#aafth ,,congress #b;d ,session ,in the ,house of ,representatives1 ,u4 ,s41 ,december #af1 #bjbj ,,amendments3 ,that the bill from the ,senate 7,s4 #afid7 entitled ,an ,act to require any ,federal agency that issues licenses to conduct lunar activities to include in the requirements for such licenses an agreement relating to the preservation and protection of the ,apollo #aa landing site1 and for other purposes41 do pass with the following ,strike out all after the enacting clause and insert3 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,one ,small ,step to ,protect ,human ,heritage in ,space ,act4 #b4 ,findings2 sense of ,congress 7a7 ,findings ,congress makes the following findings3 7#a7 ,on ,july #af1 #aifi1 the ,apollo #aa spacecraft launched from the ,john ,f4 ,kennedy ,space ,center carrying ,neil ,a4 ,armstrong1 ,edwin ,e4 ,buzz ,aldrin1 ,jr41 and ,michael ,collins4 7#b7 ,july #bj1 #bjai1 marked the #ejth anniversary of the date on which the ,apollo #aa spacecraft landed on the ,moon and ,neil ,armstrong and ,buzz ,aldrin became the first humans to set foot on a celestial body off the ,earth4 7#c7 ,the landing of the ,apollo #aa spacecraft and humanity's first off-world footprints are achievements unparalleled in history1 a direct product of the work and perseverance of the more than #djj1jjj individuals who contributed to the development of the ,apollo missions on the shoulders of centuries of science and engineering pioneers from all corners of the world4 7#d7 ,among the thousands of individuals who have contributed to the achievements of the ,national ,aeronautics and ,space ,administration 7in this section referred to as ,,nasa7 are ,african-,american women such as ,katherine ,johnson1 ,dorothy ,vaughn1 ,mary ,jackson1 and ,dr4 ,christine ,darden1 who made critical contributions to ,,nasa space programs4 ,katherine ,johnson worked at ,,nasa for #ce years and calculated the trajectory of the ,apollo #aa landing and the trajectories for the spaceflights of astronauts ,alan ,shepard and ,john ,glenn4 ,katherine ,johnson1 together with many other individuals the work of whom often went unacknowledged1 helped broaden the scope of space travel and charted new frontiers for humanity's exploration of space4 7#e7 ,the landing of the ,apollo #aa spacecraft was made on behalf of all humankind1 and ,neil ,armstrong and ,buzz ,aldrin were accompanied by messages of peace from the leaders of more than #gj countries4 7#f7 ,the lunar landing sites of the ,apollo #aa spacecraft1 the robotic spacecraft that preceded the ,apollo #aa mission1 and the crewed and robotic spacecraft that followed1 are of outstanding universal value to humanity4 7#g7 ,such landing sites-- 7,a7 are the first archaeological sites with human activity that are not on ,earth2 7,b7 provide evidence of the first achievements of humankind in the realm of space travel and exploration2 and 7,c7 contain artifacts and other evidence of human exploration activities that remain a potential source of cultural1 historical1 archaeological1 anthropological1 scientific1 and engineering knowledge4 7#h7 ,on ,july #bj1 #bjaa1 ,,nasa published the voluntary guidance entitled ,,nasa's ,recommendations to ,space-,faring ,entities3 ,how to ,protect and ,preserve the ,historic and ,scientific ,value of ,u4,s4 ,government ,lunar ,artifacts4 7#i7 ,in ,march #bjah1 the ,office of ,science and ,technology ,policy published a report entitled ,protecting ,preserving ,apollo ,program ,lunar ,landing ,sites ,artifacts4 7#aj7 ,article one of the ,treaty on ,principles ,governing the ,activities of ,states in the ,exploration and ,use of ,outer ,space1 including the ,moon and ,other ,celestial ,bodies1 commonly known as the ,outer ,space ,treaty1 states outer space1 including the moon and other celestial bodies1 shall be free for exploration and use by all ,states without discrimination of any kind1 on a basis of equality and in accordance with international law1 and there shall be free access to all areas of celestial bodies4 7#aa7 ,article eight of the ,outer ,space ,treaty states1 a ,state ,party to the ,treaty on whose registry an object launched into outer space is carried shall retain jurisdiction and control over such object1 and over any personnel thereof1 while in outer space or on a celestial body4 ,ownership of objects launched into outer space1 including objects landed or constructed on a celestial body1 and of their component parts1 is not affected by their presence in outer space or on a celestial body or by their return to the ,earth4 7#ab7 ,article nine of the ,outer ,space ,treaty