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Space Commerce Advisory Committee Act

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Passed One Chamber
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Passed Both
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Signed into Law
119th
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2025-02-05
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Gary C. Peters
Gary C. Peters
Democrat · MI · Senator
Votes with party: 81.8% (862 recorded votes)

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Cosponsors (2)

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Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S4493-4494)

2026-08-06

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Plain-English Summary

Space Commerce Advisory Committee Act This bill requires the Office of Space Commerce to establish a Commercial Space Activity Advisory Committee to provide information and recommendations on nongovernmental space activities and promoting a robust and innovative commercial space sector. Among other duties, the committee is directed to identify challenges to the U.S. commercial space sector and to review best practices for commercial space entities with respect to avoiding harmful contamination of the Moon and other celestial bodies and adverse impacts to the Earth’s environment from extraterrestrial matter. The committee must be comprised of representatives from varying fields with significant experience in the commercial space industry. The committee must terminate ten years after it is established.

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

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Science, Technology, Communications
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