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S. 4693 119th Congress Senate

NEW HORIZON Act

Official title: A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to carry out an operational pilot program under the Hybrid Space Architecture initiative to evaluate the use of comm… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to carry out an operational pilot program under the Hybrid Space Architecture initiative to evaluate the use of commercially available orbital data center services and space-based cloud computing capabilities relevant to national security space and joint mission requirements, and for other purposes.

Introduced: June 4, 2026 Introduced by: Ted Cruz Republican · Texas See on congress.gov
Armed Forces and National Security
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Jun 4, 2026
Introduced in Senate
Jun 4, 2026
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
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What's happening now June 4, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

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 Lobbying activity 1

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  • AXIOM SPACE, INC.
    for AXIOM SPACE, INC. · Texas · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)

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 Cosponsors 1
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Hickenlooper, John W.
Colorado · Jun 4, 2026
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4693: NEW HORIZON Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-4693/
MLA
"S. 4693: NEW HORIZON Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-4693/.
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S. 4693, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-4693/.
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[S. 4693: NEW HORIZON Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-4693/)
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