states1 in the exploration and use of outer space1 including the moon and other celestial bodies1 ,states ,parties to the ,treaty shall be guided by the principle of co-operation and mutual assistance and shall conduct all their activities in outer space1 including the moon and other celestial bodies1 with due regard to the corresponding interests of all other ,states ,parties to the ,treaty1 and continues1 if a ,state ,party to the ,treaty has reason to believe that an activity or experiment planned by it or its nationals in outer space1 including the moon and other celestial bodies1 would cause potentially harmful interference with activities of other ,states ,parties in the peaceful exploration and use of outer space1 including the moon and other celestial bodies1 it shall undertake appropriate international consultations before proceeding with any such activity or experiment4 ,a ,state ,party to the ,treaty which has reason to believe that an activity or experiment planned by another ,state ,party in outer space1 including the moon and other celestial bodies1 would cause potentially harmful interference with activities in the peaceful exploration and use of outer space1 including the moon and other celestial bodies1 may request consultation concerning the activity or experiment44 7b7 ,sense of congress ,it is the sense of ,congress that-- 7#a7 as commercial enterprises and more countries acquire the ability to land on the ,moon1 it is necessary to encourage the development of best practices to respect the principle of due regard and to limit harmful interference to the ,apollo landing site artifacts in acknowledgment of the human effort and innovation they represent1 as well as their archaeological1 anthropological1 historical1 scientific1 and engineering significance and value2 and 7#b7 the ,administrator of the ,national ,aeronautics and ,space ,administration should continue to develop best practices to respect the principle of due regard and limit harmful interference with historic ,apollo lunar landing site artifacts4 #c4 ,best practices related to ,apollo historic lunar landing site artifacts 7a7 ,in general ,the ,administrator of the ,national ,aeronautics and ,space ,administration shall-- 7#a7 add the recommendations in subsection 7b7 as a condition or requirement to contracts1 grants1 agreements1 partnerships or other arrangements pertaining to lunar activities carried out by1 for1 or in partnership with the ,national ,aeronautics and ,space ,administration2 7#b7 inform other relevant ,federal agencies of the recommendations described in subsection 7b72 and 7#c7 encourage the use of best practices1 consistent with the recommendations in subsection 7b71 by other relevant ,federal agencies4 7b7 ,recommendations described ,the recommendations described in this subsection are-- 7#a7 ,,nasa's ,recommendations to ,space-,faring ,entities3 ,how to ,protect and ,preserve the ,historic and ,scientific ,value of ,u4,s4 ,government ,lunar ,artifacts issued by the ,national ,aeronautics and ,space ,administration on ,july #bj1 #bjaa1 and updated on ,october #bh1 #bjaa2 and 7#b7 any successor recommendations1 guidelines1 best practices1 or standards relating to the principle of due regard and the limitation of harmful interference with ,apollo landing site artifacts issued by the ,national ,aeronautics and ,space ,administration4 7c7 ,exemption ,the ,administrator may waive the conditions or requirements from subsection 7a77#a7 as it applies to an individual contract1 grant1 agreement1 partnership or other arrangement pertaining to lunar activities carried out by1 for1 or in partnership with the ,national ,aeronautics and ,space ,administration so long as-- 7#a7 such waiver is accompanied by a finding from the ,administrator that carrying out the obligation of subsection 7a77#a7 would be unduly prohibitive to an activity or activities of legitimate and significant historical1 archaeological1 anthropological1 scientific1 or engineering value2 and 7#b7 the finding in paragraph 7#a7 is provided to the ,committee on ,science1 ,space1 and ,technology of the ,house of ,representatives and the ,committee on ,commerce1 ,science1 and ,transportation of the ,senate not later than #cj days prior to the waiver taking effect4 ,amend the title so as to read3 ,an ,act to require the ,national ,aeronautics and ,space ,administration to add recommendations and inform other relevant agencies of information relating to the principle of due regard and the limitation of harmful interference with ,apollo landing site artifacts1 and for other purposes44 ,clerk4