119th Congress

H.R.8198

OUTPACE in Space Act Optimizing United States Technology to Preempt Adversarial Communist Expansion in Space Act

Introduced·4/6/26

Prefiled

Introduced4/6/26

Chamber Passed

Final Passage

Complete

Introduced

H. R. 8198

Introduced in House · April 14, 2026

April 6, 2026

Mr. Fong introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology

A BILL

To amend title 51, United States Code, to advance American space operations, 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.

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”.