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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2977
To preserve the cooperative, peaceful uses of space for the benefit of all
humankind by permanently prohibiting the basing of weapons in space
by the United States, and to require the President to take action to
adopt and implement a world treaty banning space-based weapons.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 2, 2001
Mr. KUCINICH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Science, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services,
and International Relations, for a period to be subsequently determined
by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall
within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To preserve the cooperative, peaceful uses of space for the
benefit of all humankind by permanently prohibiting the
basing of weapons in space by the United States, and
to require the President to take action to adopt and
implement a world treaty banning space-based weapons.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Space Preservation Act
of 2001’’.
SEC. 2. REAFFIRMATION OF POLICY ON THE PRESERVA-
TION OF PEACE IN SPACE.
Congress reaffirms the policy expressed in section
102(a) of the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958
(42 U.S.C. 2451(a)), stating that it ‘‘is the policy of the
United States that activities in space should be devoted
to peaceful purposes for the benefit of all mankind.’’.
SEC. 3. PERMANENT BAN ON BASING OF WEAPONS IN
SPACE.
The President shall—
(1) implement a permanent ban on space-based
weapons of the United States and remove from
space any existing space-based weapons of the
United States; and
(2) immediately order the permanent termi-
nation of research and development, testing, manu-
facturing, production, and deployment of all space-
based weapons of the United States and their com-
ponents.
SEC. 4. WORLD AGREEMENT BANNING SPACE-BASED WEAP-
ONS.
The President shall direct the United States rep-
resentatives to the United Nations and other international
organizations to immediately work toward negotiating,
adopting, and implementing a world agreement banning
space-based weapons.
SEC. 5. REPORT.
The President shall submit to Congress not later than
90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and
every 90 days thereafter, a report on—
(1) the implementation of the permanent ban
on space-based weapons required by section 3; and
(2) progress toward negotiating, adopting, and
implementing the agreement described in section 4.
SEC. 6. NON SPACE-BASED WEAPONS ACTIVITIES.
Nothing in this Act may be construed as prohibiting
the use of funds for—
(1) space exploration;
(2) space research and development;
(3) testing, manufacturing, or production that
is not related to space-based weapons or systems; or
(4) civil, commercial, or defense activities (in-
cluding communications, navigation, surveillance, re-
connaissance, early warning, or remote sensing) that
are not related to space-based weapons or systems.
SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) The term ‘‘space’’ means all space extend-
ing upward from an altitude greater than 60 kilo-
meters above the surface of the earth and any celes-
tial body in such space.
(2)(A) The terms ‘‘weapon’’ and ‘‘weapons sys-
tem’’ mean a device capable of any of the following:
(i) Damaging or destroying an object
(whether in outer space, in the atmosphere, or
on earth) by—
(I) firing one or more projectiles to
collide with that object;
(II) detonating one or more explosive
devices in close proximity to that object;
(III) directing a source of energy (in-
cluding molecular or atomic energy, sub-
atomic particle beams, electromagnetic ra-
diation, plasma, or extremely low frequency
(ELF) or ultra low frequency (ULF) en-
ergy radiation) against that object; or
(IV) any other unacknowledged or as
yet undeveloped means.
(ii) Inflicting death or injury on, or dam-
aging or destroying, a person (or the biological
life, bodily health, mental health, or physical
and economic well-being of a person)—
(I) through the use of any of the
means described in clause (i) or subpara-
graph (B);
(II) through the use of land-based,
sea-based, or space-based systems using
radiation, electromagnetic, psychotronic,
sonic, laser, or other energies directed at
individual persons or targeted populations
for the purpose of information war, mood
management, or mind control of such per-
sons or populations; or
(III) by expelling chemical or biologi-
cal agents in the vicinity of a person.
(B) Such terms include exotic weapons systems
such as—
(i) electronic, psychotronic, or information
weapons;
(ii) chemtrails;
(iii) high altitude ultra low frequency
weapons systems;
(iv) plasma, electromagnetic, sonic, or ul-
trasonic weapons;
(v) laser weapons systems;
(vi) strategic, theater, tactical, or extra-
terrestrial weapons; and
(vii) chemical, biological, environmental,
climate, or tectonic weapons.
(C) The term ‘‘exotic weapons systems’’ in-
cludes weapons designed to damage space or natural
ecosystems (such as the ionosphere and upper at-
mosphere) or climate, weather, and tectonic systems
with the purpose of inducing damage or destruction
upon a target population or region on earth or in
space.
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