HR 2420 · 109th Congress 2005–2007, ended

Space Preservation Act of 2005

Introduced May 18, 2005 Originated House Sponsor Dennis J. Kucinich D-OH

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jun 21, 2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedMay 18, 2005
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Space Preservation Act of 2005 - Reaffirms U.S. policy that activities in space should be devoted to peaceful purposes.

Directs the President to: (1) ban U.S. space-based weapons and the use of U.S. weapons to destroy or damage objects in orbit in space; (2) terminate research and development, testing, manufacturing, production, and deployment of all U.S. space-based weapons; and (3) direct the U.S. representatives to the United Nations and other international organizations to work toward negotiating, adopting, and implementing an international treaty banning space-based weapons and the use of weapons to destroy or damage objects in space.

Cosponsors 35

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 18, 2005 to Jun 14, 2005, with 27 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalMay 18, 2005
D-CABob FilnerOriginalMay 18, 2005
D-PAChaka FattahOriginalMay 18, 2005
D-GACynthia A. McKinneyOriginalMay 18, 2005
D-ILDanny K. DavisOriginalMay 18, 2005
D-CADiane E. WatsonOriginalMay 18, 2005
D-CAFortney Pete StarkOriginalMay 18, 2005
D-CAGeorge MillerOriginalMay 18, 2005
D-NYGregory W. MeeksOriginalMay 18, 2005
D-WIGwen MooreOriginalMay 18, 2005
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalMay 18, 2005
D-ILJesse L. Jackson, Jr.OriginalMay 18, 2005
D-WAJim McDermottOriginalMay 18, 2005
D-MIJohn Conyers, Jr.OriginalMay 18, 2005
D-MAJohn F. TierneyOriginalMay 18, 2005
D-NYJose E. SerranoOriginalMay 18, 2005
D-CALynn C. WoolseyOriginalMay 18, 2005
D-NYMajor R. OwensOriginalMay 18, 2005
D-NYMaurice D. HincheyOriginalMay 18, 2005
D-CAMaxine WatersOriginalMay 18, 2005
D-MEMichael H. MichaudOriginalMay 18, 2005
D-CAMichael M. HondaOriginalMay 18, 2005
D-HINeil AbercrombieOriginalMay 18, 2005
D-WVNick J. Rahall IIOriginalMay 18, 2005
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalMay 18, 2005
D-NJRush HoltOriginalMay 18, 2005
D-WITammy BaldwinOriginalMay 18, 2005
D-MABarney FrankMay 26, 2005
I-VTBernard SandersMay 26, 2005
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneyMay 26, 2005
D-NYEdolphus TownsMay 26, 2005
D-NYJerrold NadlerMay 26, 2005
D-NYNydia M. VelázquezMay 26, 2005
D-OHSherrod BrownMay 26, 2005
D-ORPeter A. DeFazioJun 14, 2005

Actions 5

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jun 21, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces.
  2. May 23, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics.
  3. May 19, 2005Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3586)
  4. May 18, 2005Introduced in House
  5. May 18, 2005Referred 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.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications.

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  1. May 18, 2005Introduced in House

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