S.141: Space Weather Coordination Act

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About This Bill

Introduced Jan. 12, 2017
Latest Major Action Jan. 3, 2019
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Bill Sponsor

Gary Peters (D-Mich.)

Bill Cosponsors

5 (3 Democrats, 2 Republicans)

Bill Versions

Reported in House - Jan. 3, 2019
Referred in House - May 3, 2017
Engrossed in Senate - May 2, 2017
Reported to Senate - March 30, 2017
Introduced in Senate - Jan. 12, 2017

Bill Summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the Senate on March 30, 2017. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Space Weather Research and Forecasting Act (Sec. 2) This bill directs the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) to: coordinate the development and implementation of federal government activities to improve the nation's ability to prepare, avoid, mitigate, respond to, and recover from potentially...

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Bill Actions

Date	Description
July 24, 2018	Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
July 24, 2018	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
May 23, 2017	Referred to the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces.
May 3, 2017	Referred to House Intelligence (Permanent)
May 3, 2017	Referred to House Foreign Affairs
May 3, 2017	Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
May 3, 2017	Referred to House Armed Services
May 3, 2017	Referred to House Science, Space, and Technology
May 3, 2017	Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, Foreign Affairs, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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.
May 3, 2017	Received in the House.
May 3, 2017	Message on Senate action sent to the House.
May 2, 2017	Passed the Senate Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2672-2674; text: S2672-2674)
March 30, 2017	Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 29.
March 30, 2017	Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Thune with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 115-21.
Jan. 24, 2017	Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Jan. 12, 2017	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Jan. 12, 2017	Introduced in the Senate by Gary Peters (D-Mich.)

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