S. 1081

Summary

S. 1081, the Comprehensive NASA Reporting Act of 2025, was introduced in the Senate on Mar 14, 2025 by Sen. Ted Cruz (R) with 1 co-sponsor. It last saw action on Sep 8, 2025: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 150.

Record

Text

S. 1081 has 1 co-sponsor.

119 S1081 IS: Comprehensive NASA Reporting Act of 2025
 U.S. Senate
 2025-03-14
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 II  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  S. 1081  IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES   March 14, 2025   Mr. Cruz  (for himself and  Ms. Duckworth ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation    A BILL
To require the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to submit certain reports to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Comprehensive NASA Reporting Act of 2025  .
2.
Definitions
In this Act:
(1)
Administrator
The term  Administrator  means the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
(2)
NASA
The term  NASA  means the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
3.
Reports to Congress
(a)
Congressional reports and notices
Any report or notice provided to Congress by NASA shall be provided to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives, concurrently with its delivery to any other committee or office.
(b)
Privileged reports and reprogramming requests
Nonpublic reports, including privileged reports, reprogramming requests, and spend plans provided to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives pursuant to subsection (a) shall be treated as confidential committee documents and shall not to be disclosed publicly.
(c)
Reports on international agreements
If the United States becomes a signatory to an international agreement or nonbinding instrument concerning activities in outer space involving NASA, the Administrator shall, not later than 15 days after the date on which the United States becomes a signatory, submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives a report containing a copy of such agreement or instrument.

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CRS Summary

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Sponsors

Sen. Ted Cruz (R) sponsors S. 1081, and 1 member has co-sponsored it from the day it was introduced.

Ted Cruz

Sen. · R–TX · Sponsor

Introduced Mar 14, 2025

Tammy Duckworth

Sen. · D–IL · Co-sponsor

Joined Mar 14, 2025 · Original

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Committees

S. 1081 went before 1 committee: Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Commerce, Science, and Transportation

Commerce, Science, and Transportation

Reported By · Sep 8, 2025 · 458 Bills

Reports

1 committee report has been filed on S. 1081, the latest S. Rept. 119-62.

• S. Rept. 119-62 — COMPREHENSIVE NASA REPORTING ACT OF 2025

Actions

S. 1081 has taken 5 actions since Mar 14, 2025, the latest on Sep 8, 2025.

Votes

S. 1081 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

S. 1081 goes by 4 titles, 2 of them short titles.

• Comprehensive NASA Reporting Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate
• Comprehensive NASA Reporting Act of 2025 — Display Title
• Comprehensive NASA Reporting Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• A bill to require the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to submit certain reports to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Cost estimate

The Congressional Budget Office has filed 1 estimate for S. 1081, the latest on Aug 13, 2025.

• S. 1081, Comprehensive NASA Reporting Act of 2025 — 2025-08-13As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on April 30, 2025

Lobbying

1 client hired 1 firm and 3 registered lobbyists who named S. 1081 in 4 quarterly filings, 2025. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Aerospace, Budget/Appropriations, Defense, Environment/Superfund, Homeland Security.

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Firms

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Lobbyists

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Filings

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Classification

The Congressional Research Service files S. 1081 under Science, Technology, Communications, one of its 31 policy areas, and gives it 4 legislative subjects.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; S. 1081’s is Science, Technology, Communications.

Legislative Subjects

S. 1081 carries 4 of CRS’s legislative subjects, from Congressional oversight to National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com