Sec. 2602. Sense of Congress
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It is the sense of Congress that— the increasingly congested nature of the space environment requires immediate action to address the threat 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; a 2020 National Academies for Public Administration study identified the Department of Commerce as the preferred Federal agency to manage, process, and disseminate space situational awareness data to commercial satellite operators; and given the growing space economy, elevating the Office of Space Commerce within the Department of Commerce may enhance the ability of the Office of Space Commerce— to promote space safety through future space situational awareness and space traffic management efforts; and to coordinate with other Federal agencies and foreign entities.