COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2020; Congressional Record Vol. 165, No. 107
(Extensions of Remarks - June 25, 2019)
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COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT,
2020
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speech of
HON. KENDRA S. HORN
of oklahoma
in the house of representatives
Wednesday, June 19, 2019
The House in Committee of the Whole House on the state of
the Union had under consideration the bill (H.R. 3055) making
appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice,
Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2020, and for other purposes:
Ms. KENDRA S. HORN of Oklahoma. Madam Chair, I rise to speak on the
Amendment offered by Mr. Babin.
I thank the gentleman for his interest in commercial space and for
the opportunity to work with him on the Space and Aeronautics
Subcommittee of the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, which
I chair and on which he serves as Ranking Member.
The gentleman's amendment concerns the organization of space
activities within the Department of Commerce and its National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
My concern with this amendment is that it should be considered in the
authorizing committee of jurisdiction through its work on commercial
space.
Reorganizing space activities in the Federal government shouldn't be
something slipped into an appropriations bill. Those decisions should
be evaluated and considered by the Committee of jurisdiction--the
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
There are multiple stakeholders involved in commercial space
activities, including Federal government agencies, commercial
providers, users of commercial space activities, and partnerships among
the various stakeholders.
Their views on the current state of commercial space activities and
regulations should inform policy going forward as should the
perspectives of the Federal government agencies involved working on
commercial space-related activities.
How Federal agencies are organized to carry out their roles and
responsibilities related to commercial space is the work of the Space
and Aeronautics Subcommittee and I plan to engage the Subcommittee on
these and other important commercial space matters.
The Members of the Subcommittee and the full Science Committee expect
to be involved in matters regarding the future of space activities
within the Federal government. Changing important policy affecting many
stakeholders in a multi-agency spending bill may have unintended
consequences. Such changes should be addressed through the committee of
jurisdiction where they can be debated and reviewed in the light of
day. I hope that this provision will be removed from the appropriations
bill before it goes to the President.
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