Space Commerce Advisory Committee Act

This section mandates that the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Office of Space Commerce, must establish a Commercial Space Activity Advisory Committee within 180 days of the bill's enactment. This committee is intended to serve as a formal body to provide expert advice and recommendations on matters pertaining to commercial space activities.

This provision specifies that the Committee will comprise 15 members appointed by the Secretary of Commerce. Members must have significant experience in the commercial space industry, representing diverse fields such as policy, engineering, law, and finance. Federal government employees are generally excluded, with a narrow exception for special government employees. Each member serves a term of up to 4 years and is ineligible for re-appointment for two years after their term concludes.

The Committee's duties are broadly defined to include advising on nongovernmental space activities, recommending ways to promote a safe, sustainable, and competitive commercial space sector (including regulatory frameworks), identifying and providing recommendations on challenges related to international obligations, export controls, harmful interference, and radio frequency spectrum access. It also requires the committee to review best practices for avoiding contamination of celestial bodies and adverse changes to Earth's environment from extraterrestrial matter, and to provide general advice on commercial space activities.