Space Frontier Act of 2018

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R CruzSponsor

2 cosponsors · 2 D

D Markey BN

D Nelson

2 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

Senate Introduced Jul 25, 2018
Senate Passed Dec 20, 2018
House Failed Dec 21, 2018 239–137

The bill revises provisions relating to commercial space launch license applications and experimental permits.

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Jul 25, 2018

Space Frontier Act of 2018

The bill revises provisions relating to commercial space launch license applications and experimental permits.

The Department of Transportation shall consolidate across federal agencies requirements to protect the public health and safety, safety of property, national security interests, and foreign policy interests of the United States relevant to any commercial space vehicle into a single application set that satisfies those requirements and expedites the coordination of commercial space services.

The bill revises and sets forth provisions relating to nongovernmental earth observation activities.

NASA must ensure that the International Space Station remains a viable and productive facility capable of potential U.S. use through at least FY2030.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

Votes to become law

House · Failed Dec 21, 2018 · 239 Yea – 137 Nay Passage (two-thirds required) Speaker: Paul D. Ryan

About this bill and sources

Official title: Space Frontier Act of 2019

Latest action (Dec 21, 2018): On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 239 - 137 (Roll no. 485). (text: CR H10560-10566)

Member	Party at vote	Seat	Position
Don Young	R	AK-AL	Nay
Bradley Byrne	R	AL-1	Yea
Martha Roby	R	AL-2	Yea
Mike Rogers	R	AL-3	Yea
Robert Aderholt	R	AL-4	Yea
Mo Brooks	R	AL-5	Yea
Gary Palmer	R	AL-6	Yea
Terri Sewell	D	AL-7	Yea
Rick Crawford	R	AR-1	Yea
J. Hill	R	AR-2	Yea
Steve Womack	R	AR-3	Yea
Bruce Westerman	R	AR-4	Yea
Tom O’Halleran	D	AZ-1	Nay
Martha McSally	R	AZ-2	Yea
Raúl Grijalva	D	AZ-3	Nay
Paul Gosar	R	AZ-4	Yea
Andy Biggs	R	AZ-5	Yea
David Schweikert	R	AZ-6	Yea
Ruben Gallego	D	AZ-7	Nay
Debbie Lesko	R	AZ-8	Yea
Kyrsten Sinema	D	AZ-9	Not Voting
Doug LaMalfa	R	CA-1	Yea
Jeff Denham	R	CA-10	Not Voting
Mark DeSaulnier	D	CA-11	Nay
Nancy Pelosi	D	CA-12	Nay
Barbara Lee	D	CA-13	Nay
Jackie Speier	D	CA-14	Nay
Eric Swalwell	D	CA-15	Nay
Jim Costa	D	CA-16	Yea
Ro Khanna	D	CA-17	Nay
Anna Eshoo	D	CA-18	Not Voting
Zoe Lofgren	D	CA-19	Nay
Jared Huffman	D	CA-2	Nay
Jimmy Panetta	D	CA-20	Yea
David Valadao	R	CA-21	Yea
Devin Nunes	R	CA-22	Yea
