HR 2977 IH
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
- 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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