S. 434, Space Commerce Advisory Committee Act

August 14, 2025

Cost Estimate

As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on June 25, 2025

S. 434, Space Commerce Advisory Committee Act As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on June 25, 2025
By Fiscal Year, Millions of Dollars		2025	2025-2030	2025-2035
Direct Spending (Outlays)		0	0	0
Revenues		0	0	0
Increase or Decrease (-) in the Deficit		0	0	0
Spending Subject to Appropriation (Outlays)		0	*	not estimated
Increases net direct spending in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2036?	No	Statutory pay-as-you-go procedures apply?		No
	No	Mandate Effects
Increases on-budget deficits in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2036?	No	Contains intergovernmental mandate?		No
	No	Contains private-sector mandate?		No
* = between zero and $500,00.

S. 434 would require the Office of Space Commerce within the Department of Commerce to establish a Commercial Space Activity Advisory Committee. That committee would update the Office of Space Commerce on developments in nongovernmental space activities and recommend ways for the United States to promote its commercial space industry.

Using information about the cost of similar federal advisory bodies, CBO estimates that implementing S. 434 would cost less than $500,000 over the 2025-2030 period; any related spending would be subject to the availability of appropriated funds.

The CBO staff contact for this estimate is David Hughes. The estimate was reviewed by H. Samuel Papenfuss, Deputy Director of Budget Analysis.

Phillip L. Swagel Director, Congressional Budget Office

Phillip L. Swagel

Director, Congressional Budget Office