One Small Step to Protect Human Heritage in Space Act

Bill: 116-s-1694
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
Introduced: 2019-05-23
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Archaeology and anthropology

Historic sites and heritage areas

Historical and cultural resources

Licensing and registrations

Research administration and funding

Space flight and exploration

Spacecraft and satellites

User charges and fees
Latest action: action_date: 2020-12-31
text: Became Public Law No: 116-275.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-05-23
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>One Small Step to Protect Human Heritage in Space Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires a federal agency that issues a license for the conduct of a lunar activity in outer space to require that each license applicant agree to abide by recommendations, guidelines, or principles issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) related to the protection and preservation of U.S. government lunar artifacts.</p> <p>A federal agency may</p> <ul> <li>exempt specific activities from such an agreement if the activities have legitimate and significant historical, archaeological, anthropological, scientific, or engineering value;</li> <li>assess a penalty fee for violations of such an agreement.</li> </ul>

action_date: 2019-07-16
action_desc: Reported to Senate
text: <p><b>One Small Step to Protect Human Heritage in Space Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires a federal agency that issues a license for the conduct of a lunar activity to require that each license applicant agree to abide by recommendations, guidelines, or principles issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) related to the protection and preservation of U.S. government lunar artifacts.</p> <p>A federal agency may</p> <ul> <li>exempt specific activities from such an agreement if the activities have legitimate and significant historical, archaeological, anthropological, scientific, or engineering value;</li> <li>assess a penalty fee for violations of such an agreement.</li> </ul>

action_date: 2019-07-18
action_desc: Passed Senate
text: <p><b>One Small Step to Protect Human Heritage in Space Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires a federal agency that issues a license for the conduct of a lunar activity to require that each license applicant agree to abide by recommendations, guidelines, or principles issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) related to the protection and preservation of U.S. government lunar artifacts.</p> <p>A federal agency may</p> <ul> <li>exempt specific activities from such an agreement if the activities have legitimate and significant historical, archaeological, anthropological, scientific, or engineering value;</li> <li>assess a penalty fee for violations of such an agreement.</li> </ul>

action_date: 2020-12-16
action_desc: Passed House
text: <p><b>One Small Step to Protect Human Heritage in Space Act</b></p> <p>This bill directs the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to </p> <ul> <li>add the recommendations described in the following clause as a condition or requirement to contracts, grants, agreements, partnerships or other arrangements pertaining to lunar activities carried out by, for, or in partnership with NASA; </li> <li>inform other relevant federal agencies of the recommendations; and </li> <li>encourage the use of best practices, consistent with the recommendations, by such agencies. </li> </ul> <p>The recommendations described are</p> <ul> <li>NASA's <em>Recommendations to Space-Faring Entities: How to Protect and Preserve the Historic and Scientific Value of U.S. Government Lunar Artifacts</em> issued by NASA on July 20, 2011, and updated on October 28, 2011; and</li> <li>any successor recommendations, guidelines, best practices, or standards related to the principle of due regard and the limitation of harmful interference with Apollo landing site artifacts issued by NASA. </li> </ul> <p>NASA may waive the conditions or requirements as it applies to an individual contract, grant, agreement, partnership or other arrangement pertaining to lunar activities carried out by, for, or in partnership with NASA so long as</p> <ul> <li>such waiver is accompanied by a finding from NASA that carrying out the first directed obligation of this bill would be unduly prohibitive to an activity or activities of legitimate and significant historical, archaeological, anthropological, scientific, or engineering value; and</li> <li>the finding is provided to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate no later than 30 days before the waiver takes effect.</li> </ul>

action_date: 2020-12-19
action_desc: Senate agreed to House amendment
text: <p><b>One Small Step to Protect Human Heritage in Space Act</b></p> <p>This bill directs the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to </p> <UL> <LI>add the recommendations described in the following clause as a condition or requirement to contracts, grants, agreements, partnerships or other arrangements pertaining to lunar activities carried out by, for, or in partnership with NASA; <LI>inform other relevant federal agencies of the recommendations; and <LI>encourage the use of best practices, consistent with the recommendations, by such agencies. </LI> </UL> <p>The recommendations described are</p> <UL> <LI>NASA's <em>Recommendations to Space-Faring Entities: How to Protect and Preserve the Historic and Scientific Value of U.S. Government Lunar Artifacts</em> issued by NASA on July 20, 2011, and updated on October 28, 2011; and <LI>any successor recommendations, guidelines, best practices, or standards related to the principle of due regard and the limitation of harmful interference with Apollo landing site artifacts issued by NASA. </LI> </UL> <p>NASA may waive the conditions or requirements as it applies to an individual contract, grant, agreement, partnership or other arrangement pertaining to lunar activities carried out by, for, or in partnership with NASA so long as</p> <UL> <LI>such waiver is accompanied by a finding from NASA that carrying out the first directed obligation of this bill would be unduly prohibitive to an activity or activities of legitimate and significant historical, archaeological, anthropological, scientific, or engineering value; and <LI>the finding is provided to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate no later than 30 days before the waiver takes effect. </LI> </UL>

