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S. 1898 119th Congress Senate

ORBITS Act of 2025

Official title: A bill to establish a demonstration program for the active remediation of orbital debris and to require the development of uniform orbital debris standard prac… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to establish a demonstration program for the active remediation of orbital debris and to require the development of uniform orbital debris standard practices in order to support a safe and sustainable orbital environment, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 22, 2025 Introduced by: John W. Hickenlooper Democratic · Colorado See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Feb 12, 2026
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
May 22, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
May 22, 2025
Introduced in Senate
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What's happening now February 12, 2026

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

 Hearings & markups 2
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Lobbying activity 13

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 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 1 Republican 2
D
Cantwell, Maria
Washington · May 22, 2025
 R
Lummis, Cynthia M.
Wyoming · May 22, 2025
 R
Wicker, Roger F.
Mississippi · May 22, 2025
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1898: ORBITS Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1898/
MLA
"S. 1898: ORBITS Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1898/.
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S. 1898, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1898/.
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[S. 1898: ORBITS Act of 2025](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1898/)
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