CAPE Canaveral Act
Latest action · Mar 27, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 27, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Consolidating Aerospace Programs Efficiently at Canaveral Act or the CAPE Canaveral Act
This bill requires the headquarters of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to be relocated to Brevard County, Florida within one year of the bill’s enactment.
Cosponsors 16
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 27, 2025 to Aug 5, 2025; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Original | Mar 27, 2025 |
| D-FL | Jared Moskowitz | Original | Mar 27, 2025 |
| R-FL | Mario Diaz-Balart | Original | Mar 27, 2025 |
| R-FL | Brian J. Mast | Mar 31, 2025 | |
| R-FL | Carlos A. Gimenez | Mar 31, 2025 | |
| R-FL | Daniel Webster | Mar 31, 2025 | |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Mar 31, 2025 | |
| R-FL | Maria Elvira Salazar | Mar 31, 2025 | |
| R-FL | Scott Franklin | Mar 31, 2025 | |
| R-FL | Cory Mills | Apr 1, 2025 | |
| R-FL | John H. Rutherford | Apr 1, 2025 | |
| R-FL | Vern Buchanan | Apr 1, 2025 | |
| R-FL | Aaron Bean | Apr 3, 2025 | |
| R-FL | Anna Paulina Luna | Apr 7, 2025 | |
| R-FL | Gus M. Bilirakis | Jun 3, 2025 | |
| R-FL | Laurel M. Lee | Aug 5, 2025 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Science, Space, and Technology Committee | Referred Mar 27, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 27, 2025Introduced in House
- Mar 27, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 56, March 27, 2025, page H1338.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1013 | CAPE Canaveral Act | Identical bill | Mar 13, 2025 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To transfer the headquarters of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to Brevard County, Florida, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- CAPE Canaveral Act
- Consolidating Aerospace Programs Efficiently at Canaveral Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 27, 2025Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
