[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 105 (Tuesday, June 23, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3087-S3088]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 5941. Mr. PETERS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:

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     SEC. 1094. COMMERCIAL SPACE ACTIVITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

       (a) Establishment.--Not later than 180 days after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish a 
     Commercial Space Activity Advisory Committee (in this section 
     referred to as the ``Committee'').
       (b) Membership.--
       (1) In general.--The Committee shall be composed of 15 
     members appointed by the Secretary.
       (2) Qualifications.--
       (A) In general.--The Committee shall be composed of 
     representatives from a variety of space policy, engineering, 
     technical, science, legal, academic, and finance fields who 
     have significant experience in the commercial space industry, 
     which may include previous Government experience.
       (B) Limitation.--
       (i) In general.--Except as provided in clause (ii), the 
     Secretary may not appoint as a member of the Committee any 
     employee or official of the Federal Government.
       (ii) Exception.--The Secretary may appoint as a member of 
     the Committee a special government employee (as defined in 
     section 202(a) of title 18, United States Code) who serves on 
     1 or more other Federal advisory committees.
       (3) Term.--Each individual appointed as a member of the 
     Committee--
       (A) shall be appointed for a term of not more than 4 years; 
     and
       (B) during the 2-year period beginning on the date on which 
     such term ends, may not serve as a member of the Committee.
       (c) Duties.--The duties of the Committee shall be--
       (1) to advise on the status and recent developments of 
     nongovernmental space activities;
       (2) to provide to the Secretary and Congress 
     recommendations on the manner in which the United States may 
     facilitate and promote a safe, sustainable, robust, 
     competitive, and innovative commercial sector that is 
     investing in, developing, and conducting space activities 
     within the jurisdiction of the Department of Commerce, 
     including through the development and implementation of any 
     regulatory framework applicable to the commercial space 
     industry;
       (3) to identify, and provide recommendations in response 
     to, any challenge faced by the United States commercial 
     sector relating to--
       (A) the application of international obligations of the 
     United States relevant to commercial space sector activities 
     in outer space;
       (B) export controls that affect the commercial space 
     sector;
       (C) harmful interference with commercial space sector 
     activities in outer space; and
       (D) access to adequate, predictable, and reliable radio 
     frequency spectrum;
       (4) to review existing best practices for United States 
     entities to avoid--
       (A) the harmful contamination of the Moon and other 
     celestial bodies; and
       (B) adverse changes in the environment of the Earth 
     resulting from the introduction of extraterrestrial matter; 
     and
       (5) to provide information, advice, and recommendations on 
     matters relating to--
       (A) United States commercial space sector activities in 
     outer space; and
       (B) other commercial space sector activities, as the 
     Committee considers necessary.
       (d) Termination.--The Committee shall terminate on the date 
     that is 10 years after the date on which the Committee is 
     established.
       (e) Definitions.--In this Act:
       (1) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
     of Commerce, acting through the Office of Space Commerce.
       (2) State.--The term ``State'' means each of the several 
     States of the United States, the District of Columbia, the 
     Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin 
     Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the 
     Northern Mariana Islands, and any other commonwealth, 
     territory, or possession of the United States.
       (3) United states entity.--The term ``United States 
     entity'' means--
       (A) an individual who is a national of the United States 
     (as defined in section 101(a) of the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a))); and
       (B) a nongovernmental entity organized or existing under, 
     and subject to, the laws of the United States or a State.
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