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110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3504 

To provide technical corrections to the Technology Administration Act of 

1998, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 17, 2008 

Mr. SALAZAR introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 

A BILL 

To provide technical corrections to the Technology 

Administration Act of 1998, 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 Act 

5 of 2008’’. 

6 SEC. 2. RENAMING OFFICE OF SPACE COMMERCIALIZA7 TION AS OFFICE OF SPACE COMMERCE. 

8 Section 8 of the Technology Administration Act of 

9 1998 (15 U.S.C. 1511e) is amended— 


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1 (1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘OFFICE OF

2 SPACE COMMERCIALIZATION’’ and inserting 

3 ‘‘OFFICE OF SPACE COMMERCE’’; and 

4 (2) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Office of 

5 Space Commercialization’’ and inserting ‘‘Office of 

6 Space Commerce’’. 

7 SEC. 3. MODIFICATION OF FUNCTIONS OF OFFICE OF 

8 SPACE COMMERCE. 

9 Section 8(c) of the Technology Administration Act of 

10 1998 (15 U.S.C. 1511e(c)) is amended to read as follows: 

11 ‘‘(c) FUNCTIONS.—The Office shall be the principal 

12 unit for space commerce policy activities within the De13 partment of Commerce. The functions of the Office are 

14 as follows: 

15 ‘‘(1) To foster the conditions for the economic 

16 growth and technological advancement of the space 

17 commerce industry of the United States. 

18 ‘‘(2) To coordinate space commerce policy 

19 issues and actions within the Department. 

20 ‘‘(3) To represent the Department in the devel21 opment of United States policies and in negotiations 

22 with foreign countries to promote United States 

23 space commerce. 

24 ‘‘(4) To promote, in cooperation with relevant 

25 interagency working groups, the advancement of 


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1 United States geospatial technologies related to 

2 space commerce. 

3 ‘‘(5) To provide support to the United States 

4 entities established pursuant to National Security 

5 Presidential Directive—39, U.S. Space-Based Posi6 tioning, Navigation, and Timing Policy, dated De7 cember 15, 2004, including the following: 

8 ‘‘(A) The National Executive Committee 

9 for Space-Based Positioning, Navigation, and 

10 Timing. 

11 ‘‘(B) The National Coordination Office for 

12 Space-Based Positioning, Navigation, and Tim13 ing. 

14 ‘‘(C) The National Space-Based Posi15 tioning, Navigation, and Timing Advisory 

16 Board. 

17 ‘‘(D) Any successor organization, to the 

18 extent that such successor organization per19 forms the same functions as an entity described 

20 in subparagraphs (A) through (C).’’. 

21 SEC. 4. REPORT. 

22 Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact23 ment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce shall submit 

24 to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor25 tation of the Senate and the Committee on Science and 


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1 Technology of the House of Representatives a report on 

2 the competitiveness of the United States space commerce 

3 industry, including a review of— 

4 (1) bi-lateral and multi-lateral trade issues; 

5 (2) the use of commercially available position, 

6 navigation, and timing services by the United States 

7 Government; and 

8 (3) the use of other commercially available sat9 ellite data services by the United States Govern10 ment. 

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