S. 434Senate bill · 119th CongressIn the SenateScience, Technology, Communications

Space Commerce Advisory Committee Act

Sponsored byGary C. PetersD-MIIntroduced Feb 5, 2025Full text on congress.gov ↗

Latest action (Aug 10, 2026) Held at the desk.

What it does

Congressional Research Service, Feb 5, 2025

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.

Face Value

as reported to the Senate
100Narrow

How much of this bill its name accounts for.

  • Every bill starts at100
  • Nothing counted against it: one area of law, and short enough that length doesn't register.

Face Value measures reach, not honesty. A big bill can be accurately named, and a low score is not an accusation — it means the contents reach further than any short title could describe. Count it yourself ↗ How this is worked out

Discussion

0 comments

Sign in to join the discussion and put your vote on the record.

Sort

No comments yet. Be the first to make the case.

Your position on S. 434No positions yet