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
H.RES.1052Affirming United States-Australia cooperation on space research, exploration, and utilization.LEADERSHIPRep. Joaquín Castro (D-TX)2018-09-06AGREED TO IN HOUSEhttps://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/hres1052
H.RES.67Recognizing and commending the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), and Cornell University for the success of the Mars Exploration Rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, on the 5th annivCOMMEMORATIVERep. David Dreier (R-CA)2009-01-15AGREED TO IN HOUSEhttps://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/111/hres67
H.RES.607Celebrating the Fortieth Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing.COMMEMORATIVERep. Ralph Hall (R-TX)2009-07-07AGREED TO IN HOUSEhttps://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/111/hres607
H.RES.411Supporting the goals and ideals of the Intermediate Space Challenge in Mojave, California.COMMEMORATIVERep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA)2009-05-06AGREED TO IN HOUSEhttps://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/111/hres411
H.RES.1714Congratulating the engineers, scientists, psychologists, and staff of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for helping to successfully rescue 33 trapped Chilean miners from a collapsed mine near Copiapo, Chile.COMMEMORATIVERep. Eddie Johnson (D-TX)2010-11-15AGREED TO IN HOUSEhttps://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/111/hres1714
H.RES.1421Recognizing the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 13 mission and the heroic actions of both the crew and those working at mission control in Houston, Texas, for bringing the three astronauts, Fred Haise, Jim Lovell, and Jack Swigert, homCOMMEMORATIVERep. Ted Poe (R-TX)2010-05-28AGREED TO IN HOUSEhttps://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/111/hres1421
H.RES.1269Commemorating the 400th anniversary of the first use of the telescope for astronomical observation by the Italian scientist Galileo Galilei.COMMEMORATIVERep. Pat Tiberi (R-OH)2010-04-15AGREED TO IN HOUSEhttps://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/111/hres1269
H.RES.1231Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the United States Television Infrared Observation Satellite, the world’s first meteorological satellite, launched by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration on April 1, 1960, and fulfillinCOMMEMORATIVERep. Rush Holt (D-NJ)2010-03-25AGREED TO IN HOUSEhttps://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/111/hres1231
H.CON.RES.292Supporting the goals and ideals of National Aerospace Week, and for other purposes.COMMEMORATIVERep. Vernon Ehlers (R-MI)2010-06-30AGREED TO IN HOUSEhttps://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/111/hconres292
H.CON.RES.167Supporting the goals and ideals of National Aerospace Day, and for other purposes.COMMEMORATIVERep. Vernon Ehlers (R-MI)2009-07-20AGREED TO IN HOUSEhttps://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/111/hconres167

Source: ProPublica Congress API