuttle Home Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1403/
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"S. 1403: Bring the Space Shuttle Home Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1403/.
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S. 1403, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1403/.
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