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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 3342 

To establish the Commercial Space Activity Advisory Committee, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

NOVEMBER 15, 2023 

Mr. PETERS (for himself and Mr. WICKER) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, 

Science, and Transportation 

A BILL 

To establish the Commercial Space Activity Advisory 

Committee, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Space Commerce Advi5 sory Committee Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 

8 (1) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

9 the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Of10 fice of Space Commerce. 


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1 (2) SPACE OBJECT.—The term ‘‘space ob2 ject’’— 

3 (A) means— 

4 (i) a human-made object located in 

5 outer space, including on the Moon or 

6 other celestial bodies, with or without 

7 human occupants, that was launched from 

8 Earth, such as a satellite or a spacecraft, 

9 including component parts of the object; 

10 and 

11 (ii) all items carried on such object 

12 that are intended for use in outer space 

13 outside of, and independent of, the oper14 ation of such object; 

15 (B) includes any human-made object that 

16 is— 

17 (i) manufactured or assembled in 

18 outer space; and 

19 (ii) intended for operations in outer 

20 space other than, and independent of, the 

21 operations of such object in which the 

22 manufacturing or assembly occurred; and 

23 (C) does not include— 


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1 (i) an article aboard a space object 

2 that is only intended for use inside the 

3 space object; 

4 (ii) an article manufactured or proc5 essed in outer space that is a material; or 

6 (iii) an article intended for use outside 

7 a space object as part of the authorized op8 erations of the space object. 

9 (3) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of 

10 the several States of the United States, the District 

11 of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the 

12 United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American 

13 Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 

14 Islands, and any other commonwealth, territory, or 

15 possession of the United States. 

16 (4) UNITED STATES ENTITY.—The term 

17 ‘‘United States entity’’ means— 

18 (A) an individual who is a national of the 

19 United States (as defined in section 101(a) of 

20 the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

21 1101(a))); and 

22 (B) a nongovernmental entity organized or 

23 existing under, and subject to, the laws of the 

24 United States or a State. 


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1 SEC. 3. COMMERCIAL SPACE ACTIVITY ADVISORY COM2 MITTEE. 

3 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 days after 

4 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 

5 establish a Commercial Space Activity Advisory Com6 mittee (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Committee’’). 

7 (b) MEMBERSHIP.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Committee shall be 

9 composed of 15 members appointed by the Sec10 retary. 

11 (2) QUALIFICATIONS.— 

12 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Committee shall be 

13 composed of representatives from a variety of 

14 space policy, engineering, technical, science, 

15 legal, and finance fields who have significant 

16 experience in the commercial space industry. 

17 (B) LIMITATION.— 

18 (i) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided 

19 in clause (i), the Secretary may not ap20 point as a member of the Committee any 

21 employee or official of the Federal Govern22 ment. 

23 (ii) EXCEPTION.—The Secretary may 

24 appoint as a member of the Committee a 

25 special government employee (as defined in 

26 section 202(a) of title 18, United States 


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1 Code) who serves on 1 or more other Fed2 eral advisory committees. 

3 (3) TERM.—Each individual appointed as a 

4 member of the Committee— 

5 (A) shall be appointed for a term of 4 

6 years; and 

7 (B) during the 2-year period beginning on 

8 the date on which such term ends, may not 

9 serve as a member of the Committee. 

10 (c) DUTIES.—The duties of the Committee shall be— 

11 (1) to advise on the status and recent develop12 ments of nongovernmental space activities; 

13 (2) to provide to the Secretary and Congress 

14 recommendations on the manner in which the 

15 United States may facilitate and promote a robust 

16 and innovative commercial sector that is investing 

17 in, developing, and operating space objects; 

18 (3) to identify any challenge faced by the 

19 United States commercial sector relating to— 

20 (A) international obligations of the United 

21 States relevant to commercial space sector ac22 tivities in outer space; 

23 (B) export controls that affect the com24 mercial space sector; 


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1 (C) harmful interference with commercial 

2 space sector activities in outer space; and 

3 (D) access to adequate, predictable, and 

4 reliable radio frequency spectrum; 

5 (4) to review existing best practices for United 

6 States entities to avoid— 

7 (A) the harmful contamination of the 

8 Moon and other celestial bodies; and 

9 (B) adverse changes in the environment of 

10 the Earth resulting from the introduction of ex11 traterrestrial matter; and 

12 (5) to provide information, advice, and rec13 ommendations on matters relating to— 

14 (A) United States commercial space sector 

15 activities in outer space; and 

16 (B) other commercial space sector activi17 ties, as the Committee considers necessary. 

18 (d) TERMINATION.—The Committee shall terminate 

19 on the date that is 10 years after the date on which the 

20 Committee is established. 

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