[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5123 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5123

     To direct the Secretary of the Air Force to develop and begin 
                 implementation of Operation Starfall.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            August 27, 2021

   Ms. Salazar (for herself, Mr. Waltz, Ms. Tenney, Mr. Mooney, Mr. 
   Gimenez, Ms. Malliotakis, Mr. Mast, Mr. Posey, Mr. Crawford, Mr. 
  Johnson of South Dakota, Mr. Palazzo, Mrs. Wagner, and Mr. Hice of 
   Georgia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
     To direct the Secretary of the Air Force to develop and begin 
                 implementation of Operation Starfall.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``American Freedom and Internet Access 
Act of 2021''.

SEC. 2. OPERATION STARFALL.

    Not later than 45 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of the Air Force, in consultation with the Chief of Space 
Operations, shall develop and begin implementation of ``Operation 
Starfall'', a strategic plan to deploy stratospheric balloons, 
aerostats, or satellite technology capable of rapidly delivering 
wireless internet anywhere on the planet from the stratosphere or 
higher.
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