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S 2054 99th Congress Senate Science, Technology, Communications Gifts Government Operations and Politics Names National Aeronautics and Space Administration Space Space sciences Space shuttles Spacecraft

A bill to provide that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration may accept gifts and donations for a space shuttle which may be named Challenger II.

Introduced: February 6, 1986 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 9 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 15, 1986
Referred to Subcommittee on Space Science Applications.
Apr 14, 1986
Referred to House Committee on Science and Technology.
Apr 11, 1986
Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.
Apr 11, 1986
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.
Mar 26, 1986
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 580.
Mar 26, 1986
Committee on Commerce. Reported to Senate by Senator Danforth with an amendment. With written report No. 99-266.
Mar 13, 1986
Committee on Commerce. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
Feb 6, 1986
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.
Feb 6, 1986
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 to authorize the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to accept gifts or donations to build a manned space shuttle which may be named Challenger II.

What's happening now April 15, 1986

Referred to Subcommittee on Space Science Applications.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Feb 19, 1986
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2054: A bill to provide that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration may accept gifts and donations for a space shuttle which may be named Challenger II.. 99th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/99-S-2054/
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"S. 2054: A bill to provide that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration may accept gifts and donations for a space shuttle which may be named Challenger II.." 99th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/99-S-2054/.
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S. 2054, 99th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/99-S-2054/.
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