Kevin McCarthy	R	CA-23	Yea
Salud Carbajal	D	CA-24	Nay
Steve Knight	R	CA-25	Yea
Julia Brownley	D	CA-26	Nay
Judy Chu	D	CA-27	Yea
Adam Schiff	D	CA-28	Yea
Tony Cárdenas	D	CA-29	Nay
John Garamendi	D	CA-3	Not Voting
Brad Sherman	D	CA-30	Nay
Pete Aguilar	D	CA-31	Nay
Grace Napolitano	D	CA-32	Nay
Ted Lieu	D	CA-33	Nay
Jimmy Gomez	D	CA-34	Nay
Norma Torres	D	CA-35	Nay
Raul Ruiz	D	CA-36	Nay
Karen Bass	D	CA-37	Nay
Linda Sánchez	D	CA-38	Nay
Ed Royce	R	CA-39	Yea
Tom McClintock	R	CA-4	Yea
Lucille Roybal-Allard	D	CA-40	Nay
Mark Takano	D	CA-41	Nay
Ken Calvert	R	CA-42	Yea
Maxine Waters	D	CA-43	Nay
Nanette Barragán	D	CA-44	Nay
Mimi Walters	R	CA-45	Not Voting
J. Correa	D	CA-46	Nay
Alan Lowenthal	D	CA-47	Not Voting
Dana Rohrabacher	R	CA-48	Yea
Darrell Issa	R	CA-49	Yea
Mike Thompson	D	CA-5	Nay
Duncan Hunter	R	CA-50	Yea
Juan Vargas	D	CA-51	Nay
Scott Peters	D	CA-52	Nay
Susan Davis	D	CA-53	Nay
Doris Matsui	D	CA-6	Nay
Ami Bera	D	CA-7	Yea
Paul Cook	R	CA-8	Yea
Jerry McNerney	D	CA-9	Nay
Diana DeGette	D	CO-1	Yea
Jared Polis	D	CO-2	Not Voting
Scott Tipton	R	CO-3	Yea
Ken Buck	R	CO-4	Yea
Doug Lamborn	R	CO-5	Yea
Mike Coffman	R	CO-6	Yea
Ed Perlmutter	D	CO-7	Yea
John Larson	D	CT-1	Nay
Joe Courtney	D	CT-2	Nay
Rosa DeLauro	D	CT-3	Nay
Jim Himes	D	CT-4	Nay
Elizabeth Esty	D	CT-5	Nay
Lisa Blunt Rochester	D	DE-AL	Yea
Matt Gaetz	R	FL-1	Yea
Val Demings	D	FL-10	Yea
Daniel Webster	R	FL-11	Not Voting
Gus Bilirakis	R	FL-12	Yea
Charlie Crist	D	FL-13	Yea
Kathy Castor	D	FL-14	Yea
Dennis Ross	R	FL-15	Not Voting
Vern Buchanan	R	FL-16	Yea
Thomas Rooney	R	FL-17	Not Voting
Brian Mast	R	FL-18	Yea
Francis Rooney	R	FL-19	Not Voting
Neal Dunn	R	FL-2	Yea
Alcee Hastings	D	FL-20	Not Voting
Lois Frankel	D	FL-21	Yea
Ted Deutch	D	FL-22	Yea
Debbie Wasserman Schultz	D	FL-23	Yea
Frederica Wilson	D	FL-24	Nay
Mario Diaz-Balart	R	FL-25	Yea
Carlos Curbelo	R	FL-26	Yea
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen	R	FL-27	Yea
Ted Yoho	R	FL-3	Yea
John Rutherford	R	FL-4	Yea
Al Lawson	D	FL-5	Yea
Stephanie Murphy	D	FL-7	Yea
Bill Posey	R	FL-8	Yea
Darren Soto	D	FL-9	Yea
Buddy Carter	R	GA-1	Yea
Jody Hice	R	GA-10	Yea
Barry Loudermilk	R	GA-11	Yea
Rick Allen	R	GA-12	Yea
David Scott	D	GA-13	Yea
Tom Graves	R	GA-14	Yea
Sanford Bishop	D	GA-2	Yea
A. Ferguson	R	GA-3	Yea
Hank Johnson	D	GA-4	Nay
John Lewis	D	GA-5	Nay
Karen Handel	R	GA-6	Yea
Rob Woodall	R	GA-7	Yea
Austin Scott	R	GA-8	Yea
Doug Collins	R	GA-9	Yea
Colleen Hanabusa	D	HI-1	Not Voting
Tulsi Gabbard	D	HI-2	Nay
Rod Blum	R	IA-1	Not Voting
David Loebsack	D	IA-2	Nay
David Young	R	IA-3	Nay
Steve King	R	IA-4	Yea
Raúl Labrador	R	ID-1	Yea
Mike Simpson	R	ID-2	Yea
