HR 3766
116th Congress
House
Science, Technology, Communications
Archaeology and anthropology
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Historic sites and heritage areas
Historical and cultural resources
Licensing and registrations
Space flight and exploration
Spacecraft and satellites
User charges and fees
One Small Step to Protect Human Heritage in Space Act
Introduced: July 16, 2019
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In committee
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Passed Senate
To President
Became law
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
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
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
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.
Committees of jurisdiction
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