NASA Reauthorization Act of 2026

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 7273 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7273 To reauthorize the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 30, 2026 Mr. Babin (for himself, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Haridopolos, and Mrs. Foushee) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To reauthorize the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``NASA Reauthorization Act of 2026''. (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Definitions. TITLE I--AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS Sec. 101. Fiscal year 2026. TITLE II--EXPLORATION Sec. 201. Continuity of purpose for space exploration. Sec. 202. Artemis program. Sec. 203. Reaffirmation of the Space Launch System. Sec. 204. Human-rated lunar landing capabilities. Sec. 205. Advanced spacesuit capabilities. TITLE III--SPACE OPERATIONS Subtitle A--Policy Sec. 301. Report on continued United States presence in low-Earth orbit. Sec. 302. United States strategy for low-Earth orbit. Sec. 303. Risk of losing access to low-Earth orbit. Subtitle B--International Space Station Sec. 311. International Space Station. Sec. 312. Maintenance of service for International Space Station. Sec. 313. Nongovernmental human missions on the International Space Station. Sec. 314. United States deorbit capabilities. Subtitle C--Future Activities and Other Provisions Sec. 321. Commercial low-Earth orbit developmen