Space Preservation Act of 2001
Latest action · Apr 19, 2002 Unfavorable Executive Comment Received from DOD.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedOct 2, 2001
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Directs the President to: (1) ban U.S. space-based weapons and remove from space any existing U.S. weapons; (2) terminate research and development, testing, manufacturing, production, and deployment of all such weapons; and (3) direct the U.S. representatives to the United Nations and other international organizations to work toward negotiating, adopting, and implementing a world agreement banning space-based weapons.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Science, Space, and Technology Committee | Referred Oct 2, 2001 |
| Space and Aeronautics Subcommittee | Referred Oct 4, 2001 | |
| House | Armed Services Committee | Referred Oct 2, 2001 |
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred Oct 2, 2001 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 19, 2002Unfavorable Executive Comment Received from DOD.
- Dec 6, 2001Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
- Oct 4, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics.
- Oct 2, 2001Introduced in House
- Oct 2, 2001Referred to the Committee 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.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- 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.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Space Preservation Act of 2001
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Arms control
- Arms control agreements
- Arms control negotiations
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- International Affairs
- International agencies
- Military research
- Peace
- Research and development
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Space activities
- Space warfare
- Space weapons
- United Nations
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 2, 2001Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