action_date: 2020-12-31
action_desc: Public Law
text: <p><b>One Small Step to Protect Human Heritage in Space Act</b></p> <p>This bill directs the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to </p> <UL> <LI>add the recommendations described in the following clause as a condition or requirement to contracts, grants, agreements, partnerships or other arrangements pertaining to lunar activities carried out by, for, or in partnership with NASA; <LI>inform other relevant federal agencies of the recommendations; and <LI>encourage the use of best practices, consistent with the recommendations, by such agencies. </LI> </UL> <p>The recommendations described are</p> <UL> <LI>NASA's<EM> Recommendations to Space-Faring Entities: How to Protect and Preserve the Historic and Scientific Value of U.S. Government Lunar Artifacts</EM> issued by NASA on July 20, 2011, and updated on October 28, 2011; and <LI>any successor recommendations, guidelines, best practices, or standards related to the principle of due regard and the limitation of harmful interference with Apollo landing site artifacts issued by NASA. </LI> </UL> <p>NASA may waive the conditions or requirements as it applies to an individual contract, grant, agreement, partnership or other arrangement pertaining to lunar activities carried out by, for, or in partnership with NASA so long as</p> <UL> <LI>such waiver is accompanied by a finding from NASA that carrying out the first directed obligation of this bill would be unduly prohibitive to an activity or activities of legitimate and significant historical, archaeological, anthropological, scientific, or engineering value; and <LI>the finding is provided to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate no later than 30 days before the waiver takes effect. </LI> </UL>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1694 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 23 (legislative day, May 22), 2019 Mr. Peters (for himself and Mr. Cruz ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation A BILL To require any Federal agency that issues licenses to conduct activities in outer space to include in the requirements for such licenses an agreement relating to the preservation and protection of the Apollo 11 landing site, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the One Small Step to Protect Human Heritage in Space Act . 2. Findings; sense of Congress (a) Findings Congress makes the following findings: (1) On July 16, 1969, the Apollo 11 spacecraft launched from the John F. Kennedy Space Center carrying Neil A. Armstrong, Edwin E. Buzz Aldrin, Jr., and Michael Collins. (2) July 20, 2019, will mark the 50th anniversary of the date on which the Apollo 11 spacecraft landed on the Moon and Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to set foot on a celestial body off the Earth. (3) The landing of the Apollo 11 spacecraft and humanity’s first off-world footprints are achievements unparalleled in history, a direct product of the work and perseverance of the more than 400,000 individuals who contributed to the development of the Apollo missions on the shoulders of centuries of science and engineering pioneers from all corners of the world. (4) Among the thousands of individuals who have contributed to the achievements of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (in this section referred to as NASA ) are African-American women such as Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughn, Mary Jackson, and Dr. Christine Darden, who made critical contributions to NASA space programs. Katherine Johnson worked at NASA for 35 years and calculated the trajectory of the Apollo 11 landing and the trajectories for the spaceflights of astronauts Alan Shepard and John Glenn. Katherine Johnson, together with many other individuals the work of whom often went unacknowledged, helped broaden the scope of space travel and charted new frontiers for humanity’s exploration of space. (5) The landing of the Apollo 11 spacecraft was made on behalf of all humankind, and Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were accompanied by messages of peace from the leaders of more than 70 countries. (6) The lunar landing sites of the Apollo 11 spacecraft, the robotic spacecraft that preceded the Apollo 11 mission, and the crewed and robotic spacecraft that followed, are of outstanding universal value to humanity. (7) Such landing sites— (A) are the first archaeological sites with human activity that are not on Earth; (B) provide evidence of the first achievements of humankind in the realm of space travel and exploration; and (C) contain artifacts and other evidence of human exploration activities that remain a potential source of cultural, historical, archaeological, anthropological, scientific, and engineering knowledge. (8) As commercial enterprises and more countries acquire the ability to land on the Moon, it is necessary to ensure the recognition and protection of the Apollo 11 landing site and other historic landing sites together with all the human effort and innovation the sites represent. (9) On July 20, 2011, NASA published the voluntary guidance entitled NASA’s Recommendations to Space-Faring Entities: How to Protect and Preserve the Historic and Scientific Value of U.S. Government Lunar Artifacts . (10) In March 2018, the Office of Science and Technology Policy published a report entitled Protecting & Preserving Apollo Program Lunar Landing Sites & Artifacts . (11) The Apollo 11 landing site and other similar historic landing sites in outer space merit legal protection from inadvertent or intentional interference with such sites or the environment surrounding such sites in order to prevent irremediable loss of archaeological, anthropological, historical, scientific, and engineering significance and value. (12) Space-faring entities based outside the United States have the capacity to land on the Moon. (13) The licensing requirements under this Act are applicable only to United States-based activities in outer space and therefore have limited efficacy for protecting against intentional or inadvertent disturbances of the Apollo 11 landing site and other similar historic sites from space-faring entities based outside the United States. (14) A binding international agreement to protect the Apollo 11 landing site and other similar historic sites by requiring adherence to the recommendations described in section 3(b) would be sufficient to protect against intentional or inadvertent disturbances of the Apollo 11 landing site and other similar historic sites. (b) Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that the President should initiate a diplomatic initiative to negotiate an international agreement described in subsection (a)(14). 3. Licensing requirements concerning preservation of historic lunar landing sites (a) In general Beginning not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, any Federal agency that issues a license to conduct an activity in outer space shall require each applicant for such a license— (1) to agree to abide by the recommendations described in subsection (b); or (2) in the case of an activity that requires a license from more than one Federal agency, to certify (as described in paragraph (1) or (2), as applicable, of section 1746 of title 28, United States Code) that the applicant has submitted an application for a license for such activity to another Federal agency that satisfies paragraph (1). (b) Recommendations described The recommendations described in this subsection are— (1) NASA’s Recommendations to Space-Faring Entities: How to Protect and Preserve the Historic and Scientific Value of U.S. Government Lunar Artifacts issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration on July 20, 2011; (2) the updates to NASA’s Recommendations to Space-Faring Entities: How to Protect and Preserve the Historic and Scientific Value of U.S. Government Lunar Artifacts issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration on October 28, 2011; and (3) any successor heritage preservation recommendations, guidelines, or principles relating to the protection and preservation of Government lunar artifacts issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. (c) Exemptions A Federal agency issuing a license described in subsection (a) may, in consultation with the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, exempt specific activities of an applicant from the historic preservation agreement or certification under subsection (a) if such bona fide activities are determined to have legitimate and significant historical, archeological, anthropological, scientific, or engineering value. (d) Authority To assess penalty fees (1) In general A Federal agency issuing a license described in subsection (a) may assess a penalty fee on the holder of such license for conduct that violates one or more of terms of the license relating to the agreement under subsection (a)(1). (2) Amount The penalty fee amount assessed under paragraph (1) shall be— (A) commensurate with the nature and extent of the violation; and (B) sufficient to deter future violations. (e) Activity defined In this section, the term activity means an action or endeavor in outer space that— (1) is intended to be lunar in nature, including lunar orbit, landing, and impact; or (2) has a greater likelihood than not of becoming lunar in nature, including unintentional orbit and impact.

