S 434 · Space Commerce Advisory Committee Act
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 198.
- Introduced
- Feb 5, 2025
- Latest action
- Oct 21, 2025
- Sponsor
- Sen. Gary C. Peters [D-MI]
- Policy area
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Cosponsors
- 1
Summary
Space Commerce Advisory Committee Act This bill requires the Office of Space Commerce to establish a Commercial Space Activity Advisory Committee to provide information and recommendations on nongovernmental space activities and promoting a robust and innovative commercial space sector. Among other duties, the committee is directed to identify challenges to the U.S. commercial space sector and to review best practices for commercial space entities with respect to avoiding harmful contamination of the Moon and other celestial bodies and adverse impacts to the Earth’s environment from extraterrestrial matter. The committee must be comprised of representatives from varying fields with significant experience in the commercial space industry. The committee must terminate ten years after it is established.
Recent actions
- Oct 21, 2025 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 198.
- Oct 21, 2025 Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cruz with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 119-87.
- Oct 21, 2025 Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cruz with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 119-87.
- Jun 25, 2025 Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Feb 5, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
- Feb 5, 2025 Introduced in Senate
Votes
No recorded votes are available for this bill.