S. 5165 119th Congress Senate

POLAR Act

Official title: A bill to authorize the Office of Polar Programs of the National Science Foundation, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 29, 2026 Introduced by: Dan Sullivan Republican · Alaska See on congress.gov

Science, Technology, Communications

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Jul 29, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Jul 29, 2026

Introduced in Senate

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What's happening now July 29, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee
Senate

Lobbying activity 3

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

ENBRIDGE (U.S.) INC
for ENBRIDGE (U.S.) INC · Texas · 3rd Quarter 2025 (July 1 - Sep 30)
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for ENBRIDGE (U.S.) INC · Texas · 2nd Quarter 2025 (Apr 1 - June 30)
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for ENBRIDGE (U.S.) INC · Texas · 1st Quarter 2025 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)

Bodies those filers lobbied

Energy, Dept of
3 filings
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
3 filings
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
3 filings
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
3 filings
Interior, Dept of (DOI)
3 filings
Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
3 filings
SENATE
3 filings
Treasury, Dept of
3 filings

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Cosponsors 2

Hickenlooper, John W.

Colorado · Jul 29, 2026

Murkowski, Lisa

Alaska · Jul 29, 2026

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 5165: POLAR Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-5165/

MLA

"S. 5165: POLAR Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-5165/.

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S. 5165, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-5165/.

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