tv_txt: 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1694 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES AN ACT To require any Federal agency that issues licenses to conduct lunar activities to include in the requirements for such licenses an agreement relating to the preservation and protection of the Apollo 11 landing site, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the One Small Step to Protect Human Heritage in Space Act . 2. Findings; sense of Congress (a) Findings Congress makes the following findings: (1) On July 16, 1969, the Apollo 11 spacecraft launched from the John F. Kennedy Space Center carrying Neil A. Armstrong, Edwin E. Buzz Aldrin, Jr., and Michael Collins. (2) July 20, 2019, will mark the 50th anniversary of the date on which the Apollo 11 spacecraft landed on the Moon and Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to set foot on a celestial body off the Earth. (3) The landing of the Apollo 11 spacecraft and humanity’s first off-world footprints are achievements unparalleled in history, a direct product of the work and perseverance of the more than 400,000 individuals who contributed to the development of the Apollo missions on the shoulders of centuries of science and engineering pioneers from all corners of the world. (4) Among the thousands of individuals who have contributed to the achievements of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (in this section referred to as NASA ) are African-American women such as Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughn, Mary Jackson, and Dr. Christine Darden, who made critical contributions to NASA space programs. Katherine Johnson worked at NASA for 35 years and calculated the trajectory of the Apollo 11 landing and the trajectories for the spaceflights of astronauts Alan Shepard and John Glenn. Katherine Johnson, together with many other individuals the work of whom often went unacknowledged, helped broaden the scope of space travel and charted new frontiers for humanity’s exploration of space. (5) The landing of the Apollo 11 spacecraft was made on behalf of all humankind, and Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were accompanied by messages of peace from the leaders of more than 70 countries. (6) The lunar landing sites of the Apollo 11 spacecraft, the robotic spacecraft that preceded the Apollo 11 mission, and the crewed and robotic spacecraft that followed, are of outstanding universal value to humanity. (7) Such landing sites— (A) are the first archaeological sites with human activity that are not on Earth; (B) provide evidence of the first achievements of humankind in the realm of space travel and exploration; and (C) contain artifacts and other evidence of human exploration activities that remain a potential source of cultural, historical, archaeological, anthropological, scientific, and engineering knowledge. (8) On July 20, 2011, NASA published the voluntary guidance entitled NASA’s Recommendations to Space-Faring Entities: How to Protect and Preserve the Historic and Scientific Value of U.S. Government Lunar Artifacts . (9) In March 2018, the Office of Science and Technology Policy published a report entitled Protecting & Preserving Apollo Program Lunar Landing Sites & Artifacts . (10) Space-faring entities based outside the United States have the capacity to land on the Moon. (11) The licensing requirements under this Act are applicable only to United States-based lunar activities and therefore have limited efficacy for protecting the Apollo 11 landing site, other similar historic sites, and lunar artifacts from disturbances caused by space-faring entities based outside the United States. (b) Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that— (1) as commercial enterprises and more countries acquire the ability to land on the Moon, it is necessary to ensure the recognition and protection of the Apollo 11 landing site and other historic landing sites in acknowledgment of the human effort and innovation the sites represent; (2) the Apollo 11 landing site, other similar historic landing sites, lunar artifacts, and the environment surrounding such sites and artifacts merit legal protection from disturbance to prevent irremediable loss of sites and artifacts that are of archeological, anthropological, historical, scientific, and engineering significance and value; and (3) the President should work with other countries to develop best practices to ensure the protection of historic lunar landing sites and artifacts. 3. Licensing requirements concerning preservation of historic lunar landing sites (a) In general Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, any Federal agency that issues a license to conduct a lunar activity shall require each applicant for such a license— (1) to agree to abide by the recommendations described in subsection (b); or (2) in the case of a lunar activity that requires a license from more than one Federal agency, to certify under penalty of perjury as provided in paragraph (1) or (2), as applicable, of section 1746 of title 28, United States Code, that the applicant has submitted an application for a license for such activity to another Federal agency that satisfies paragraph (1). (b) Recommendations described The recommendations described in this subsection are— (1) NASA’s Recommendations to Space-Faring Entities: How to Protect and Preserve the Historic and Scientific Value of U.S. Government Lunar Artifacts issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration on July 20, 2011, and updated on October 28, 2011; and (2) any successor heritage preservation recommendations, guidelines, or principles relating to the protection and preservation of Government lunar artifacts issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. (c) Exemptions A Federal agency issuing a license described in subsection (a) may, in consultation with the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, exempt specific lunar activities of an applicant from the historic preservation agreement or certification under subsection (a) if such bona fide activities are determined to have legitimate and significant historical, archeological, anthropological, scientific, or engineering value. (d) Authority to assess penalty fees (1) In general A Federal agency issuing a license described in subsection (a) may assess a penalty fee on the holder of such license for conduct that violates one or more terms of the license relating to the agreement under subsection (a)(1). (2) Amount The penalty fee amount assessed under paragraph (1) shall be— (A) commensurate with the nature and extent of the violation; and (B) sufficient to deter future violations. (e) Lunar activity defined In this section, the term lunar activity means an action or endeavor in space that— (1) is intended to be lunar in nature, including lunar orbit, landing, and impact; or (2) has a greater likelihood than not of becoming lunar in nature, including unintentional orbit and impact.

