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Whereas the CubeSat Launch Initiative advances NASA’s 
strategic goals and objectives; 
Whereas CubeSat research is essential for military, edu-
cational, technological, and medical advancements; 
Whereas increased citizen access to space benefits the United 
States, both societally and economically; 
Whereas students, educators, researchers, and companies 
gain knowledge and experience from conducting CubeSat 
missions; 
Whereas the CubeSat Development Team at The Weiss 
School, a prekindergarten through 8th grade school in 
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, designed the ‘‘WeissSat– 
1’’ that was selected by NASA’s CubeSat Launch Initia-
tive in 2017 to be launched as an auxiliary payload in 
2019; 
Whereas The Weiss School’s debate team discovered limiting 
factors to broader participation and societal benefit of the 
CubeSat Launch Initiative and brought that research to 
the attention of Congress; 
Whereas, currently, the CubeSat Launch Initiative in fiscal 
year 2017 received $4.8 million in contributions from the 
Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate, 
Science Mission Directorate, Space Technology Mission 
Directorate, and the Office of Education; 
Whereas NASA’s fiscal year 2018 budget request proposed 
eliminating the Office of Education (OE) and ‘‘its port-
folio of OE-funded activities programs at the nine NASA 
centers and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory’’; 
Whereas the House of Representatives passed an appropria-
tions Act funding the Office of Education at $90 million 
and, House Report 115–231, reads ‘‘The Committee un-
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derstands that the Office of Education is undergoing a 
series of internal reviews and assessments; NASA shall 
brief the Committee when these assessments are con-
cluded’’; 
Whereas the Senate Appropriations Committee passed an ap-
propriations Act funding the Office of Education at $100 
million and, Senate Report 115–139, reads ‘‘The Com-
mittee does not agree with the proposed cancellation of 
the activities within Education and has provided funding 
for the programs for the upcoming fiscal year. However, 
if NASA determines that the programs would be better 
managed, executed, and evaluated in other places within 
NASA, the Committee is not averse to considering fund-
ing these activities either within a revised Education di-
rectorate or other alternative locations’’; 
Whereas Congress recognizes that NASA is reorganizing the 
Office of Education, and it is a critical moment for 
American educators, students, and STEM innovators, 
through their elected Representatives and Senators, to 
identify programs under the Office of Education that 
must be preserved and expanded; 
Whereas the ultimate validation of this program is when 
CubeSats are launched and operating in space; 
Whereas the limiting factor of getting CubeSats into space is 
lack of program awareness; 
Whereas more awareness leads to the utilization of a low-cost 
pathway to conduct scientific investigations and tech-
nology demonstrations in space; 
Whereas NASA’s Educational Resource Centers have pro-
moted science, technology, engineering, and mathematics 
(STEM) engagement through public outreach; 
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Whereas the Astronaut Memorial Foundation supports 
NASA’s engagement and outreach through the Edu-
cational Resource Center and contributions to the Foun-
dation allow for greater awareness of CubeSats to aca-
demia and industry; 
Whereas many students dream of space exploration and have 
interest in STEM careers; and 
Whereas without access to and awareness of available pro-
grams such as the CubeSat Launch Initiative, those 
dreams may be unrealized: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This concurrent resolution may be cited as the 
‘‘WeissSat–1 Resolution’’. 
SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) as the National Aeronautics and Space Ad-
ministration’s Office of Education is undergoing in-
ternal reviews and assessments to determine the ap-
propriate structure of the office moving forward, the 
CubeSat Launch Initiative must continue to thrive 
and expand as a priority of Congress and an enabler 
of American innovation; and 
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(2) the National Aeronautics and Space Admin-
istration should prioritize awareness of the CubeSat 
Launch Initiative in annual budget proposals. 
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