HR 8851 — To amend title 51, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish an electronic processing portal for licenses and other approvals related to commercial space launch activities, and for other purposes.
Congress 119
Latest action: — Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
Sponsors
- Haridopolos, Mike (R, FL-8) — sponsor · 2026-05-15
- Whitesides, George (D, CA-27) — cosponsor · 2026-05-15
Action timeline
- · H11100 — Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
- · Intro-H — Introduced in House
- · 1000 — Introduced in House
Text versions
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Connected on the graph
Inbound (2)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Whitesides, George | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-05-15 | Haridopolos, Mike | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Haridopolos, Mike (R, house FL-8) | sponsor | 3 | — | 8 |
| 2 | Whitesides, George (D, house CA-27) | cosponsor | 1 | — | 2 |
Who's influencing them
Orgs ranked by combined money flow on this bill: LDA filings citing the bill + individual contributions in cycle 2026from donors whose employer matches the org name (Schedule A) to any principal committee in the "who matters" list above.
| # | Org | LDA filings | LDA spend | Donor employees | Employee donations | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not employed | 0 | $0 | 77 | $12,698 | $12,698 |
| 2 | retired | 0 | $0 | 3 | $7,071 | $7,071 |
| 3 | blackstone | 0 | $0 | 1 | $7,000 | $7,000 |
| 4 | self employed | 0 | $0 | 7 | $3,994 | $3,994 |
| 5 | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 | |
| 6 | montage international | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 7 | bnp paribas | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 8 | sooner investment | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 9 | uci | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,384 | $3,384 |
| 10 | mount sinai health system | 0 | $0 | 1 | $2,500 | $2,500 |
| 11 | rossway swann tierney | 0 | $0 | 1 | $2,500 | $2,500 |
| 12 | raider outboards | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,500 | $1,500 |
| 13 | n/a | 0 | $0 | 2 | $1,050 | $1,050 |
| 14 | cgc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,041 | $1,041 |
| 15 | crosswalk labs inc. | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 16 | microsoft | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 17 | davis polk & wardwell llp | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 18 | precision enterprises, inc. | 0 | $0 | 1 | $260 | $260 |
| 19 | land iq llc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $250 | $250 |
| 20 | harvard university | 0 | $0 | 1 | $200 | $200 |
| 21 | university of southern california | 0 | $0 | 1 | $200 | $200 |
| 22 | cds builders | 0 | $0 | 1 | $104 | $104 |
| 23 | uphill farm inc. | 0 | $0 | 1 | $100 | $100 |
| 24 | astrox corp. | 0 | $0 | 1 | $100 | $100 |
| 25 | pixar | 0 | $0 | 1 | $100 | $100 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
2 predicted yes (0%) · 3 predicted no (1%) · 538 unknown (99%)
By party: · R: 1 yes / 0 no / 276 unknown · D: 1 yes / 0 no / 262 unknown · I: 0 yes / 3 no
2 high-confidence positions (voted + sponsor + cosponsor)
- Haridopolos, Mike (R · house · FL-8) · sponsor
- Whitesides, George (D · house · CA-27) · cosponsor
Activity
Every typed-graph event involving this entity, newest first. Each row is one edge in the influence graph; click the date to jump to its provenance.
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Whitesides, George (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-15 · sponsored by Haridopolos, Mike (sponsor) · sponsorship