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Passed a chamber
Establishes a 15-member Commercial Space Activity Advisory Committee within the Department of Commerce to advise on commercial space policy, regulation, export controls, and spectrum access, and sunsets the committee after 10 years.
Official title: Space Commerce Advisory Committee Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Received
10-AUG-2026
Senate
Introduced
05-FEB-2025
Referred
05-FEB-2025
Approved by committee
25-JUN-2025
Reported
21-OCT-2025
On the calendar
21-OCT-2025
Passed
06-AUG-2026
- Requires the Secretary of Commerce to establish the committee within 180 days of enactment and appoint its 15 members
- Limits members to people with commercial space experience and bars most federal employees from serving, with an exception for special government employees
- Directs the committee to recommend ways to promote a safe, competitive commercial space sector and to review international obligations, export controls, interference, and radio spectrum access
- Sets members' terms at up to 4 years, with a 2-year break before they can rejoin, and terminates the committee 10 years after it is established
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in Senate" (05-FEB-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in Senate, 06-AUG-2026).
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