United States · Bill · S
S. 2634 (118th)
ASCEND Act
Introduced
27 July 2023
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Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
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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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Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 27 July 2023
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 27 July 2023
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 27 July 2023
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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