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One Small Step to Protect Human Heritage in Space Act

Introduced: July 16, 2019 See on congress.gov
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Jul 16, 2019
Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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.
Jul 16, 2019
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One Small Step to Protect Human Heritage in Space Act

This bill requires a federal agency that issues a license for the conduct of a lunar activity to require that each license applicant agree to abide by recommendations, guidelines, or principles issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) related to the protection and preservation of U.S. government lunar artifacts.

A federal agency may

  • exempt specific activities from such an agreement if the activities have legitimate and significant historical, archaeological, anthropological, scientific, or engineering value;
  • assess a penalty fee for violations of such an agreement.
What's happening now July 16, 2019

Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 1694 Identical bill One Small Step to Protect Human Heritage in Space Act
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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 1 Republican 4
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Timmons, William R.
South Carolina · Jul 29, 2020
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Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
Pennsylvania · Aug 2, 2019
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Fletcher, Lizzie
Texas · Jul 25, 2019
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Babin, Brian
Texas · Jul 16, 2019
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Lucas, Frank D.
Oklahoma · Jul 16, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3766: One Small Step to Protect Human Heritage in Space Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-3766/
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"H.R. 3766: One Small Step to Protect Human Heritage in Space Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-3766/.
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H.R. 3766, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-3766/.
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