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119-s-434119th Congress

Space Commerce Advisory Committee Act

Sponsored By: Senator Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]

Passed Senate

Summary

This bill would create a federally chartered _Space Commerce Advisory Committee_ inside the Department of Commerce. It would advise on commercial space policy, help shape regulatory approaches, and address spectrum, export-control, and planetary protection challenges.

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  • Commercial space companies and investors get a formal channel to inform federal policy and regulation. The committee's role includes recommending ways to foster a safe, sustainable, competitive, and innovative U.S. commercial space sector.
  • The Department of Commerce and Congress would receive targeted recommendations on regulatory frameworks and specific problems like export controls, international obligations, harmful interference, and radio‑frequency access.
  • Scientists, engineers, and planetary protection stakeholders gain a federal forum to review and promote best practices to avoid contamination of the Moon and other celestial bodies and to limit risks from extraterrestrial matter to Earth.
  • The body would have 15 members drawn from policy, technical, legal, academic, and finance fields, serve up to 4‑year terms with a 2‑year bar on immediate reappointment, and would terminate 10 years after it is set up. The Secretary would be required to establish the committee within 180 days after enactment.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.

New advisory group for space businesses

If enacted, the Secretary of Commerce would set up a Commercial Space Activity Advisory Committee within 180 days. It would have 15 members with deep commercial space experience. Members would serve up to 4 years and would need to wait 2 years before serving again. The Secretary would generally not appoint federal employees, but would be allowed to appoint special government employees under federal law. The Committee would advise the Secretary and Congress on nongovernmental space activities; meeting international obligations; export controls; radio spectrum access; avoiding harmful interference; and avoiding contamination of the Moon and Earth. The Committee would end 10 years after it is established.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]

MI • D

Cosponsors

  • Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS]

    MS • R

    Sponsored 2/5/2025

  • Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]

    TX • R

    Sponsored 8/4/2026

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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