NEO Preparedness Act
Latest action · Jan 28, 2008 Referred to the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics.
Progress
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- IntroducedDec 19, 2007
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
NEO Preparedness Act - Directs the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to establish an Office of Potentially Hazardous Near-Earth Object Preparedness, to prepare the United States for readiness to avoid and to mitigate collisions with potentially hazardous near-Earth objects in collaboration with other agencies through the identification of situation-and-decision-analysis factors and the selection of procedures and systems.
Requires submission of interim and concluding reports that summarize the results of the activities of the Office carried out under this Act to identify situation- and decision-analysis factors and to select procedures and systems for such purposes.
Requires the Administrator of NASA to convene a NASA Advisory Council to provide the Administrator with advice for the concluding report and for subsequent identification and selection activities.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 3
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- Jan 28, 2008Referred to the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics.
- Dec 19, 2007Introduced in House
- Dec 19, 2007Referred to the House Committee on Science and Technology.
Subjects
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- Dec 19, 2007Introduced in House
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