# 119-s-434: Space Commerce Advisory Committee Act

119-s-434, Space Commerce Advisory Committee Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] (D-MI); status passed_senate (as of 2026-09-10).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-434
- Congress: 119
- Title: Space Commerce Advisory Committee Act
- Status: passed_senate
- Introduced: 2025-02-05
- Sponsor: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] (D-MI)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-10

## 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. - 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.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] (R-MS), 2025-02-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] (R-TX), 2026-08-04T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- New advisory group for space businesses: mixed, low. 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…

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## Sources
- [119-s-434 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/434)

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- [119-s-4784: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4784)
- [119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1748)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-434 (as of 2026-09-10).