Passed the Senate July 18, 2019. Secretary

tv_txt: II Calendar No. 152 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1694 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 23 (legislative day, May 22), 2019 Mr. Peters (for himself, Mr. Cruz , Mr. Brown , Mr. Blumenthal , Mr. Markey , and Mrs. Capito ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation July 16, 2019 Reported by Mr. Wicker , with an amendment and an amendment to the title Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic A BILL To require any Federal agency that issues licenses to conduct activities in outer space to include in the requirements for such licenses an agreement relating to the preservation and protection of the Apollo 11 landing site, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the One Small Step to Protect Human Heritage in Space Act . 2. Findings; sense of Congress (a) Findings Congress makes the following findings: (1) On July 16, 1969, the Apollo 11 spacecraft launched from the John F. Kennedy Space Center carrying Neil A. Armstrong, Edwin E. Buzz Aldrin, Jr., and Michael Collins. (2) July 20, 2019, will mark the 50th anniversary of the date on which the Apollo 11 spacecraft landed on the Moon and Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to set foot on a celestial body off the Earth. (3) The landing of the Apollo 11 spacecraft and humanity’s first off-world footprints are achievements unparalleled in history, a direct product of the work and perseverance of the more than 400,000 individuals who contributed to the development of the Apollo missions on the shoulders of centuries of science and engineering pioneers from all corners of the world. (4) Among the thousands of individuals who have contributed to the achievements of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (in this section referred to as NASA ) are African-American women such as Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughn, Mary Jackson, and Dr. Christine Darden, who made critical contributions to NASA space programs. Katherine Johnson worked at NASA for 35 years and calculated the trajectory of the Apollo 11 landing and the trajectories for the spaceflights of astronauts Alan Shepard and John Glenn. Katherine Johnson, together with many other individuals the work of whom often went unacknowledged, helped broaden the scope of space travel and charted new frontiers for humanity’s exploration of space. (5) The landing of the Apollo 11 spacecraft was made on behalf of all humankind, and Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were accompanied by messages of peace from the leaders of more than 70 countries. (6) The lunar landing sites of the Apollo 11 spacecraft, the robotic spacecraft that preceded the Apollo 11 mission, and the crewed and robotic spacecraft that followed, are of outstanding universal value to humanity. (7) Such landing sites— (A) are the first archaeological sites with human activity that are not on Earth; (B) provide evidence of the first achievements of humankind in the realm of space travel and exploration; and (C) contain artifacts and other evidence of human exploration activities that remain a potential source of cultural, historical, archaeological, anthropological, scientific, and engineering knowledge. (8) As commercial enterprises and more countries acquire the ability to land on the Moon, it is necessary to ensure the recognition and protection of the Apollo 11 landing site and other historic landing sites together with all the human effort and innovation the sites represent. (9) On July 20, 2011, NASA published the voluntary guidance entitled NASA’s Recommendations to Space-Faring Entities: How to Protect and Preserve the Historic and Scientific Value of U.S. Government Lunar Artifacts . (10) In March 2018, the Office of Science and Technology Policy published a report entitled Protecting & Preserving Apollo Program Lunar Landing Sites & Artifacts . (11) The Apollo 11 landing site and other similar historic landing sites in outer space merit legal protection from inadvertent or intentional interference with such sites or the environment surrounding such sites in order to prevent irremediable loss of archaeological, anthropological, historical, scientific, and engineering significance and value. (12) Space-faring entities based outside the United States have the capacity to land on the Moon. (13) The licensing requirements under this Act are applicable only to United States-based activities in outer space and therefore have limited efficacy for protecting against intentional or inadvertent disturbances of the Apollo 11 landing site and other similar historic sites from space-faring entities based outside the United States. (14) A binding international agreement to protect the Apollo 11 landing site and other similar historic sites by requiring adherence to the recommendations described in section 3(b) would be sufficient to protect against intentional or inadvertent disturbances of the Apollo 11 landing site and other similar historic sites. (b) Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that the President should initiate a diplomatic initiative to negotiate an international agreement described in subsection (a)(14). 3. Licensing requirements concerning preservation of historic lunar landing sites (a) In general Beginning not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, any Federal agency that issues a license to conduct an activity in outer space shall require each applicant for such a license— (1) to agree to abide by the recommendations described in subsection (b); or (2) in the case of an activity that requires a license from more than one Federal agency, to certify (as described in paragraph (1) or (2), as applicable, of section 1746 of title 28, United States Code) that the applicant has submitted an application for a license for such activity to another Federal agency that satisfies paragraph (1). (b) Recommendations described The recommendations described in this subsection are— (1) NASA’s Recommendations to Space-Faring Entities: How to Protect and Preserve the Historic and Scientific Value of U.S. Government Lunar Artifacts issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration on July 20, 2011; (2) the updates to NASA’s Recommendations to Space-Faring Entities: How to Protect and Preserve the Historic and Scientific Value of U.S. Government Lunar Artifacts issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration on October 28, 2011; and (3) any successor heritage preservation recommendations, guidelines, or principles relating to the protection and preservation of Government lunar artifacts issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. (c) Exemptions A Federal agency issuing a license described in subsection (a) may, in consultation with the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, exempt specific activities of an applicant from the historic preservation agreement or certification under subsection (a) if such bona fide activities are determined to have legitimate and significant historical, archeological, anthropological, scientific, or engineering value. (d) Authority To assess penalty fees (1) In general A Federal agency issuing a license described in subsection (a) may assess a penalty fee on the holder of such license for conduct that violates one or more of terms of the license relating to the agreement under subsection (a)(1). (2) Amount The penalty fee amount assessed under paragraph (1) shall be— (A) commensurate with the nature and extent of the violation; and (B) sufficient to deter future violations. (e) Activity defined In this section, the term activity means an action or endeavor in outer space that— (1) is intended to be lunar in nature, including lunar orbit, landing, and impact; or (2) has a greater likelihood than not of becoming lunar in nature, including unintentional orbit and impact.