Sec. 606. Human space exploration risk
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Congress finds the following: American leadership in the peaceful exploration and use of outer space has been a long-standing priority for the United States. The reestablishment of the National Space Council by President Trump demonstrates the strategic importance of outer space to the Nation. The December 2017 National Security Strategy of the United States establishes the broad strategic importance of outer space exploration and use for the United States. It is the sense of Congress that— exploration and use of outer space is a matter of broad, national strategic importance; and space exploration decision-making and requirement-setting in such a strategic context is complex, especially with respect to setting appropriate priorities and levels of risk tolerance.
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the National Space Council, or its designee, shall submit to Congress and make available to the public a report relating the broad strategic national importance of space to the inherent, justifiable risk of the exploration and use of space. The Administrator shall engage with appropriate members of the private sector, academia, and nonprofit organizations on a policy and strategy of enterprise-level engineering and operational risk management to present in the report that addresses inherent, justifiable risks of loss of life that may occur in space exploration and use.
The report required under paragraph
(1)shall— clarify the broad strategic case and value of space; address inherent, justifiable risks of loss of life that may occur in space exploration and use; and discuss enterprise- and architecture-level approaches for exploration risk management.