Bobby Rush	D	IL-1	Nay
Brad Schneider	D	IL-10	Yea
Bill Foster	D	IL-11	Yea
Mike Bost	R	IL-12	Yea
Rodney Davis	R	IL-13	Yea
Randy Hultgren	R	IL-14	Not Voting
John Shimkus	R	IL-15	Yea
Adam Kinzinger	R	IL-16	Not Voting
Cheri Bustos	D	IL-17	Nay
Darin LaHood	R	IL-18	Yea
Robin Kelly	D	IL-2	Nay
Daniel Lipinski	D	IL-3	Nay
Luis Gutiérrez	D	IL-4	Not Voting
Mike Quigley	D	IL-5	Nay
Peter Roskam	R	IL-6	Not Voting
Danny Davis	D	IL-7	Nay
Raja Krishnamoorthi	D	IL-8	Nay
Jan Schakowsky	D	IL-9	Nay
Peter Visclosky	D	IN-1	Nay
Jackie Walorski	R	IN-2	Yea
Jim Banks	R	IN-3	Yea
Todd Rokita	R	IN-4	Yea
Susan Brooks	R	IN-5	Yea
Luke Messer	R	IN-6	Yea
André Carson	D	IN-7	Nay
Larry Bucshon	R	IN-8	Yea
Trey Hollingsworth	R	IN-9	Yea
Roger Marshall	R	KS-1	Yea
Lynn Jenkins	R	KS-2	Not Voting
Kevin Yoder	R	KS-3	Yea
Ron Estes	R	KS-4	Yea
James Comer	R	KY-1	Yea
Brett Guthrie	R	KY-2	Yea
John Yarmuth	D	KY-3	Nay
Thomas Massie	R	KY-4	Nay
Hal Rogers	R	KY-5	Yea
Andy Barr	R	KY-6	Yea
Steve Scalise	R	LA-1	Yea
Cedric Richmond	D	LA-2	Nay
Clay Higgins	R	LA-3	Yea
Mike Johnson	R	LA-4	Yea
Ralph Abraham	R	LA-5	Yea
Garret Graves	R	LA-6	Yea
Richard Neal	D	MA-1	Nay
Jim McGovern	D	MA-2	Nay
Niki Tsongas	D	MA-3	Nay
Joseph Kennedy	D	MA-4	Nay
Katherine Clark	D	MA-5	Nay
Seth Moulton	D	MA-6	Yea
Michael Capuano	D	MA-7	Not Voting
Stephen Lynch	D	MA-8	Nay
William Keating	D	MA-9	Not Voting
Andy Harris	R	MD-1	Yea
C. Ruppersberger	D	MD-2	Yea
John Sarbanes	D	MD-3	Nay
Anthony Brown	D	MD-4	Nay
Steny Hoyer	D	MD-5	Yea
John Delaney	D	MD-6	Nay
Elijah Cummings	D	MD-7	Nay
Jamie Raskin	D	MD-8	Nay
Chellie Pingree	D	ME-1	Nay
Bruce Poliquin	R	ME-2	Yea
Jack Bergman	R	MI-1	Yea
Paul Mitchell	R	MI-10	Yea
Dave Trott	R	MI-11	Not Voting
Debbie Dingell	D	MI-12	Nay
Brenda Jones	D	MI-13	Nay
Brenda Lawrence	D	MI-14	Nay
Bill Huizenga	R	MI-2	Yea
Justin Amash	R	MI-3	Nay
John Moolenaar	R	MI-4	Yea
Daniel Kildee	D	MI-5	Nay
Fred Upton	R	MI-6	Not Voting
Tim Walberg	R	MI-7	Yea
Mike Bishop	R	MI-8	Yea
Sander Levin	D	MI-9	Nay
Timothy Walz	D	MN-1	Not Voting
Jason Lewis	R	MN-2	Not Voting
Erik Paulsen	R	MN-3	Yea
Betty McCollum	D	MN-4	Yea
Keith Ellison	D	MN-5	Not Voting
Tom Emmer	R	MN-6	Yea
Collin Peterson	D	MN-7	Nay
Richard Nolan	D	MN-8	Not Voting
Wm. Clay	D	MO-1	Yea
Ann Wagner	R	MO-2	Yea
Blaine Luetkemeyer	R	MO-3	Yea
Vicky Hartzler	R	MO-4	Yea
Emanuel Cleaver	D	MO-5	Yea
Sam Graves	R	MO-6	Nay
Billy Long	R	MO-7	Yea
Jason Smith	R	MO-8	Yea
Trent Kelly	R	MS-1	Yea
Bennie Thompson	D	MS-2	Nay
Gregg Harper	R	MS-3	Yea
Steven Palazzo	R	MS-4	Yea
Greg Gianforte	R	MT-AL	Yea
G.K. Butterfield	D	NC-1	Nay
Patrick McHenry	R	NC-10	Yea
Mark Meadows	R	NC-11	Yea
Alma Adams	D	NC-12	Nay
