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Union Calendar No. 503 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4152 
[Report No. 118–604] 
To direct the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Adminis-
tration and Secretary of Commerce to submit to Congress a report 
on the merits of, and options for, establishing an institute relating 
to space resources, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 15, 2023 
Ms. CARAVEO (for herself, Mr. LAMBORN, Ms. PETTERSEN, and Mr. NEGUSE) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Science, Space, and Technology 
JULY 23, 2024 
Additional sponsor: Mr. MOLINARO 
JULY 23, 2024 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on June 15, 2023] 
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A BILL 
To direct the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration and Secretary of Commerce to sub-
mit to Congress a report on the merits of, and options 
for, establishing an institute relating to space resources, 
and for other purposes. 
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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 Resources Insti-
tute Act’’. 
SEC. 2. REPORT ON MERITS AND OPTIONS FOR ESTAB-
LISHING AN INSTITUTE RELATING TO SPACE 
RESOURCES. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator and Sec-
retary shall jointly submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report on the merits of, and options for, estab-
lishing an institute relating to space resources to advance 
the objectives of NASA and the Department in maintaining 
United States preeminence in space. Such objectives shall 
include the following: 
(1) Identifying, developing, and distributing 
space resources, including by encouraging the develop-
ment of foundational science and technology. 
(2) Reducing the technological risks associated 
with identifying, developing, and distributing space 
resources. 
(3) Research to maximize the responsible use of 
space resources. 
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(4) Developing options for using space resources 
to— 
(A) support current and future space archi-
tectures, programs, and missions; and 
(B) enable such architectures, programs, 
and missions that would not otherwise be pos-
sible. 
(b) ADDITIONAL
MATTERS.—The report required 
under subsection (a) shall also include the following assess-
ments of the Administrator and the Secretary: 
(1) Whether a virtual or physical institute relat-
ing to space resources is most cost effective and ap-
propriate. 
(2) Whether partnering with institutions of high-
er education and the aerospace industry, and the ex-
tractive industry as appropriate, would be effective in 
increasing information available to the institute with 
respect to advancing the objectives described in sub-
section (a). 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) 
ADMINISTRATOR.—The 
term 
‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ means the Administrator of NASA. 
(2) 
APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit-
tees’’ means— 
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(A) the Committee on Science, Space, and 
Technology of the House of Representatives; and 
(B) the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation of the Senate. 
(3) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’ 
means the Department of Commerce. 
(4) EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRY.—The term ‘‘extrac-
tive industry’’ means companies and individuals in-
volved in the processes of extracting, including min-
ing, quarrying, drilling, and dredging, raw, natural 
materials or energy sources. 
(5) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 
term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the mean-
ing given such term in section 101(a) of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)). 
(6) NASA.—The term ‘‘NASA’’ means the Na-
tional Aeronautics and Space Administration. 
(7) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Commerce. 
(8) SPACE RESOURCE.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘‘space re-
source’’ means an abiotic resource in situ in 
outer space. 
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(B) INCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘space re-
source’’ includes a raw, natural material or en-
ergy source. 
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Union Calendar No. 503 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4152 
[Report No. 118–604] 
A BILL 
To direct the Administrator of the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration and Secretary 
of Commerce to submit to Congress a report on 
the merits of, and options for, establishing an in-
stitute relating to space resources, and for other 
purposes. 
JULY 23, 2024 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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