HR8198-119

In Committee

OUTPACE in Space Act

119th Congress Introduced Apr 6, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

The bill creates introduces a preemption provision: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Optimizing United States Technology to Preempt Adversarial Communist Expansion in Space Act or the OUTPACE in Space Act, expands a reporting req, compliance mandate, exemption provision: 2. Strengthening launch and reentry It is the sense of Congress that— the commercial space transportation industry and the emerging hypersonic industry, and defines introduces a definition change, delegation of rulemaking provision: 3. It relies on preemption, reporting requirements, compliance mandates, and exemptions. The main policy areas are Healthcare, Defense, and Technology.

Who Benefits and How

The available clause analysis does not identify a specific beneficiary group.

Who Bears the Burden and How

No clear private burden is identified from the available clause analysis; implementing agencies may still take on administrative work.

Key Provisions

  • Creates introduces a preemption provision: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Optimizing United States Technology to Preempt Adversarial Communist Expansion in Space Act or the OUTPACE in Space Act.
  • Expands a reporting req, compliance mandate, exemption provision: 2. Strengthening launch and reentry It is the sense of Congress that— the commercial space transportation industry and the emerging hypersonic industry...
  • Defines introduces a definition change, delegation of rulemaking provision: 3.

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for primary purpose and policy domains.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

The bill creates introduces a preemption provision: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Optimizing United States Technology to Preempt Adversarial Communist Expansion in Space Act or the OUTPACE in Space Act, expands a reporting req, compliance mandate, exemption provision: 2. Strengthening launch and reentry It is the sense of Congress that— the commercial space transportation industry and the emerging hypersonic industry, and defines introduces a definition change, delegation of rulemaking provision: 3.

Key Policy Areas

Healthcare, Defense, Technology

Primary Purpose

The bill creates introduces a preemption provision: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Optimizing United States Technology to Preempt Adversarial Communist Expansion in Space Act or the OUTPACE in Space Act, expands a reporting req, compliance mandate, exemption provision: 2. Strengthening launch and reentry It is the sense of Congress that— the commercial space transportation industry and the emerging hypersonic industry, and defines introduces a definition change, delegation of rulemaking provision: 3.

Policy Domains

Healthcare Defense Technology

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Apr 6, 2026

Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.

Apr 6, 2026

Introduced in House

Apr 6, 2026

Mr. Fong introduced the following bill; which was referred to …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Healthcare Defense Technology
Actor Mappings
"the_administrator"
→ The Administrator identified in the operative section
"secretary_of_defense"
→ Secretary of Defense
"secretary_of_commerce"
→ Secretary of Commerce
"secretary_of_transportation"
→ Secretary of Transportation

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

1 term
"foreign business entity" §HCBBBA8FF0B7546919D0123D1A4F5CB6B

an entity that is— organized under, or otherwise subject to, the laws of a foreign country of concern

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