Original Bill
Space
Preservation Act of 2001
(Introduced in the House)
HR 2977 IH
107th
CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R.
2977
To preserve the cooperative, peaceful uses of space
for the benefit of all humankind by permanently prohibiting the basing
of weapons in space by the United States, and to require the President
to take action to adopt and implement a world treaty banning space-based
weapons.
IN THE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
October 2, 2001
Mr. KUCINICH introduced the following bill; which
was referred to the Committee on Science, and in addition to the
Committees on Armed Services, and International Relations, for a period
to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the
committee concerned.
A BILL
To preserve the cooperative, peaceful uses of space
for the benefit of all humankind by permanently prohibiting the basing
of weapons in space by the United States, and to require the President
to take action to adopt and implement a world treaty banning space-based
weapons.
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 `Space Preservation Act of 2001'.
SEC. 2. REAFFIRMATION OF POLICY ON THE PRESERVATION OF
PEACE IN SPACE.
Congress reaffirms the
policy expressed in section 102(a) of the National Aeronautics and Space
Act of 1958 (42 U.S.C. 2451(a)), stating that it `is the policy of the
United States that activities in space should be devoted to peaceful
purposes for the benefit of all mankind.'.
SEC. 3. PERMANENT BAN ON BASING OF WEAPONS IN SPACE.
The President shall--
(1) implement a
permanent ban on space-based weapons of the United States and remove
from space any existing space-based weapons of the United States; and
(2) immediately order
the permanent termination of research and development, testing,
manufacturing, production, and deployment of all space-based weapons of
the United States and their components.
SEC. 4. WORLD AGREEMENT BANNING SPACE-BASED WEAPONS.
The President shall
direct the United States representatives to the United Nations and other
international organizations to immediately work toward negotiating,
adopting, and implementing a world agreement banning space-based
weapons.
SEC. 5. REPORT.
The President shall
submit to Congress not later than 90 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, and every 90 days thereafter, a report on--
(1) the implementation
of the permanent ban on space-based weapons required by section 3; and
(2) progress toward
negotiating, adopting, and implementing the agreement described in
section 4.
SEC. 6. NON SPACE-BASED WEAPONS ACTIVITIES.
Nothing in this Act may
be construed as prohibiting the use of funds for--
(1) space exploration;
(2) space research and
development;
(3) testing,
manufacturing, or production that is not related to space-based weapons
or systems; or
(4) civil, commercial,
or defense activities (including communications, navigation,
surveillance, reconnaissance, early warning, or remote sensing) that are
not related to space-based weapons or systems.
SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) The term `space'
means all space extending upward from an altitude greater than 60
kilometers above the surface of the earth and any celestial body in such
space.
(2)(A) The terms
`weapon' and `weapons system' mean a device capable of any of the
following:
(i) Damaging or
destroying an object (whether in outer space, in the atmosphere, or on
earth) by--
(I) firing one or more
projectiles to collide with that object;
(II) detonating one or
more explosive devices in close proximity to that object;
(III) directing a
source of energy (including molecular or atomic energy, subatomic
particle beams, electromagnetic radiation, plasma, or extremely low
frequency (ELF) or ultra low frequency (ULF) energy radiation) against
that object; or
(IV) any other
unacknowledged or as yet undeveloped means.
(ii) Inflicting death
or injury on, or damaging or destroying, a person (or the biological
life, bodily health, mental health, or physical and economic well-being
of a person)--
(I) through the use of
any of the means described in clause (i) or subparagraph (B);
(II) through the use of
land-based, sea-based, or space-based systems using radiation,
electromagnetic, psychotronic, sonic, laser, or other energies directed
at individual persons or targeted populations for the purpose of
information war, mood management, or mind control of such persons or
populations; or
(III) by expelling
chemical or biological agents in the vicinity of a person.
(B) Such terms include
exotic weapons systems such as--
(i) electronic,
psychotronic, or information weapons;
(ii) chemtrails;
(iii) high altitude
ultra low frequency weapons systems;
(iv) plasma,
electromagnetic, sonic, or ultrasonic weapons;
(v) laser weapons
systems;
(vi) strategic,
theater, tactical, or extraterrestrial weapons; and
(vii) chemical,
biological, environmental, climate, or tectonic weapons.
(C) The term `exotic
weapons systems' includes weapons designed to damage space or natural
ecosystems (such as the ionosphere and upper atmosphere) or climate,
weather, and tectonic systems with the purpose of inducing damage or
destruction upon a target population or region on earth or in space.
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