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the One Small Step to Protect Human Heritage in Space Act . 2. Findings; sense of Congress (a) Findings Congress makes the following findings: (1) On July 16, 1969, the Apollo 11 spacecraft launched from the John F. Kennedy Space Center carrying Neil A. Armstrong, Edwin E. Buzz Aldrin, Jr., and Michael Collins. (2) July 20, 2019, will mark the 50th anniversary of the date on which the Apollo 11 spacecraft landed on the Moon and Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to set foot on a celestial body off the Earth. (3) The landing of the Apollo 11 spacecraft and humanity’s first off-world footprints are achievements unparalleled in history, a direct product of the work and perseverance of the more than 400,000 individuals who contributed to the development of the Apollo missions on the shoulders of centuries of science and engineering pioneers from all corners of the world. (4) Among the thousands of individuals who have contributed to the achievements of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (in this section referred to as NASA ) are African-American women such as Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughn, Mary Jackson, and Dr. Christine Darden, who made critical contributions to NASA space programs. Katherine Johnson worked at NASA for 35 years and calculated the trajectory of the Apollo 11 landing and the trajectories for the spaceflights of astronauts Alan Shepard and John Glenn. Katherine Johnson, together with many other individuals the work of whom often went unacknowledged, helped broaden the scope of space travel and charted new frontiers for humanity’s exploration of space. (5) The landing of the Apollo 11 spacecraft was made on behalf of all humankind, and Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were accompanied by messages of peace from the leaders of more than 70 countries. (6) The lunar landing sites of the Apollo 11 spacecraft, the robotic spacecraft that preceded the Apollo 11 mission, and the crewed and robotic spacecraft that followed, are of outstanding universal value to humanity. (7) Such landing sites— (A) are the first archaeological sites with human activity that are not on Earth; (B) provide evidence of the first achievements of humankind in the realm of space travel and exploration; and (C) contain artifacts and other evidence of human exploration activities that remain a potential source of cultural, historical, archaeological, anthropological, scientific, and engineering knowledge. (8) On July 20, 2011, NASA published the voluntary guidance entitled NASA’s Recommendations to Space-Faring Entities: How to Protect and Preserve the Historic and Scientific Value of U.S. Government Lunar Artifacts . (9) In March 2018, the Office of Science and Technology Policy published a report entitled Protecting & Preserving Apollo Program Lunar Landing Sites & Artifacts . (10) Space-faring entities based outside the United States have the capacity to land on the Moon. (11) The licensing requirements under this Act are applicable only to United States-based lunar activities and therefore have limited efficacy for protecting the Apollo 11 landing site, other similar historic sites, and lunar artifacts from disturbances caused by space-faring entities based outside the United States. (b) Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that— (1) as commercial enterprises and more countries acquire the ability to land on the Moon, it is necessary to ensure the recognition and protection of the Apollo 11 landing site and other historic landing sites in acknowledgment of the human effort and innovation the sites represent; (2) the Apollo 11 landing site, other similar historic landing sites, lunar artifacts, and the environment surrounding such sites and artifacts merit legal protection from disturbance to prevent irremediable loss of sites and artifacts that are of archeological, anthropological, historical, scientific, and engineering significance and value; and (3) the President should initiate a diplomatic initiative to negotiate an international agreement to protect the Apollo 11 landing site, other similar historic sites, and lunar artifacts by requiring adherence to the recommendations described in section 3(b), which would be sufficient to protect against disturbances of such sites and artifacts. 3. Licensing requirements concerning preservation of historic lunar landing sites (a) In general Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, any Federal agency that issues a license to conduct a lunar activity shall require each applicant for such a license— (1) to agree to abide by the recommendations described in subsection (b); or (2) in the case of a lunar activity that requires a license from more than one Federal agency, to certify under penalty of perjury as provided in paragraph (1) or (2), as applicable, of section 1746 of title 28, United States Code, that the applicant has submitted an application for a license for such activity to another Federal agency that satisfies paragraph (1). (b) Recommendations described The recommendations described in this subsection are— (1) NASA’s Recommendations to Space-Faring Entities: How to Protect and Preserve the Historic and Scientific Value of U.S. Government Lunar Artifacts issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration on July 20, 2011, and updated on October 28, 2011; and (2) any successor heritage preservation recommendations, guidelines, or principles relating to the protection and preservation of Government lunar artifacts issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. (c) Exemptions A Federal agency issuing a license described in subsection (a) may, in consultation with the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, exempt specific lunar activities of an applicant from the historic preservation agreement or certification under subsection (a) if such bona fide activities are determined to have legitimate and significant historical, archeological, anthropological, scientific, or engineering value. (d) Authority to assess penalty fees (1) In general A Federal agency issuing a license described in subsection (a) may assess a penalty fee on the holder of such license for conduct that violates one or more terms of the license relating to the agreement under subsection (a)(1). (2) Amount The penalty fee amount assessed under paragraph (1) shall be— (A) commensurate with the nature and extent of the violation; and (B) sufficient to deter future violations. (e) Lunar activity defined In this section, the term lunar activity means an action or endeavor in space that— (1) is intended to be lunar in nature, including lunar orbit, landing, and impact; or (2) has a greater likelihood than not of becoming lunar in nature, including unintentional orbit and impact.

