S. 4827 · 116th Congress
SPACE Act of 2020
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Space Preservation And Conjunction Emergency Act of 2020 or the SPACE Act of 2020
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Oct 21, 2020
Space Preservation And Conjunction Emergency Act of 2020 or the SPACE Act of 2020
This bill modifies requirements for the Office of Space Commerce and renames the office as the Bureau of Space Commerce.
The bureau shall be headed by an Assistant Secretary for Space Commerce, to be appointed by the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Assistant Secretary shall report directly to the Secretary of Commerce.
The bill expands the bureau's responsibilities to include (1) overseeing the issuing of licenses for land remote sensing activities, and (2) coordinating Commerce policy affecting commercial space activities and working with other executive agencies to promote policies that advance commercial space activities.
The bureau may provide space situational awareness data, information, and services to, and may obtain space situational awareness data, information, and services from, non-United States government entities in accordance with this bill.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: SPACE Act of 2020
Also known as: Space Preservation And Conjunction Emergency Act of 2020
Latest action (Nov 18, 2020): Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Oct 21, 2020
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.