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U.S. Office of Space Commerce

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All verified mentions of this organization in source documents.

The Commerce Department requested $10,000,000 for the Office of Space Commerce in 2020 but received $2,300,000 for that office in 2020.

Mentioned as: U.S. Office of Space CommerceOrg RelationshipAug 20, 2020Report endorses giving Commerce Department responsibility for space traffic management

The $2,300,000 provided to the Office of Space Commerce in 2020 was $500,000 more than its 2019 funding.

Mentioned as: U.S. Office of Space CommerceTechnical ProductAug 20, 2020Report endorses giving Commerce Department responsibility for space traffic management

The report accompanying the House bill rejected the proposed merger of CRSRA into the Office of Space Commerce and the associated $15,000,000 budget increase and requested delivery of a National Academy of Public Administration study on the topic.

Mentioned as: U.S. Office of Space CommerceNarrative GeneralJul 15, 2020House spending bill rejects Office of Space Commerce funding increase

The bill includes $1,800,000 for the Office of Space Commerce within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Mentioned as: Office of Space CommerceTechnical ProductJul 15, 2020House spending bill rejects Office of Space Commerce funding increase

The spending bill approved by the House Appropriations Committee on 2020-07-14 rejects the administration proposal to combine the Office of Space Commerce with Commercial Remote Sensing Regulatory Affairs and to increase its budget to perform space traffic management work.

Mentioned as: U.S. Office of Space CommerceOrg RelationshipJul 15, 2020House spending bill rejects Office of Space Commerce funding increase

The administration's fiscal year 2021 budget proposal requested $15,000,000 for the combined Office of Space Commerce and CRSRA.

Mentioned as: Office of Space CommerceTechnical ProductJul 15, 2020House spending bill rejects Office of Space Commerce funding increase

Congress provided $1,800,000 for NOAA’s CRSRA and $2,300,000 for the Office of Space Commerce instead of the requested $10,000,000 in the 2020 appropriations process.

Mentioned as: U.S. Office of Space CommerceOrg RelationshipJun 19, 2020Commerce Department hopes study will free up funding for space traffic management work

In its fiscal year 2021 budget proposal submitted in February, the Commerce Department again sought to combine the Office of Space Commerce and CRSRA and requested $15,000,000 with most of the additional funding intended to implement SPD-3.

Mentioned as: U.S. Office of Space CommerceOrg RelationshipJun 19, 2020Commerce Department hopes study will free up funding for space traffic management work

The Commerce Department sought to combine the Office of Space Commerce with NOAA’s Commercial Remote Sensing Regulatory Affairs (CRSRA) office in its 2020 budget proposal and requested $10,000,000 for the combined office.

Mentioned as: U.S. Office of Space CommerceOrg RelationshipJun 19, 2020Commerce Department hopes study will free up funding for space traffic management work

The Commerce Department requested $15,000,000 for the Office of Space Commerce in its fiscal year 2021 budget proposal to support space traffic management work.

Mentioned as: U.S. Office of Space CommerceOrg RelationshipMay 7, 2020National Space Council in discussions on FCC orbital debris policies

Congress rejected a $10,000,000 budget request for the Office of Space Commerce in fiscal year 2020 and directed the Commerce Department to undertake a study on the proposed transfer of space traffic management responsibilities.

Mentioned as: U.S. Office of Space CommerceNarrative GeneralMay 7, 2020National Space Council in discussions on FCC orbital debris policies

The fiscal year 2021 funding request for the Office of Space Commerce would fund hiring 13 people, roughly doubling the office’s size.

Mentioned as: U.S. Office of Space CommerceTechnical ProductFeb 16, 2020Commerce Department seeks big funding boost for Office of Space Commerce

Congress funded the Commercial Remote Sensing Regulatory Affairs office at $1,800,000 and the Office of Space Commerce at $2,300,000 and rejected the proposed combination of the offices.

Mentioned as: U.S. Office of Space CommerceOrg RelationshipFeb 16, 2020Commerce Department seeks big funding boost for Office of Space Commerce

The Commerce Department is seeking $15,000,000 for the combined Office of Space Commerce and Commercial Remote Sensing Regulatory Affairs in fiscal year 2021, up from the 2020 request of $10,000,000.

Mentioned as: U.S. Office of Space CommerceOrg RelationshipFeb 16, 2020Commerce Department seeks big funding boost for Office of Space Commerce

Parts of the Commerce Department’s fiscal year 2021 budget proposal were not released with the rest of the White House budget request on 2020-02-10, and the Departmental Management section covering the Office of Space Commerce was released by 2020-02-14.

Mentioned as: U.S. Office of Space CommerceNoiseFeb 16, 2020Commerce Department seeks big funding boost for Office of Space Commerce

The U.S. Commerce Department is requesting a larger budget for its Office of Space Commerce in fiscal year 2021 to work on space traffic management activities.

Mentioned as: Office of Space CommerceTechnical ProductFeb 16, 2020Commerce Department seeks big funding boost for Office of Space Commerce

The fiscal year 2021 budget proposal seeks to combine the Office of Space Commerce with the Commercial Remote Sensing Regulatory Affairs office and move the combined office from NOAA to directly under the Secretary of Commerce.

Mentioned as: Office of Space CommerceTechnical ProductFeb 16, 2020Commerce Department seeks big funding boost for Office of Space Commerce

The fiscal year 2020 spending bill directed the Office of Space Commerce to use the additional $500,000 for an independent study by the National Academy of Public Administration on which organization should have civil space traffic management responsibilities and related funding and regulatory issues.

Mentioned as: the office of space commerceNarrative FinancialJan 31, 2020Commerce Department moves ahead on space traffic management work despite limited budget

The final fiscal year 2020 spending bill rejected the proposed merger of the two Commerce offices and provided only $500,000 in additional funding for the Office of Space Commerce.

Mentioned as: U.S. Office of Space CommerceOrg RelationshipJan 31, 2020Commerce Department moves ahead on space traffic management work despite limited budget

The Commerce Department requested $10,000,000 in its fiscal year 2020 budget for the combined Office of Space Commerce and Commercial Remote Sensing Regulatory Affairs, with much of the additional funding intended for space traffic management planning.

Mentioned as: Office of Space CommerceTechnical ProductJan 31, 2020Commerce Department moves ahead on space traffic management work despite limited budget
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