This legislation establishes new requirements for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) regarding its reporting to Congress. It mandates that any report or notice required by law and provided to Congress by NASA must also be submitted to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology . This submission must occur concurrently with, or no later than 10 days after, its delivery to any other committee or office. The bill further specifies that nonpublic reports, including privileged reports, reprogramming requests, and spend plans , provided to these committees are to be treated as confidential committee documents and not publicly disclosed. Additionally, it requires the NASA Administrator to submit a report, including a copy of the agreement, to relevant Senate and House committees within 15 days if the United States becomes a signatory to an international agreement or nonbinding instrument concerning outer space activities involving NASA.
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Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cruz with amendments. With written report No. 119-62.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 150.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cruz with amendments. With written report No. 119-62.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 150.
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Comprehensive NASA Reporting Act of 2025
USA119th CongressS-1081| Senate
| Updated: 9/8/2025
This legislation establishes new requirements for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) regarding its reporting to Congress. It mandates that any report or notice required by law and provided to Congress by NASA must also be submitted to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology . This submission must occur concurrently with, or no later than 10 days after, its delivery to any other committee or office. The bill further specifies that nonpublic reports, including privileged reports, reprogramming requests, and spend plans , provided to these committees are to be treated as confidential committee documents and not publicly disclosed. Additionally, it requires the NASA Administrator to submit a report, including a copy of the agreement, to relevant Senate and House committees within 15 days if the United States becomes a signatory to an international agreement or nonbinding instrument concerning outer space activities involving NASA.
Administrative remediesCongressional oversightGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsNational Aeronautics and Space Administration