This Act sets up a Commercial Space Activity Advisory Committee, consisting of 15 members with expertise in space policy, engineering, science, law, and finance. The Committee will advise the Secretary of Commerce and Congress on promoting a safe, sustainable, and innovative commercial space sector, including regulatory frameworks. It will recommend solutions for challenges such as international obligations, export controls, radio frequency spectrum access, and environmental protection. The Committee will consider best practices for preventing contamination of celestial bodies and advise on commercial space activities. It will terminate 10 years after its establishment.
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.
