# 119-hr-3142: Secure U.S. Leadership in Space Act of 2025

119-hr-3142, Secure U.S. Leadership in Space Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Dunn, Neal P. [R-FL-2] (R-FL); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-3142
- Congress: 119
- Title: Secure U.S. Leadership in Space Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-05-01
- Sponsor: Rep. Dunn, Neal P. [R-FL-2] (R-FL)
- Cosponsors: 4
- Policy area: Taxation
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**This bill would let spaceports qualify for tax-exempt bonds like airports** to make building and expanding launch facilities and nearby manufacturing cheaper. It also defines "spaceport" and fixes lease, guarantee, and state-cap rules that affect financing. - Spaceport developers and on-site manufacturers would be able to use exempt facility bonds to finance construction and equipment for manufacturing, assembly, repair, flight control, launch and reentry services, and crew or cargo transfers. The bill says a public-use requirement would not block manufacturing facilities or industrial parks from qualifying. - States and local issuers would get a clear volume-cap pathway by treating any issue where 95 percent or more of net proceeds go to a spaceport as eligible under state caps. That creates a predictable route for municipal bond financing of launch infrastructure. - Property on land leased from the United States would count as government-owned for these bond rules if the lease and subleases meet the statute's tests. The bill also specifies that federal payments for spaceport use do not by themselves make a bond federally guaranteed and aligns key terms to 51 U.S.C. 50902.

## Cosponsors (4)

- Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24] (D-CA), 2025-05-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Haridopolos, Mike [R-FL-8] (R-FL), 2025-05-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2] (R-NE), 2025-05-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pfluger, August [R-TX-11] (R-TX), 2025-05-19T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Cheaper bond financing for spaceports: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would let spaceport projects use tax‑exempt facility bonds, like airports. It would define spaceports broadly, covering launch and reentry operations and nearby manufacturing and repair sites, with no public‑use requirement. If at least 95% of a bond’s net proceeds fund a space…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-4275: Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025
- 119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025
- 119-hr-4393: DIGNIDAD (Dignity) Act of 2025
- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act
- 119-hr-1422: Enhanced Iran Sanctions Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-3142 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3142)

## Related
- [119-hr-4275: Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4275)
- [119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4669)
- [119-hr-4393: DIGNIDAD (Dignity) Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4393)
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage A…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-842)
- [119-hr-1422: Enhanced Iran Sanctions Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1422)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3142 (as of 2026-04-21).