Amend the title so as to read: A bill to require any Federal agency that issues licenses to conduct lunar activities to include in the requirements for such licenses an agreement relating to the preservation and protection of the Apollo 11 landing site, and for other purposes. .

July 16, 2019 Reported with an amendment and an amendment to the title

tv_txt: IC 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1694 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 19, 2019 Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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 AN ACT To require any Federal agency that issues licenses to conduct lunar activities to include in the requirements for such licenses an agreement relating to the preservation and protection of the Apollo 11 landing site, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the One Small Step to Protect Human Heritage in Space Act . 2. Findings; sense of Congress (a) Findings Congress makes the following findings: (1) On July 16, 1969, the Apollo 11 spacecraft launched from the John F. Kennedy Space Center carrying Neil A. Armstrong, Edwin E. Buzz Aldrin, Jr., and Michael Collins. (2) July 20, 2019, will mark the 50th anniversary of the date on which the Apollo 11 spacecraft landed on the Moon and Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to set foot on a celestial body off the Earth. (3) The landing of the Apollo 11 spacecraft and humanity’s first off-world footprints are achievements unparalleled in history, a direct product of the work and perseverance of the more than 400,000 individuals who contributed to the development of the Apollo missions on the shoulders of centuries of science and engineering pioneers from all corners of the world. (4) Among the thousands of individuals who have contributed to the achievements of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (in this section referred to as NASA ) are African-American women such as Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughn, Mary Jackson, and Dr. Christine Darden, who made critical contributions to NASA space programs. Katherine Johnson worked at NASA for 35 years and calculated the trajectory of the Apollo 11 landing and the trajectories for the spaceflights of astronauts Alan Shepard and John Glenn. Katherine Johnson, together with many other individuals the work of whom often went unacknowledged, helped broaden the scope of space travel and charted new frontiers for humanity’s exploration of space. (5) The landing of the Apollo 11 spacecraft was made on behalf of all humankind, and Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were accompanied by messages of peace from the leaders of more than 70 countries. (6) The lunar landing sites of the Apollo 11 spacecraft, the robotic spacecraft that preceded the Apollo 11 mission, and the crewed and robotic spacecraft that followed, are of outstanding universal value to humanity. (7) Such landing sites— (A) are the first archaeological sites with human activity that are not on Earth; (B) provide evidence of the first achievements of humankind in the realm of space travel and exploration; and (C) contain artifacts and other evidence of human exploration activities that remain a potential source of cultural, historical, archaeological, anthropological, scientific, and engineering knowledge. (8) On July 20, 2011, NASA published the voluntary guidance entitled NASA’s Recommendations to Space-Faring Entities: How to Protect and Preserve the Historic and Scientific Value of U.S. Government Lunar Artifacts . (9) In March 2018, the Office of Science and Technology Policy published a report entitled Protecting & Preserving Apollo Program Lunar Landing Sites & Artifacts . (10) Space-faring entities based outside the United States have the capacity to land on the Moon. (11) The licensing requirements under this Act are applicable only to United States-based lunar activities and therefore have limited efficacy for protecting the Apollo 11 landing site, other similar historic sites, and lunar artifacts from disturbances caused by space-faring entities based outside the United States. (b) Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that— (1) as commercial enterprises and more countries acquire the ability to land on the Moon, it is necessary to ensure the recognition and protection of the Apollo 11 landing site and other historic landing sites in acknowledgment of the human effort and innovation the sites represent; (2) the Apollo 11 landing site, other similar historic landing sites, lunar artifacts, and the environment surrounding such sites and artifacts merit legal protection from disturbance to prevent irremediable loss of sites and artifacts that are of archeological, anthropological, historical, scientific, and engineering significance and value; and (3) the President should work with other countries to develop best practices to ensure the protection of historic lunar landing sites and artifacts. 3. Licensing requirements concerning preservation of historic lunar landing sites (a) In general Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, any Federal agency that issues a license to conduct a lunar activity shall require each applicant for such a license— (1) to agree to abide by the recommendations described in subsection (b); or (2) in the case of a lunar activity that requires a license from more than one Federal agency, to certify under penalty of perjury as provided in paragraph (1) or (2), as applicable, of section 1746 of title 28, United States Code, that the applicant has submitted an application for a license for such activity to another Federal agency that satisfies paragraph (1). (b) Recommendations described The recommendations described in this subsection are— (1) NASA’s Recommendations to Space-Faring Entities: How to Protect and Preserve the Historic and Scientific Value of U.S. Government Lunar Artifacts issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration on July 20, 2011, and updated on October 28, 2011; and (2) any successor heritage preservation recommendations, guidelines, or principles relating to the protection and preservation of Government lunar artifacts issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. (c) Exemptions A Federal agency issuing a license described in subsection (a) may, in consultation with the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, exempt specific lunar activities of an applicant from the historic preservation agreement or certification under subsection (a) if such bona fide activities are determined to have legitimate and significant historical, archeological, anthropological, scientific, or engineering value. (d) Authority to assess penalty fees (1) In general A Federal agency issuing a license described in subsection (a) may assess a penalty fee on the holder of such license for conduct that violates one or more terms of the license relating to the agreement under subsection (a)(1). (2) Amount The penalty fee amount assessed under paragraph (1) shall be— (A) commensurate with the nature and extent of the violation; and (B) sufficient to deter future violations. (e) Lunar activity defined In this section, the term lunar activity means an action or endeavor in space that— (1) is intended to be lunar in nature, including lunar orbit, landing, and impact; or (2) has a greater likelihood than not of becoming lunar in nature, including unintentional orbit and impact.

