US SB4814 | 2021-2022 | 117th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Engrossed on December 22 2022 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2022-12-22 - Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]
Status: Engrossed on December 22 2022 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2022-12-22 - Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]
Summary
A bill to establish a demonstration program for the active remediation of orbital debris and to require the development of uniform orbital debris standard practices in order to support a safe and sustainable orbital environment, and for other purposes.
Title
ORBITS Act of 2022 Orbital Sustainability Act of 2022
Sponsors
| Sen. John Hickenlooper [D-CO] | Sen. Cynthia Lummis [R-WY] | Sen. Maria Cantwell [D-WA] | Sen. Roger Wicker [R-MS] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-12-22 | Senate | Message on Senate action sent to the House. |
| 2022-12-22 | House | Held at the desk. |
| 2022-12-22 | House | Received in the House. |
| 2022-12-21 | Senate | Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: S10024) |
| 2022-12-21 | Senate | S.Amdt.6619 Amendment SA 6619 proposed by Senator Baldwin for Senator Hickenlooper. (consideration: CR S9759; text: CR S10024) In the nature of a substitute. |
| 2022-12-21 | Senate | S.Amdt.6619 Amendment SA 6619 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. |
| 2022-12-21 | Senate | Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S9759) |
| 2022-12-21 | Senate | Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation discharged by Unanimous Consent. |
| 2022-09-12 | Senate | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. |