Ted Budd	R	NC-13	Yea
George Holding	R	NC-2	Yea
Walter Jones	R	NC-3	Not Voting
David Price	D	NC-4	Nay
Virginia Foxx	R	NC-5	Nay
Mark Walker	R	NC-6	Yea
David Rouzer	R	NC-7	Yea
Richard Hudson	R	NC-8	Not Voting
Robert Pittenger	R	NC-9	Not Voting
Kevin Cramer	R	ND-AL	Yea
Jeff Fortenberry	R	NE-1	Yea
Don Bacon	R	NE-2	Yea
Adrian Smith	R	NE-3	Yea
Carol Shea-Porter	D	NH-1	Not Voting
Ann Kuster	D	NH-2	Nay
Donald Norcross	D	NJ-1	Nay
Donald Payne	D	NJ-10	Nay
Rodney Frelinghuysen	R	NJ-11	Yea
Bonnie Watson Coleman	D	NJ-12	Nay
Frank LoBiondo	R	NJ-2	Yea
Tom MacArthur	R	NJ-3	Yea
Chris Smith	R	NJ-4	Yea
Josh Gottheimer	D	NJ-5	Yea
Frank Pallone	D	NJ-6	Nay
Leonard Lance	R	NJ-7	Yea
Albio Sires	D	NJ-8	Nay
Bill Pascrell	D	NJ-9	Nay
Michelle Lujan Grisham	D	NM-1	Not Voting
Steve Pearce	R	NM-2	Yea
Ben Luján	D	NM-3	Nay
Dina Titus	D	NV-1	Nay
Mark Amodei	R	NV-2	Yea
Jacky Rosen	D	NV-3	Not Voting
Ruben Kihuen	D	NV-4	Nay
Lee Zeldin	R	NY-1	Not Voting
Jerrold Nadler	D	NY-10	Nay
Daniel Donovan	R	NY-11	Yea
Carolyn Maloney	D	NY-12	Nay
Adriano Espaillat	D	NY-13	Nay
Joe Crowley	D	NY-14	Not Voting
José Serrano	D	NY-15	Nay
Eliot Engel	D	NY-16	Nay
Nita Lowey	D	NY-17	Nay
Sean Maloney	D	NY-18	Nay
John Faso	R	NY-19	Yea
Pete King	R	NY-2	Yea
Paul Tonko	D	NY-20	Nay
Elise Stefanik	R	NY-21	Yea
Claudia Tenney	R	NY-22	Yea
Tom Reed	R	NY-23	Yea
John Katko	R	NY-24	Yea
Joseph Morelle	D	NY-25	Nay
Brian Higgins	D	NY-26	Yea
Chris Collins	R	NY-27	Yea
Thomas Suozzi	D	NY-3	Yea
Kathleen Rice	D	NY-4	Nay
Gregory Meeks	D	NY-5	Nay
Grace Meng	D	NY-6	Nay
Nydia Velázquez	D	NY-7	Nay
Hakeem Jeffries	D	NY-8	Nay
Yvette Clarke	D	NY-9	Nay
Steve Chabot	R	OH-1	Yea
Michael Turner	R	OH-10	Yea
Marcia Fudge	D	OH-11	Not Voting
Troy Balderson	R	OH-12	Yea
Tim Ryan	D	OH-13	Yea
David Joyce	R	OH-14	Yea
Steve Stivers	R	OH-15	Yea
James Renacci	R	OH-16	Not Voting
Brad Wenstrup	R	OH-2	Not Voting
Joyce Beatty	D	OH-3	Nay
Jim Jordan	R	OH-4	Yea
Robert Latta	R	OH-5	Yea
Bill Johnson	R	OH-6	Yea
Bob Gibbs	R	OH-7	Yea
Warren Davidson	R	OH-8	Yea
Marcy Kaptur	D	OH-9	Yea
Kevin Hern	R	OK-1	Yea
Markwayne Mullin	R	OK-2	Yea
Frank Lucas	R	OK-3	Yea
Tom Cole	R	OK-4	Yea
Steve Russell	R	OK-5	Not Voting
Suzanne Bonamici	D	OR-1	Yea
Greg Walden	R	OR-2	Yea
Earl Blumenauer	D	OR-3	Not Voting
Peter DeFazio	D	OR-4	Nay
Kurt Schrader	D	OR-5	Nay
Robert Brady	D	PA-1	Nay
Tom Marino	R	PA-10	Yea
Lou Barletta	R	PA-11	Not Voting
Keith Rothfus	R	PA-12	Yea
Brendan Boyle	D	PA-13	Nay
Michael Doyle	D	PA-14	Nay
Susan Wild	D	PA-15	Nay
Lloyd Smucker	R	PA-16	Yea
Matt Cartwright	D	PA-17	Nay
Conor Lamb	D	PA-18	Yea
Dwight Evans	D	PA-2	Nay
Mike Kelly	R	PA-3	Yea
