Bill · H.R. 2313· House(119-HR-2313)
Celestial Time Standardization Act
- Introduced
- 3/25/2025
- Last activity
- 4/29/2025 — Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- Sponsored by
- Jennifer McClellan
- Cosponsors
- - 0 - 1
- Introduced
What this bill would do
This bill, known as the ``Celestial Time Standardization Act'', directs the Administrator of NASA to create a system for celestial time standardization. This development is intended to support future operations and infrastructure on the Moon and other celestial bodies besides Earth. The goal is to address the challenges of using Coordinated Universal Time in deep space due to relativistic effects. NASA will lead studies to define a coordinated lunar time and develop an implementation strategy. This process involves consulting with various federal agencies, private sectors, and international partners. Finally, NASA must brief specific House and Senate committees on this strategy within two years.
Yes· 3 of 9
Does this put more into space exploration?+5
The primary purpose of the bill is to support future operations and infrastructure for Moon and Mars exploration.
Is this likely to grow the economy?+3
Standardizing celestial time supports commercial growth and global competitiveness in the space sector.
Does this strengthen ties with allied countries?+3
The bill emphasizes international partnerships and benefits other spacefaring countries through standardized systems.
The opposite
No question was scored the opposite.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
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Support for Space Operations: The development of celestial time standardization is intended to support future operations and infrastructure on and around the Moon (Section 2(b)(2)).
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Improved Interoperability: Creating a standard helps ensure that the many governmental, commercial, academic, and international partners involved in the Artemis and Moon to Mars program can have interoperability between their systems (Section 2(a)(2)).
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Advancing Leadership and Growth: Setting these standards is intended to advance United States leadership in science, exploration, and commercial growth, while also benefiting other spacefaring countries and entities (Section 2(a)(1) and Section 2(a)(5)).
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Precision and Reliability: The strategy aims to include features like accuracy for precision navigation and science, as well as resilience to loss of contact with Earth (Section 2(b)(4)(B) and Section 2(b)(4)(C)).
Potential Negative Impacts for People
- No negative impacts or burdens are explicitly mentioned in the provided text.
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Education And Technology
- Increases Space Exploration+5Increases Scientific Research Funding+2
- Economy And Finance
- Improves Economic Growth+3Increases Job Creation+2
- National Security And Foreign Policy
- Improves International Alliances+3Improves International Trade+1
- Governance And Ideology
- Improves Government Transparency+1Increases Federal Power+1
- Demographic And Interest Groups
- Good For Business Owners+1
- 5/13/2025
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 4/29/2025
- Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- 3/25/2025
- Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
- Introduced in House
2 bills Congress.gov lists as related to this one — companions in the other chamber, earlier versions, and bills this one absorbed or was folded into.
Nicholas BegichRepublican · Alaska