Passed the Senate July 18, 2019. Julie E. Adams, Secretary

tv_txt: One Hundred Sixteenth Congress of the United States of America 2d Sess. Begun and held at the City of Washington on Friday, the third day of January, two thousand and twenty S. 1694 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES AN ACT To require the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to add recommendations and inform other relevant agencies of information relating to the principle of due regard and the limitation of harmful interference with Apollo landing site artifacts, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the One Small Step to Protect Human Heritage in Space Act . 2. Findings; sense of Congress (a) Findings Congress makes the following findings: (1) On July 16, 1969, the Apollo 11 spacecraft launched from the John F. Kennedy Space Center carrying Neil A. Armstrong, Edwin E. Buzz Aldrin, Jr., and Michael Collins. (2) July 20, 2019, marked the 50th anniversary of the date on which the Apollo 11 spacecraft landed on the Moon and Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to set foot on a celestial body off the Earth. (3) The landing of the Apollo 11 spacecraft and humanity’s first off-world footprints are achievements unparalleled in history, a direct product of the work and perseverance of the more than 400,000 individuals who contributed to the development of the Apollo missions on the shoulders of centuries of science and engineering pioneers from all corners of the world. (4) Among the thousands of individuals who have contributed to the achievements of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (in this section referred to as NASA ) are African-American women such as Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughn, Mary Jackson, and Dr. Christine Darden, who made critical contributions to NASA space programs. Katherine Johnson worked at NASA for 35 years and calculated the trajectory of the Apollo 11 landing and the trajectories for the spaceflights of astronauts Alan Shepard and John Glenn. Katherine Johnson, together with many other individuals the work of whom often went unacknowledged, helped broaden the scope of space travel and charted new frontiers for humanity’s exploration of space. (5) The landing of the Apollo 11 spacecraft was made on behalf of all humankind, and Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were accompanied by messages of peace from the leaders of more than 70 countries. (6) The lunar landing sites of the Apollo 11 spacecraft, the robotic spacecraft that preceded the Apollo 11 mission, and the crewed and robotic spacecraft that followed, are of outstanding universal value to humanity. (7) Such landing sites— (A) are the first archaeological sites with human activity that are not on Earth; (B) provide evidence of the first achievements of humankind in the realm of space travel and exploration; and (C) contain artifacts and other evidence of human exploration activities that remain a potential source of cultural, historical, archaeological, anthropological, scientific, and engineering knowledge. (8) On July 20, 2011, NASA published the voluntary guidance entitled NASA’s Recommendations to Space-Faring Entities: How to Protect and Preserve the Historic and Scientific Value of U.S. Government Lunar Artifacts . (9) In March 2018, the Office of Science and Technology Policy published a report entitled Protecting & Preserving Apollo Program Lunar Landing Sites & Artifacts . (10) Article one of the Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies, commonly known as the Outer Space Treaty, states [o]uter space, including the moon and other celestial bodies, shall be free for exploration and use by all States without discrimination of any kind, on a basis of equality and in accordance with international law, and there shall be free access to all areas of celestial bodies. (11) Article eight of the Outer Space Treaty states, [a] State Party to the Treaty on whose registry an object launched into outer space is carried shall retain jurisdiction and control over such object, and over any personnel thereof, while in outer space or on a celestial body. Ownership of objects launched into outer space, including objects landed or constructed on a celestial body, and of their component parts, is not affected by their presence in outer space or on a celestial body or by their return to the Earth. (12) Article nine of the Outer Space Treaty states, [i]n the exploration and use of outer space, including the moon and other celestial bodies, States Parties to the Treaty shall be guided by the principle of co-operation and mutual assistance and shall conduct all their activities in outer space, including the moon and other celestial bodies, with due regard to the corresponding interests of all other States Parties to the Treaty, and continues, [i]f a State Party to the Treaty has reason to believe that an activity or experiment planned by it or its nationals in outer space, including the moon and other celestial bodies, would cause potentially harmful interference with activities of other States Parties in the peaceful exploration and use of outer space, including the moon and other celestial bodies, it shall undertake appropriate international consultations before proceeding with any such activity or experiment. A State Party to the Treaty which has reason to believe that an activity or experiment planned by another State Party in outer space, including the moon and other celestial bodies, would cause potentially harmful interference with activities in the peaceful exploration and use of outer space, including the moon and other celestial bodies, may request consultation concerning the activity or experiment. . (b) Sense of congress It is the sense of Congress that— (1) as commercial enterprises and more countries acquire the ability to land on the Moon, it is necessary to encourage the development of best practices to respect the principle of due regard and to limit harmful interference to the Apollo landing site artifacts in acknowledgment of the human effort and innovation they represent, as well as their archaeological, anthropological, historical, scientific, and engineering significance and value; and (2) the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration should continue to develop best practices to respect the principle of due regard and limit harmful interference with historic Apollo lunar landing site artifacts. 3. Best practices related to Apollo historic lunar landing site artifacts (a) In general The Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration shall— (1) add the recommendations in subsection (b) as a condition or requirement to contracts, grants, agreements, partnerships or other arrangements pertaining to lunar activities carried out by, for, or in partnership with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; (2) inform other relevant Federal agencies of the recommendations described in subsection (b); and (3) encourage the use of best practices, consistent with the recommendations in subsection (b), by other relevant Federal agencies. (b) Recommendations described The recommendations described in this subsection are— (1) NASA’s Recommendations to Space-Faring Entities: How to Protect and Preserve the Historic and Scientific Value of U.S. Government Lunar Artifacts issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration on July 20, 2011, and updated on October 28, 2011; and (2) any successor recommendations, guidelines, best practices, or standards relating to the principle of due regard and the limitation of harmful interference with Apollo landing site artifacts issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. (c) Exemption The Administrator may waive the conditions or requirements from subsection (a)(1) as it applies to an individual contract, grant, agreement, partnership or other arrangement pertaining to lunar activities carried out by, for, or in partnership with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration so long as— (1) such waiver is accompanied by a finding from the Administrator that carrying out the obligation of subsection (a)(1) would be unduly prohibitive to an activity or activities of legitimate and significant historical, archaeological, anthropological, scientific, or engineering value; and (2) the finding in paragraph (1) is provided to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate not later than 30 days prior to the waiver taking effect.

