Congress·In Progress·H.R. 2313

Celestial Time Standardization Act

Space Exploration: Creating a Standard Time for the Moon

Apr 29, 2025·View on Congress.gov·Read full text

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StalledNext up: A house committeeNo action in 14 months

The Celestial Time Standardization Act is currently in the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Although the committee voted to report the bill in April 2025, no further action has occurred for 14 months. The bill is considered stalled because it has not moved forward since that time.

Legislative Progress

House

No action since April 2025

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How we got here

This bill’s path across every version that has carried it.

Reintroduced
Reintroduced from H.R. 8837 (118th), which died when its Congress ended.
H.R. 8837 (118th) →

Key Points

NASA is being asked to create a new 'Coordinated Lunar Time' to help astronauts and robots work together on the Moon. Right now, using Earth time is difficult because of how gravity and speed change the way time passes in space.
This new time system will make it easier for different countries and private companies to coordinate their missions. It will help with landing spacecraft safely, navigating the lunar surface, and sharing scientific data accurately.
The plan must be reliable even if communication with Earth is lost and must be able to work for future missions to other planets like Mars. NASA has two years to report back to Congress with a strategy and the resources needed to make it happen.

Impact Analysis

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Milestones

3 milestones4 actions

Apr 29, 2025House

Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.

The committee approved this bill and is sending it to the full chamber for a vote. This is a significant step — most bills never get this far.

Apr 29, 2025House

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

Mar 25, 2025House

Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.

Mar 25, 2025

Introduced in House

The bill was officially filed and given a number. It now enters the legislative queue.

News

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Liberal party executive agrees to permanently bury review into catastrophic 2025 election defeat

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The federal government lost 4 million years of collective experience in 2025. These graphs tell the story. - The Boston

No votes recorded for this bill yet.

Source Information

Document Type

Congressional Bill

Official Title

Celestial Time Standardization Act

Bill NumberHR 2313

Congress119th Congress

ChamberHouse of Representatives

Latest ActionOrdered to be Reported by Voice Vote.

Data Sources

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R: 1

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