[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3504 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3504

 To provide technical corrections to the Technology Administration Act 
                    of 1998, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 17, 2008

  Mr. Salazar introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide technical corrections to the Technology Administration Act 
                    of 1998, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Space Commerce Act of 2008''.

SEC. 2. RENAMING OFFICE OF SPACE COMMERCIALIZATION AS OFFICE OF SPACE 
              COMMERCE.

    Section 8 of the Technology Administration Act of 1998 (15 U.S.C. 
1511e) is amended--
            (1) in the heading, by striking ``office of space 
        commercialization'' and inserting ``office of space commerce''; 
        and
            (2) in subsection (a), by striking ``Office of Space 
        Commercialization'' and inserting ``Office of Space Commerce''.

SEC. 3. MODIFICATION OF FUNCTIONS OF OFFICE OF SPACE COMMERCE.

    Section 8(c) of the Technology Administration Act of 1998 (15 
U.S.C. 1511e(c)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(c) Functions.--The Office shall be the principal unit for space 
commerce policy activities within the Department of Commerce. The 
functions of the Office are as follows:
            ``(1) To foster the conditions for the economic growth and 
        technological advancement of the space commerce industry of the 
        United States.
            ``(2) To coordinate space commerce policy issues and 
        actions within the Department.
            ``(3) To represent the Department in the development of 
        United States policies and in negotiations with foreign 
        countries to promote United States space commerce.
            ``(4) To promote, in cooperation with relevant interagency 
        working groups, the advancement of United States geospatial 
        technologies related to space commerce.
            ``(5) To provide support to the United States entities 
        established pursuant to National Security Presidential 
        Directive--39, U.S. Space-Based Positioning, Navigation, and 
        Timing Policy, dated December 15, 2004, including the 
        following:
                    ``(A) The National Executive Committee for Space-
                Based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing.
                    ``(B) The National Coordination Office for Space-
                Based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing.
                    ``(C) The National Space-Based Positioning, 
                Navigation, and Timing Advisory Board.
                    ``(D) Any successor organization, to the extent 
                that such successor organization performs the same 
                functions as an entity described in subparagraphs (A) 
                through (C).''.

SEC. 4. REPORT.

    Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of Commerce shall submit to the Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee 
on Science and Technology of the House of Representatives a report on 
the competitiveness of the United States space commerce industry, 
including a review of--
            (1) bi-lateral and multi-lateral trade issues;
            (2) the use of commercially available position, navigation, 
        and timing services by the United States Government; and
            (3) the use of other commercially available satellite data 
        services by the United States Government.
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