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Space Preservation Act of 2002

Introduced: January 23, 2002 See on congress.gov
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Feb 13, 2002
Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
Jan 28, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics.
Jan 23, 2002
Referred to the Committee on Science, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and International Relations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jan 23, 2002
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Space Preservation Act of 2002 - Reaffirms U.S. policy that activities in space should be devoted to peaceful purposes.

Directs the President to: (1) ban U.S. space-based weapons and the use of U.S. weapons to destroy or damage objects in orbit in space; (2) terminate research and development, testing, manufacturing, production, and deployment of all U.S. space-based weapons; and (3) direct the U.S. representatives to the United Nations and other international organizations to work toward negotiating, adopting, and implementing an international treaty banning space-based weapons and the use of weapons to destroy or damage objects in space.

What's happening now February 13, 2002

Executive Comment Requested from DOD.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · May 20, 2002
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3616: Space Preservation Act of 2002. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-3616/
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"H.R. 3616: Space Preservation Act of 2002." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-3616/.
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H.R. 3616, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-3616/.
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