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HR 2313 Cleared committee

Requires NASA to develop a coordinated lunar time standard to support future operations and infrastructure on and around the Moon and other celestial bodies.

Official title: Celestial Time Standardization Act

Next stop House floor: awaiting a vote
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced 25-MAR-2025
Referred 25-MAR-2025
Approved by committee 29-APR-2025
Key points
  • Directs NASA, in consultation with the Office of Science and Technology Policy, to lead the study and definition of a coordinated lunar time.
  • Requires a strategy for implementing that lunar time, aiming for traceability to Coordinated Universal Time, accuracy for precision navigation, resilience to loss of contact with Earth, and scalability beyond the Earth-Moon system.
  • Requires NASA to coordinate with the Departments of Commerce, Defense, State, and Transportation and to consult private, academic, and international partners.
  • Requires NASA to brief the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation within two years of enactment on the strategy and the plans, timelines, and resources needed to implement it.
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Committee referrals (1) Policy area

Science, Technology, Communications

Sponsor Jennifer L. McClellan (D-VA) Cosponsors · 1
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1 Republican