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Requires the Commerce Department, with Homeland Security, to build and maintain a public online clearinghouse of voluntary cybersecurity resources for commercial satellite systems, and directs the Comptroller General to study federal efforts to protect those systems.

Official title: Satellite Cybersecurity Act of 2025

Next stop House: awaiting action
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Received 24-SEP-2026
Senate
Introduced 09-DEC-2025
Referred 09-DEC-2025
Approved by committee 14-APR-2026
Reported 14-SEP-2026
On the calendar 14-SEP-2026
Passed 23-SEP-2026
Key points
  • Requires Commerce to create and maintain a public online clearinghouse of voluntary satellite cybersecurity guidance, with materials aimed at small businesses
  • Requires Commerce to consolidate voluntary recommendations on topics such as jamming, spoofing, supply chain risks, and foreign ownership or foreign-located ground control systems
  • Directs the Comptroller General to study federal support for commercial satellite cybersecurity and report to Congress within 2 years
  • Requires Commerce to submit a coordination strategy within 120 days and progress reports every 2 years for nine years, and states that the bill does not designate satellites as critical infrastructure or create new regulations
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Committee referrals (1) Policy area

Science, Technology, Communications

Sponsor Gary C. Peters (D-MI) Cosponsors · 1
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1 Republican