Scott Perry	R	PA-4	Yea
Glenn Thompson	R	PA-5	Yea
Ryan Costello	R	PA-6	Yea
Mary Scanlon	D	PA-7	Nay
Brian Fitzpatrick	R	PA-8	Yea
Bill Shuster	R	PA-9	Not Voting
David Cicilline	D	RI-1	Nay
Jim Langevin	D	RI-2	Nay
Mark Sanford	R	SC-1	Yea
Joe Wilson	R	SC-2	Yea
Jeff Duncan	R	SC-3	Yea
Trey Gowdy	R	SC-4	Not Voting
Ralph Norman	R	SC-5	Yea
Jim Clyburn	D	SC-6	Nay
Tom Rice	R	SC-7	Yea
Kristi Noem	R	SD-AL	Not Voting
Phil Roe	R	TN-1	Yea
Jimmy Duncan	R	TN-2	Yea
Chuck Fleischmann	R	TN-3	Yea
Scott DesJarlais	R	TN-4	Yea
Jim Cooper	D	TN-5	Nay
Diane Black	R	TN-6	Not Voting
Marsha Blackburn	R	TN-7	Not Voting
David Kustoff	R	TN-8	Yea
Steve Cohen	D	TN-9	Nay
Louie Gohmert	R	TX-1	Nay
Michael McCaul	R	TX-10	Yea
K. Conaway	R	TX-11	Yea
Kay Granger	R	TX-12	Yea
Mac Thornberry	R	TX-13	Yea
Randy Weber	R	TX-14	Yea
Vicente Gonzalez	D	TX-15	Yea
Beto O’Rourke	D	TX-16	Yea
Bill Flores	R	TX-17	Yea
Sheila Jackson Lee	D	TX-18	Nay
Jodey Arrington	R	TX-19	Not Voting
Ted Poe	R	TX-2	Not Voting
Joaquin Castro	D	TX-20	Nay
Lamar Smith	R	TX-21	Not Voting
Pete Olson	R	TX-22	Yea
Will Hurd	R	TX-23	Yea
Kenny Marchant	R	TX-24	Yea
Roger Williams	R	TX-25	Yea
Michael Burgess	R	TX-26	Yea
Michael Cloud	R	TX-27	Yea
Henry Cuellar	D	TX-28	Yea
Gene Green	D	TX-29	Not Voting
Sam Johnson	R	TX-3	Yea
Eddie Johnson	D	TX-30	Not Voting
John Carter	R	TX-31	Yea
Pete Sessions	R	TX-32	Yea
Marc Veasey	D	TX-33	Nay
Filemon Vela	D	TX-34	Yea
Lloyd Doggett	D	TX-35	Nay
Brian Babin	R	TX-36	Yea
John Ratcliffe	R	TX-4	Not Voting
Jeb Hensarling	R	TX-5	Yea
Joe Barton	R	TX-6	Yea
John Culberson	R	TX-7	Yea
Kevin Brady	R	TX-8	Yea
Al Green	D	TX-9	Nay
Rob Bishop	R	UT-1	Yea
Chris Stewart	R	UT-2	Yea
John Curtis	R	UT-3	Yea
Mia Love	R	UT-4	Not Voting
Robert Wittman	R	VA-1	Yea
Barbara Comstock	R	VA-10	Yea
Gerald Connolly	D	VA-11	Yea
Scott Taylor	R	VA-2	Not Voting
Bobby Scott	D	VA-3	Nay
A. McEachin	D	VA-4	Yea
Thomas Garrett	R	VA-5	Yea
Bob Goodlatte	R	VA-6	Yea
Dave Brat	R	VA-7	Yea
Donald Beyer	D	VA-8	Yea
H. Griffith	R	VA-9	Yea
Peter Welch	D	VT-AL	Nay
Suzan DelBene	D	WA-1	Yea
Denny Heck	D	WA-10	Yea
Rick Larsen	D	WA-2	Nay
Jaime Herrera Beutler	R	WA-3	Yea
Dan Newhouse	R	WA-4	Yea
Cathy McMorris Rodgers	R	WA-5	Yea
Derek Kilmer	D	WA-6	Nay
Pramila Jayapal	D	WA-7	Nay
David Reichert	R	WA-8	Yea
Adam Smith	D	WA-9	Yea
Mark Pocan	D	WI-2	Nay
Ron Kind	D	WI-3	Not Voting
Gwen Moore	D	WI-4	Nay
F. Sensenbrenner	R	WI-5	Yea
Glenn Grothman	R	WI-6	Yea
Sean Duffy	R	WI-7	Yea
Mike Gallagher	R	WI-8	Yea
David McKinley	R	WV-1	Yea
Alexander Mooney	R	WV-2	Yea
Liz Cheney	R	WY-AL	Not Voting

Space Frontier Act of 2018

Votes to become law

Final vote · House · Dec 21, 2018