State Department leads U.S. space strategy and works with space companies.
H.R. 9592 — American Space Leadership for the 21st Century Act · Filed by Sheri Biggs (R-SC) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced Jul 6, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill gives the Secretary of State power to lead efforts protecting U.S. space assets from threats. The State Department would work with allied countries and make international agreements on space security. The State Department must report to Congress each year on space threats. The bill treats U.S. space companies as tools for foreign policy.
Who it affects
U.S. space companies, defense contractors, and aerospace manufacturers are affected. Citizens benefit from protection of critical space infrastructure. The State Department may gain power to direct how companies operate.
One thing to notice
The bill lets the State Department make international agreements about space with only 15 days to tell Congress. The bill does not clearly limit what technology the State Department can share with other countries.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Democrats.
- Jul 6, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Jul 6, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
1 groups reported lobbying about this bill. They filed 1 reports from Jun 2026 to Jun 2026.
Those reports show $240,000 in lobbying spending. Each report lists about 99 bills. So that money was not all for this bill.
More groups named this bill than 0% of bills with any report.
Sheri Biggs, who sponsored the bill, received $316,325 from PACs for the 2026 election.
- Fdd Action — $240,000 in 1 report
Lobbying is legal. These reports show who lobbied about this bill, not what changed.
Words to know
- Secretary of State — The top official at the State Department who handles foreign policy.
- space assets — Satellites, launch systems, and other equipment the U.S. uses in space.
- allied countries — Nations that work together with the U.S. on shared goals.
- foreign policy — How a country deals with other countries and handles international relations.
- lobbying — Trying to influence lawmakers about a bill. Companies and groups pay people to do this.
- PACs — Groups that collect money and give it to candidates for office.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (9,328 characters) on Aug 12, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,707 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Jun 2026 to Jun 2026. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jul 20, 2026 · page rendered 2026-09-23.
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