American Space Renaissance Act
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American Space Renaissance Act
This bill directs the President to develop:
a doctrine for the Armed Forces and the intelligence community governing the U.S. response to efforts by state and nonstate actors deliberately to deny the United States or its allies or partners access to space or space operations, or degrade or destroy any of their government or commercial space assets; and
a doctrine for the Armed Forces with respect to the rules of engagement for space forces.
The Department of Defense (DOD) shall designate a DOD official to be Principal Defense Space Advisor on all space matters.
DOD shall:
develop and implement a strategy to increase interoperability across DOD space and cyberspace enterprises between systems that electronically share cyberspace situational awareness and space situational awareness data, and
assess desirable protection capabilities to enhance integration of commercial space systems into national security space architectures.
The President shall establish a National Executive Committee on Weather.
DOD shall:
develop a follow-on geomagnetic storm warning capability,
carry out a pilot program to assess the potential viability of using commercial weather data in DOD weather modeling and forecasting, and
establish a program to award up to four launch services contracts for venture-class launch missions.
The Air Force shall contract with a private entity to carry out Satellite Control Network operations.
The bill requires U.S. aeronautical and space activities to contribute materially to:
the expansion of the human sphere of influence throughout the Solar System,
being among the first to arrive at a destination in space and open it for subsequent use and development, and
creation of infrastructure precursors to support future use and development of space.
The bill establishes the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Leadership and Advising Commission.
NASA shall develop:
a 20-year plan that outlines broad goals, including a designated five-year range for American astronauts to land on Mars;
a 10-year plan that in part addresses the efficacy of the Asteroid Redirect Mission;
The summary continues for 13 more paragraphs. Read it in full on Congress.gov
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in House" stage on April 14, 2016. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Where is it in the process, and what happens next?
4 steps remain before this bill could become law.
The record's latest action, on September 30, 2016: Referred to the Subcommittee on Space.
- Clearing the committees it was referred to, and being scheduled for a floor vote
- Passage by the House
- Passage by the Senate
- The President's signature. If the President vetoes it, two-thirds of both chambers must vote to override.
How likely is it to become law?
Civibrief does not forecast outcomes and this page has no opinion about this one. What the record supports is a base rate, which is a fact about the whole pile, not a prediction about this measure.
In the 114th Congress (2015-16), 329 of the 10,233 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 3.2 percent. That count covers every measure at every stage, including the many that never left committee.
This one is not there yet: 4 steps are still outstanding, listed above.
Has anyone actually voted on it?
No. No roll call in this Congress cites this measure. That is the ordinary outcome: most measures never reach a recorded floor vote, and a committee ends most of them simply by not acting.
A vote is not the only thing that happens to a measure. Hearings, markups, and referrals are all recorded actions, and none of them is a vote of the full chamber.
Who is behind it?
Jim Bridenstine (R-OK) introduced it on April 14, 2016, and 1 member has since signed on as a cosponsor.
They are 1 Republican.
Cosponsoring is a formal signature on the text. It is not a commitment to vote for the measure, it does not bind anyone's party, and a long list of cosponsors is a measure of attention rather than of prospects.
How long has it been in play?
It was introduced on April 14, 2016, 3801 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 3632 days ago, on September 30, 2016.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 114th Congress has not finished by January 3, 2017 dies when the term ends, and has to be introduced again from the start in the next Congress.
Every answer above is assembled from this measure's own record on Congress.gov and from published counts of what Congress has passed before. Civibrief does not predict outcomes and takes no position on any measure.
Vote history
- HouseIn committee, no floor vote yet
- SenateAwaits House passage
- PresidentAwaits both chambers