Celestial Time Standardization Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 2313 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2313 To require the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to develop celestial time standardization to support future operations and infrastructure on and around the Moon and other celestial bodies other than Earth, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 25, 2025 Ms. McClellan introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To require the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to develop celestial time standardization to support future operations and infrastructure on and around the Moon and other celestial bodies other than Earth, 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 ``Celestial Time Standardization Act''. SEC. 2. CELESTIAL TIME STANDARDIZATION. (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that-- (1) United States leadership of a sustained presence on the Moon and in deep space exploration is important for advancing science, exploration, commercial growth, and international partnership; (2) the Artemis and Moon to Mars program of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will involve governmental, commercial, academic, and international partners where there is a need for interoperability between systems; (3) the use of Coordinated Universal Time has challenges when used beyond Earth at other celestial bodies, due to relativistic effects; (4) the United States should lead in developing time standardization for the Moon and other celestial bodies other than Earth