S 980referred119th Congress

Alleviating Spaceport Traffic by Rewarding Operators Act of 2025

Introduced Mar 12, 2025Senate billPolicy area: Transportation and Public WorksLast action Mar 12, 2025Sponsor: Mark R. Warner(D-VA)

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Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee

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Official summaryUpdated Mar 12, 2025

What the bill does

Alleviating Spaceport Traffic by Rewarding Operators Act of 2025 This bill allows the Department of Transportation (DOT) to establish a pilot grant program for projects to construct, repair, maintain, or improve transportation infrastructure and facilities for space launch and reentry sites. Launch and reentry site operators may use the grants for projects that (1) are located at, or adjacent to, a launch or reentry site; (2) directly enable or support transportation safety or transportation activities (i.e., the movement of people or property to, from, or within a launch site); and (3) are made generally available, subject to reasonable commercial terms. DOT may also issue a supplemental matching grant to an operator of a launch or reentry site.

Latest official action

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Lobbying Filings

$164.6M

Total Lobbying Spend

Suspicious Trades

Members Involved

Timeline

Apr 18, 2024lobbying

Lobbying filed by PENNSYLVANIA FARM BUREAU

Apr 21, 2024lobbying

Lobbying filed by SANTA FE FARMS, INC DBA ELEMENT6 DYNAMICS

Jul 16, 2024lobbying

Lobbying filed by SANTA FE FARMS, INC DBA ELEMENT6 DYNAMICS

Oct 17, 2024lobbying

Lobbying filed by SANTA FE FARMS, INC DBA ELEMENT6 DYNAMICS

Mar 12, 2025bill

Bill introduced

Jul 22, 2025lobbying

Official Congressional Actions

Mar 12, 2025IntroReferral

Introduced in Senate

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Mar 12, 2025IntroReferral

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee

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Lobbying Activity

Registrant	Client	Amount	Filed	Period	Issues
AIR TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, INC. (D/B/A AIRLINES FOR AMERICA)	AIR TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, INC. (D/B/A AIRLINES FOR AMERICA)	$150.6M	Jul 22, 2025	2025Q2	AVI
STEPHEN WARD CONSULTING, LLC	SANTA FE FARMS, INC DBA ELEMENT6 DYNAMICS	$3.0M	Oct 17, 2024	2024Q3	AGR
STEPHEN WARD CONSULTING, LLC	SANTA FE FARMS, INC DBA ELEMENT6 DYNAMICS

Suspicious Trading Activity

Congress members who traded stocks in companies connected to lobbying on this bill, within 90 days of its introduction date.

No suspicious trade-lobbying connections found for this bill.

Methodology: Bill-Lobbying-Trade Connection

CapitolExposed identifies the "bill-lobbying-trade pipeline" by: (1) finding lobbying filings (LD-2) that specifically mention this bill, (2) matching lobbying clients to publicly traded companies, and (3) finding stock trades by members of Congress in those companies within 90 days of the bill's introduction date. Trades made before the bill was introduced are highlighted in red, as they may indicate advance knowledge. This analysis surfaces correlations worthy of scrutiny; it does not prove wrongdoing.