To require the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to establish a program to identify, evaluate, acquire, and disseminate commercial Earth remote sensing data and imagery in order to satisfy the scientific, operational, and educational requirements of the Administration, and for other purposes.
Accessing Satellite Data to Enable New Discoveries Act or the ASCEND Act
This bill provides statutory authority for the Commercial SmallSat Data Acquisition Program. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) established the program as a pilot program in 2017 to acquire commercial small-satellite data in support of NASA's earth science research.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 37 - 0.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. H. Rept. 118-603.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. H. Rept. 118-603.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 502.
Mr. Lucas moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5623-5625)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6219.
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5623-5624)
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On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5623-5624)
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.