American Space SAFE Management Act
Latest action · Dec 28, 2018 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 873.
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.
- IntroducedJun 26, 2018
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
American Space Situational Awareness and Framework for Entity Management Act or the American Space SAFE Management Act
This bill declares that it is U.S. policy to encourage the coordination of public and private sector science and technology activities to improve space situational awareness and space traffic management. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) must submit a national civil space situational awareness and space traffic management science and technology plan to carry out this policy.
NASA shall establish a Center for Civil Space Situational Awareness and Space Traffic Management Science and Technology Excellence at a U.S. academic institution or institutions.
The Department of Commerce shall establish a civil situational awareness program to furnish situational awareness services and information to, and obtain space situational awareness data and information from, specified eligible entities, including a state, a U.S. commercial entity, the government of a foreign country, or a foreign commercial entity.
Commerce shall establish a civil space traffic coordination pilot program to facilitate communication, coordination, negotiation, and resolution among domestic and international civil spacecraft operators (including governmental and private entities operating those spacecraft) to improve the safety of spaceflight.
Commerce must submit a report on the role that Commerce, including of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, shall have in the development of civil space traffic coordination standards to promote innovation and U.S. competitiveness.
Cosponsors 15
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jun 26, 2018.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Ami Bera | Original | Jun 26, 2018 |
| R-AZ | Andy Biggs | Original | Jun 26, 2018 |
| R-FL | Bill Posey | Original | Jun 26, 2018 |
| R-TX | Brian Babin | Original | Jun 26, 2018 |
| R-LA | Clay Higgins | Original | Jun 26, 2018 |
| R-CA | Dana Rohrabacher | Original | Jun 26, 2018 |
| R-FL | Daniel Webster | Original | Jun 26, 2018 |
| R-AZ | Debbie Lesko | Original | Jun 26, 2018 |
| D-CO | Ed Perlmutter | Original | Jun 26, 2018 |
| R-OK | Frank D. Lucas | Original | Jun 26, 2018 |
| R-FL | Neal P. Dunn | Original | Jun 26, 2018 |
| R-LA | Ralph Lee Abraham | Original | Jun 26, 2018 |
| R-IL | Randy Hultgren | Original | Jun 26, 2018 |
| R-TX | Randy K. Weber, Sr. | Original | Jun 26, 2018 |
| R-CA | Stephen Knight | Original | Jun 26, 2018 |
Committees 2
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 Jun 26, 2018Markup Jun 27, 2018Reported Dec 22, 2018 |
| House | Budget Committee | Referred Jun 26, 2018Discharged Dec 28, 2018 |
Actions 8
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 28, 2018Committee on the Budget discharged.
- Dec 28, 2018Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 873.
- Dec 22, 2018Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. H. Rept. 115-1106, Part I.
- Dec 22, 2018House Committee on the Budget Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Dec. 28, 2018.
- Jun 27, 2018Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jun 27, 2018Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Jun 26, 2018Introduced in House
- Jun 26, 2018Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Jul 23, 2018H.R. 6226, American Space Situational Awareness and Framework for Entity Management ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology on June 27, 2018
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 164, no. 107, June 26, 2018, page H5749.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | PROCEEDINGS OF THE FULL COMMITTEE MARKUP ON H.R. 1224, NIST CYBERSECURITY FRAMEWORK, ASSESSMENT, AND AUDITING ACT OF 2017942 pages | Science, Space, and Technology Committee | Jan 10, 2017–Nov 15, 2017 |
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R45416 | Commercial Space: Federal Regulation, Oversight, and Utilization Archived | Report | Nov 29, 2018 |
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To direct the Secretary of Commerce to provide for civil space situational awareness services and information, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- American Space SAFE Management Act
- American Space Situational Awareness and Framework for Entity Management Act
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- American Space Situational Awareness and Framework for Entity Management Act
- American Space SAFE Management Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications.
- Congressional oversight
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Higher education
- International scientific cooperation
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Public contracts and procurement
- Public participation and lobbying
- Public-private cooperation
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Space flight and exploration
- Spacecraft and satellites
- Transportation programs funding
- Transportation safety and security
- User charges and fees
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 28, 2018Reported in House
- Jun 26, 2018Introduced 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.
