Skip to content
PoliticalRepoPoliticalRepo

United States · Bill · HR

H.R. 4451 (100th)

Satellite Survivability Act

openUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

25 April 1988

Last action

3 October 1988 · Committee

Status

Unfavorable Executive Comment Received From DOD.

Sponsors

Rep. Brown, George E., Jr. [D-CA-42], Rep. AuCoin, Les [D-OR-1], Rep. Downey, Thomas J. [D-NY-2], Rep. Moody, Jim [D-WI-5], Rep. McHugh, Matthew F. [D-NY-28], Rep. Olin, James R. [D-VA-6], Rep. Mrazek, Robert J. [D-NY-3], Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13], Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4], Rep. Moakley, John Joseph [D-MA-9], Rep. Bates, Jim [D-CA-44], Rep. Dellums, Ronald V. [D-CA-9], Rep. Pease, Donald J. [D-OH-13], Rep. Kastenmeier, Robert W. [D-WI-2], Rep. Collins, Cardiss [D-IL-7], Rep. Feighan, Edward F. [D-OH-19], Rep. Foglietta, Thomas M. [D-PA-1], Rep. Mavroules, Nicholas [D-MA-6], Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA], Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA], Rep. Rodino, Peter W., Jr. [D-NJ-10], Rep. Owens, Major R. [D-NY-11], Rep. Scheuer, James H. [D-NY-8], Rep. Gejdenson, Sam [D-CT-2], Rep. Neal, Stephen L. [D-NC-5], Rep. Berman, Howard L. [D-CA-28], Rep. Pelosi, Nancy [D-CA-11], Rep. Levine, Mel [D-CA-27], Rep. Borski, Robert A. [D-PA-3], Rep. Dwyer, Bernard J. [D-NJ-6], Rep. Evans, Lane [D-IL-17], Rep. Lowry, Mike [D-WA-7], Rep. Atkins, Chester G. [D-MA-5], Rep. Weiss, Ted [D-NY-17], Rep. Beilenson, Anthony C. [D-CA-24], Rep. Ackerman, Gary L. [D-NY-5], Rep. Sabo, Martin Olav [D-MN-5]

Subjects

Discovery layer

Source updated

28 August 2025

Official sourceView documentsShare

Summary

Satellite Survivability Act - Imposes a moratorium on the testing of antisatellite weapons in space until the President certifies to the Congress that the Soviet Union has conducted such testing. Declares that the President should pursue a proposal by the Soviet Union to dismantle antisatellite weapons and should seek to achieve with the Soviet Union a mutual verifiable treaty which places limits on the testing, deployment, and use of any weapon system capable of damaging or destroying satellites in space. Requires the Secretary of the Air Force to develop an annual survivability plan for each U.S. military satellite system. Specifies that such plans shall be submitted to the Congress with the annual budget requests for satellite programs. Requires the Secretary of Defense to include in the annual report to the Congress on the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) an analysis of the antisatellite potential of each SDI technology. Requires such analysis to include an assessment of the antisatellite capability of the Soviet Union if these technologies are tested by the Soviet Union.

This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.

Timeline

  1. 25 April 1988

    Introduced

    Referred to House Committee on Armed Services.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 25 April 1988

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 25 April 1988

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 29 April 1988

    Referred

    Referred to Subcommittee on Research and Development.

    Source: Committee

  5. 29 April 1988

    Committee

    Executive Comment Requested from DOD.

    Source: Committee

  6. 6 May 1988

    Referred

    Referred to Subcommittee on Arms Control, International Security and Science.

    Source: Committee

  7. 3 October 1988

    Committee

    Unfavorable Executive Comment Received From DOD.

    Source: Committee

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.

Documents

1 official file

Leesvertaling

Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

Sponsors

Related records

No cross-record relationships stored yet.

Sources

PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.