United States · Law · S
S. 1694 (116th)
One Small Step to Protect Human Heritage in Space Act
Introduced
23 May 2019
Last action
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Status
Became Public Law No: 116-275.
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Subjects
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Source updated
5 December 2025
Summary
One Small Step to Protect Human Heritage in Space Act This bill requires a federal agency that issues a license for the conduct of a lunar activity in outer space to require that each license applicant agree to abide by recommendations, guidelines, or principles issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) related to the protection and preservation of U.S. government lunar artifacts. A federal agency may exempt specific activities from such an agreement if the activities have legitimate and significant historical, archaeological, anthropological, scientific, or engineering value; assess a penalty fee for violations of such an agreement.
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Documents
20 official files
Enrolled Bill (text)
Enrolled Bill (text)
Enrolled Bill · EN
Enrolled Bill (PDF)
Enrolled Bill · EN
Public Law (text)
Public Law · EN · 1 January 2021
Public Law (PDF)
Public Law · EN · 1 January 2021
Public Law
summary · EN · 31 December 2020
Senate agreed to House amendment
summary · EN · 19 December 2020
Engrossed Amendment House (text)
Engrossed Amendment House · EN · 16 December 2020
Engrossed Amendment House (PDF)
Engrossed Amendment House · EN · 16 December 2020
Passed House
summary · EN · 16 December 2020
Referred in House (text)
Referred in House · EN · 19 July 2019
Referred in House (PDF)
Referred in House · EN · 19 July 2019
Engrossed in Senate (text)
Engrossed in Senate · EN · 18 July 2019
Engrossed in Senate (PDF)
Engrossed in Senate · EN · 18 July 2019
Passed Senate
summary · EN · 18 July 2019
Reported to Senate (text)
Reported to Senate · EN · 16 July 2019
Reported to Senate (PDF)
Reported to Senate · EN · 16 July 2019
Reported to Senate
summary · EN · 16 July 2019
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 23 May 2019
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 23 May 2019
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 23 May 2019
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/1694
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/s/1694