[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4763 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4763

     To require the pursuit of technologies to remove space debris.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 10, 2018

   Ms. Meng introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
              Committee on Science, Space, and Technology

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                                 A BILL


 
     To require the pursuit of technologies to remove space debris.

    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 Debris Removal Act''.

SEC. 2. ORBITAL DEBRIS REMOVAL TECHNOLOGIES.

    Section 31501 of title 51, United States Code, is amended to read 
as follows:
``Sec. 31501. Orbital debris
    ``The Administrator, in conjunction with the heads of other Federal 
agencies, shall take steps to develop or acquire technologies and 
policies that will enable the Administration to decrease the risks 
associated with and remove orbital debris.''.
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