Speaker of the House of Representatives Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate

tv_txt: 116th CONGRESS 2d Session In the House of Representatives, U. S., December 16, 2020 AMENDMENTS:

That the bill from the Senate (S. 1694) entitled An Act to require any Federal agency that issues licenses to conduct lunar activities to include in the requirements for such licenses an agreement relating to the preservation and protection of the Apollo 11 landing site, and for other purposes. , do pass with the following Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the One Small Step to Protect Human Heritage in Space Act . 2. Findings; sense of Congress (a) Findings Congress makes the following findings: (1) On July 16, 1969, the Apollo 11 spacecraft launched from the John F. Kennedy Space Center carrying Neil A. Armstrong, Edwin E. Buzz Aldrin, Jr., and Michael Collins. (2) July 20, 2019, marked the 50th anniversary of the date on which the Apollo 11 spacecraft landed on the Moon and Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to set foot on a celestial body off the Earth. (3) The landing of the Apollo 11 spacecraft and humanity’s first off-world footprints are achievements unparalleled in history, a direct product of the work and perseverance of the more than 400,000 individuals who contributed to the development of the Apollo missions on the shoulders of centuries of science and engineering pioneers from all corners of the world. (4) Among the thousands of individuals who have contributed to the achievements of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (in this section referred to as NASA ) are African-American women such as Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughn, Mary Jackson, and Dr. Christine Darden, who made critical contributions to NASA space programs. Katherine Johnson worked at NASA for 35 years and calculated the trajectory of the Apollo 11 landing and the trajectories for the spaceflights of astronauts Alan Shepard and John Glenn. Katherine Johnson, together with many other individuals the work of whom often went unacknowledged, helped broaden the scope of space travel and charted new frontiers for humanity’s exploration of space. (5) The landing of the Apollo 11 spacecraft was made on behalf of all humankind, and Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were accompanied by messages of peace from the leaders of more than 70 countries. (6) The lunar landing sites of the Apollo 11 spacecraft, the robotic spacecraft that preceded the Apollo 11 mission, and the crewed and robotic spacecraft that followed, are of outstanding universal value to humanity. (7) Such landing sites— (A) are the first archaeological sites with human activity that are not on Earth; (B) provide evidence of the first achievements of humankind in the realm of space travel and exploration; and (C) contain artifacts and other evidence of human exploration activities that remain a potential source of cultural, historical, archaeological, anthropological, scientific, and engineering knowledge. (8) On July 20, 2011, NASA published the voluntary guidance entitled NASA’s Recommendations to Space-Faring Entities: How to Protect and Preserve the Historic and Scientific Value of U.S. Government Lunar Artifacts . (9) In March 2018, the Office of Science and Technology Policy published a report entitled Protecting & Preserving Apollo Program Lunar Landing Sites & Artifacts . (10) Article one of the Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies, commonly known as the Outer Space Treaty, states [o]uter space, including the moon and other celestial bodies, shall be free for exploration and use by all States without discrimination of any kind, on a basis of equality and in accordance with international law, and there shall be free access to all areas of celestial bodies. (11) Article eight of the Outer Space Treaty states, [a] State Party to the Treaty on whose registry an object launched into outer space is carried shall retain jurisdiction and control over such object, and over any personnel thereof, while in outer space or on a celestial body. Ownership of objects launched into outer space, including objects landed or constructed on a celestial body, and of their component parts, is not affected by their presence in outer space or on a celestial body or by their return to the Earth. (12) Article nine of the Outer Space Treaty states, [i]n the exploration and use of outer space, including the moon and other celestial bodies, States Parties to the Treaty shall be guided by the principle of co-operation and mutual assistance and shall conduct all their activities in outer space, including the moon and other celestial bodies, with due regard to the corresponding interests of all other States Parties to the Treaty, and continues, [i]f a State Party to the Treaty has reason to believe that an activity or experiment planned by it or its nationals in outer space, including the moon and other celestial bodies, would cause potentially harmful interference with activities of other States Parties in the peaceful exploration and use of outer space, including the moon and other celestial bodies, it shall undertake appropriate international consultations before proceeding with any such activity or experiment. A State Party to the Treaty which has reason to believe that an activity or experiment planned by another State Party in outer space, including the moon and other celestial bodies, would cause potentially harmful interference with activities in the peaceful exploration and use of outer space, including the moon and other celestial bodies, may request consultation concerning the activity or experiment. . (b) Sense of congress It is the sense of Congress that— (1) as commercial enterprises and more countries acquire the ability to land on the Moon, it is necessary to encourage the development of best practices to respect the principle of due regard and to limit harmful interference to the Apollo landing site artifacts in acknowledgment of the human effort and innovation they represent, as well as their archaeological, anthropological, historical, scientific, and engineering significance and value; and (2) the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration should continue to develop best practices to respect the principle of due regard and limit harmful interference with historic Apollo lunar landing site artifacts. 3. Best practices related to Apollo historic lunar landing site artifacts (a) In general The Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration shall— (1) add the recommendations in subsection (b) as a condition or requirement to contracts, grants, agreements, partnerships or other arrangements pertaining to lunar activities carried out by, for, or in partnership with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; (2) inform other relevant Federal agencies of the recommendations described in subsection (b); and (3) encourage the use of best practices, consistent with the recommendations in subsection (b), by other relevant Federal agencies. (b) Recommendations described The recommendations described in this subsection are— (1) NASA’s Recommendations to Space-Faring Entities: How to Protect and Preserve the Historic and Scientific Value of U.S. Government Lunar Artifacts issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration on July 20, 2011, and updated on October 28, 2011; and (2) any successor recommendations, guidelines, best practices, or standards relating to the principle of due regard and the limitation of harmful interference with Apollo landing site artifacts issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. (c) Exemption The Administrator may waive the conditions or requirements from subsection (a)(1) as it applies to an individual contract, grant, agreement, partnership or other arrangement pertaining to lunar activities carried out by, for, or in partnership with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration so long as— (1) such waiver is accompanied by a finding from the Administrator that carrying out the obligation of subsection (a)(1) would be unduly prohibitive to an activity or activities of legitimate and significant historical, archaeological, anthropological, scientific, or engineering value; and (2) the finding in paragraph (1) is provided to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate not later than 30 days prior to the waiver taking effect.

Amend the title so as to read: An Act to require the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to add recommendations and inform other relevant agencies of information relating to the principle of due regard and the limitation of harmful interference with Apollo landing site artifacts, and for other purposes. .

Lorraine Miller Clerk.