Space Mining Legislation

[Eighthman]

http://www.thedailysheeple.com/senate-passes-a-bill-to-legalize-asteroid-mining-amended-it-to-ban-the-enslavement-of-extraterrestrials_112015

So, if this is credible, the US can't enslave Aliens.  Can we interpret this legislation as indicating an exposure of the secret space program in the near future? It just seems a bit odd and rather ambitious, given the sad state of US space efforts (like depending on Russia for rockets). 

[space otter]

being the skeptic that I am  -  I luv reading the actual stuff and seeing just how little or much is true from headlines
the entire thing can be read at the link


https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/2262/text 



H.R.2262 - U.S. Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act114th Congress (2015-2016)

114th CONGRESS
     1st Session   

SEC. 403. Disclaimer of extraterritorial sovereignty.

It is the sense of Congress that by the enactment of this Act, the United States does not thereby assert sovereignty or sovereign or exclusive rights or jurisdiction over, or the ownership of, any celestial body.



November 10, 2015.   

Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 2262) entitled "An Act to facilitate a pro-growth environment for the developing commercial space industry by encouraging private sector investment and creating more stable and predictable regulatory conditions, and for other purposes.", do pass with the following

AMENDMENT:

Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:

SECTION 1. Short title; table of contents; references.
(a) Short title.—This Act may be cited as the "U.S. Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act".

(b) Table of contents.—The table of contents of this Act is as follows


Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents; references.
TITLE I—SPURRING PRIVATE AEROSPACE COMPETITIVENESS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Sec. 101. Short title.
Sec. 102. International launch competitiveness.
Sec. 103. Indemnification for space flight participants.
Sec. 104. Launch license flexibility.
Sec. 105. Licensing report.
Sec. 106. Federal jurisdiction.
Sec. 107. Cross waivers.
Sec. 108. Space authority.
Sec. 109. Orbital traffic management.
Sec. 110. Space surveillance and situational awareness data.
Sec. 111. Consensus standards and extension of certain safety regulation requirements.
Sec. 112. Government astronauts.
Sec. 113. Streamline commercial space launch activities.
Sec. 114. Operation and utilization of the ISS.
Sec. 115. State commercial launch facilities.
Sec. 116. Space support vehicles study.
Sec. 117. Space launch system update.
TITLE II—COMMERCIAL REMOTE SENSING

Sec. 201. Annual reports.
Sec. 202. Statutory update report.
TITLE III—OFFICE OF SPACE COMMERCE

Sec. 301. Renaming of office of space commercialization.
Sec. 302. Functions of the office of space commerce.
TITLE IV—SPACE RESOURCE EXPLORATION AND UTILIZATION

Sec. 401. Short title.
Sec. 402. Title 51 amendment.
Sec. 403. Disclaimer of extraterritorial sovereignty.
(c) References to title 51, United States Code.—Except as otherwise expressly provided, wherever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other provision of title 51, United States Code.

[Eighthman]

The commentary placed emphasis on a proposed revision using the word 'abiotic'.  Given an approval rating of 11% or so, it is entirely possible that Congress simply ignores the decay of our nation and spends resources on a far distant possibility of space mining..............

or...........

[zorgon]

There is only ONE THING that is TRUE and IMPORTANT...

NO ONE on EARTH has Jurisdiction beyond the 200 mile international limit...

When it comes to ANYTHING in space... it will be BOOTS ON THE GROUND that rule... just like a Captain on a ship at sea in international waters...

So you want a mine on the Moon?  you simply need to STAKE your CLAIM and HOLD IT

And you need to buyt a mineral lease because we already claimed all the rights and it hasn't been contested so is grandfathered in


(Same LAW that the Lunar Embasy used to sell property off world LEGALLY  Same LOOPHOLE in Space Law)

POSSESSION is the RULE  plain and simple...

... and the ability to HOLD that possession

Now  if we only had a professional marketing team we could all get rich on this as the media picks up the space mining stuff