Space Commerce Advisory Committee Act
- Bill Number
- S. 434
- Origin Chamber
- Senate
- Congress
- 119th Congress, Session 1
- Policy Area
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Status
- Introduced
- Latest Action
- 2025-10-21: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 198.
- Last Updated
- 2026-02-04T05:06:15Z
Official 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.
Sponsor
Cosponsors (1)
Recent Actions
- 2025-10-21: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 198.
- 2025-10-21: 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.
- 2025-10-21: 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.
- 2025-06-25: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- 2025-02-05: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
- 2025-02-05: Introduced in Senate
Bill Versions
- Space Commerce Advisory Committee Act — issued 2025-02-05 — PDF (6 pages)
- Space Commerce Advisory Committee Act — issued 2025-10-21 — PDF (12 pages)