Legislative Database

The Nirgal.org Legislative Database serves as an archive of every relevant piece of space legislation introduced in Congress since 2010. Designed to be easily accessible and searchable, it provides additional legislative resources and information to the space community and the public at large so they can fully and transparently analyze the space policy work of their elected officials.




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Bill Bill Title Nirgal Bill Category
? COMMEMORATIVE: Bills honoring people or institutions that have contributed to space exploration

ADMINISTRATIVE: Budget, process, and technical bills

LEADERSHIP: Innovative, forward looking legislation

PARTISAN: Bills identified as politically motivated or focused on partisan messaging

SPECIAL: Unique legislation not easily categorized
Main Bill Sponsor Date Introduced Status GovTrack Link
S.RES.82A resolution congratulating the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory on the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Laboratory.COMMEMORATIVESen. Benjamin Cardin (D-MD)2017-03-07AGREED TO IN SENATEhttps://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/sres82
S.RES.640A resolution recognizing the death of John Glenn, former Senator for the State of Ohio and the first individual from the United States to orbit the Earth.COMMEMORATIVESen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH)2016-12-10AGREED TO IN SENATEhttps://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/114/sres640
S.RES.607A resolution recognizing the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency on its 20th anniversary.COMMEMORATIVESen. Roy Blunt (R-MO)2016-09-29AGREED TO IN SENATEhttps://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/114/sres607
S.RES.548A resolion celebrating the 40th anniversary of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Viking Mission Landing on the surface of Mars.COMMEMORATIVESen. Bill Nelson (D-FL)2016-07-14AGREED TO IN SENATEhttps://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/114/sres548
S.RES.547A resolution honoring the life of pioneering astronaut Dr. Sally Ride and expressing the condolences of the Senate on her death.COMMEMORATIVESen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA)2012-08-02AGREED TO IN SENATEhttps://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/112/sres547
S.RES.519A resolution honoring the life and achievements of Katherine Coleman Goble Johnson.COMMEMORATIVESen. Joe Manchin (D-WV)2020-02-27AGREED TO IN SENATEhttps://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/116/sres519
S.RES.460A resolution congratulating the American Geophysical Union on the occasion of its centennial.COMMEMORATIVESen. Benjamin Cardin (D-MD)2019-12-19AGREED TO IN SENATEhttps://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/116/sres460
S.RES.451A resolution congratulating astronauts Dr. Jessica U. Meir and Christina H. Koch for the historic accomplishment of completing the first all-female spacewalk.COMMEMORATIVESen. Susan Collins (R-ME)2019-12-10AGREED TO IN SENATEhttps://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/116/sres451
S.RES.441A resolution celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 12 Moon landing.COMMEMORATIVESen. John Cornyn (R-TX)2019-11-21AGREED TO IN SENATEhttps://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/116/sres441
S.RES.386A resolution supporting international cooperation and continued United States leadership to maintain access to space and achieve advances in space technology.COMMEMORATIVESen. Tom Udall (D-NM)2019-10-30INTRODUCEDhttps://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/116/sres386

Source: ProPublica Congress API