HR 5017
118th Congress
House
Science, Technology, Communications
Space Infrastructure Act
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 27, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
Jul 27, 2023
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Space Infrastructure Act
This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security to designate space systems, services, and technology as a critical infrastructure sector. Under current law, critical infrastructure means systems and assets, whether physical or virtual, so vital to the United States that the incapacity or destruction of such systems and assets would have a debilitating impact on security, national economic security, national public health or safety, or any combination of those matters.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
Committees of jurisdiction
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