Sec. 2. Bureau of Space Commerce
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It is the sense of Congress that— growing commercial activity in space requires immediate action to address the increasing probability of collisions between spacecraft and orbital debris; such collisions threaten the billions of dollars of existing United States and allied spacecraft, including the International Space Station, and endanger the future usability of space; the provision of accurate and timely notice to commercial satellite operators with respect to potential conjunctions enhances safety; and a 2020 National Academies for Public Administration study identified the Department of Commerce as the preferred Federal agency to provide space situational awareness services to commercial satellite operators.
Chapter 507 of title 51, United States Code, is amended— in the chapter heading, by striking and inserting Office ; Bureau by amending section 50701 to read as follows: In this chapter, the term Bureau means the Bureau of Space Commerce established in section 50702. ; in section 50702— by amending subsection
(a)to read as follows: There is established within the Department of Commerce a Bureau of Space Commerce. ; by amending subsection
(b)to read as follows: The Bureau shall be headed by an Assistant Secretary for Space Commerce, to be appointed by the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate, and compensated at level II or III of the Executive Schedule, as determined by the Secretary of Commerce. The Assistant Secretary shall report directly to the Secretary of Commerce. ; in subsection (c)— in the subsection heading, by striking and inserting Office ; Bureau in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking Office and inserting Bureau ; in paragraph (2), by inserting , including activities licensed under chapter 601 before the semicolon; and in paragraph (5), by striking Position, and inserting Positioning, ; and in subsection (d)— in the subsection heading, by striking and inserting Director ; Assistant Secretary in the matter preceding paragraph (1)— by striking Director and inserting Assistant Secretary ; and by striking Office shall and inserting Bureau shall, under the direction and supervision of the Secretary of Commerce, ; by redesignating paragraphs
(1)through
(7)as paragraphs
(3)through (9), respectively; by inserting before paragraph (3), as redesignated, the following: overseeing the issuing of licenses under chapter 601; coordinating Department of Commerce policy affecting commercial space activities and working with other executive agencies to promote policies that advance commercial space activities; ; and in paragraph (8), as redesignated, by inserting , consistent with the international obligations, foreign policy, and national security interests of the United States before the semicolon; in section 50703— by striking Office and inserting Bureau ; and by striking Committee on Science and Technology of the House of Representatives and inserting ; and Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives by adding at the end the following: There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce to carry out this chapter $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2021. . The table of sections for chapter 507 of title 51, United States Code, is amended— by striking the item relating to section 50701 and inserting the following: 50701. Definition of Bureau. ; and by adding after the item relating to section 50703 the following: 50705. Authorization of appropriations. . The table of chapters for title 51, United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to chapter 507 and inserting the following: Chapter 507. Bureau of Space Commerce 50701. . Section 218 of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1993 ( 51 U.S.C. 50702 note) is amended by striking Office each place it appears and inserting Bureau .
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