United States · Bill · S
S. 2634 (118th)
ASCEND Act
Introduced
27 July 2023
Last action
27 July 2023 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Sponsors
Sen. Hickenlooper, John W. [D-CO], Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
6 December 2025
Summary
Accessing Satellite Capabilities 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.
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Timeline
27 July 2023
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Source: IntroReferral
27 July 2023
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 27 July 2023 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Sen. Hickenlooper, John W. [D-CO] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] · R · Sponsor
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Related records
- related to ← ASCEND Act
- related to ← NASA Reauthorization Act of 2024
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/2634
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/s/2634
- us · 118-s-2634 · source updated 6 December 2025