US President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” was signed into law on July 4. While it didn’t impose a moratorium on state-level artificial intelligence laws as anticipated, it did include a substantial 35% tax credit for semiconductor manufacturers.

U.S. Representative Marc Veasey, D-Fort Worth, said, "Republicans are putting the needs of Trump in front of their own constituents. This is going to be something I believe that we're going to dig ourselves from underneath for a long time to come."

Buried in the sweeping legislation is an $85 million provision to move NASA's most-flown spacecraft from the national collection to Space Center Houston.