Commercial Space Act of 2023

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 6131 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6131 To amend title 51, United States Code, to update government oversight of commercial space activities, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 1, 2023 Mr. Babin (for himself, Mr. Lucas, Mr. Posey, Mr. Mike Garcia of California, Mr. Obernolte, and Ms. Tenney) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend title 51, United States Code, to update government oversight of commercial space activities, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Commercial Space Act of 2023''. (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Findings; policy; purposes; definitions. Sec. 3. Certification to operate space objects. Sec. 4. Administrative provisions related to certification. Sec. 5. Technical and conforming amendments. Sec. 6. Office of Space Commerce. Sec. 7. Space situational awareness. Sec. 8. NASA Space Situational Awareness Institute. Sec. 9. Launch and reentry. Sec. 10. Report on registration of space objects. Sec. 11. Commercial space launch and reentry accident investigations. Sec. 12. In-space servicing, assembly, and manufacturing. Sec. 13. Space nuclear systems. Sec. 14. Limitation on international agreements concerning outer space activities. SEC. 2. FINDINGS; POLICY; PURPOSES; DEFINITIONS. (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following: (1) The United States, through existing authorization and supervision mechanisms, sati