“Space Technology and Regional Security Act of 2024” or “STARS Act of 2024”: H. R. 10108

H. R. 10108:
“An identification of any challenge to optimizing such a multilateral space situational awareness data-sharing agreement and integrated space and satellite security architecture in the Middle East.”

To require the Secretary of Defense to develop, in cooperation with allies and partners in the Middle East, an integrated space and satellite security capability, and for other purposes.

Introduced in House (11/08/2024)

118th CONGRESS
2d Session

H. R. 10108

To require the Secretary of Defense to develop, in cooperation with allies and partners in the Middle East, an integrated space and satellite security capability, and for other purposes.


IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

November 8, 2024

Mr. Panetta (for himself, Mr. Nunn of Iowa, Mr. Schneider, and Mr. Trone) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned


A BILL

To require the Secretary of Defense to develop, in cooperation with allies and partners in the Middle East, an integrated space and satellite security capability, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “Space Technology and Regional Security Act of 2024” or “STARS Act of 2024”.

SEC. 2. MIDDLE EAST INTEGRATED SPACE AND SATELLITE SECURITY

CAPABILITY.

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Covid-19: Select Subcommittee Hearing Notice November 14, 2024 at 11:30 a.m.

The COVID-19 pandemic exposed weaknesses of the U.S. public health system, revealing
crucial gaps in readiness, coordination, and trust between the government and public. The
overall response from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Food and
Drug Administration (FDA), and the National Institute of Health (NIH) revealed substantial
issues within these agencies, including communication failures and overly broad mandates
that impacted millions of American citizens.
, the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic will hold a hearing titled “Preparing
for the Next Pandemic: Lessons Learned and The Path Forward.”

BACKGROUND:
The COVID-19 pandemic exposed weaknesses of the U.S. public health system, revealing
crucial gaps in readiness, coordination, and trust between the government and public. The
overall response from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Food and
Drug Administration (FDA), and the National Institute of Health (NIH) revealed substantial
issues within these agencies, including communication failures and overly broad mandates
that impacted millions of American citizens.
II. HEARING PURPOSE:
This hearing will examine the federal government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic,
including lessons learned to prevent future pandemics.
III. WITNESS:
Henry Walke, M.D., M.P.H.
Director
Office of Readiness and Response
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
Hilary Marston, M.D., M.P.H.
Chief Medical Officer
U.S. Food & Drug Administration
Lawrence Tabak, D.D.S, Ph.D.
Principal Deputy Director
National Institutes of Health

SELECT SUBCOMMITTEE HEARING NOTICE
November 7, 2024
TO: Members, Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic
FROM: Brad Wenstrup, Chairman
SUBJECT: Select Subcommittee hearing titled “Preparing for the Next Pandemic: Lessons
Learned and The Path Forward”


On Thursday, November 14, 2024, at 11:30 AM ET, the Select Subcommittee on the
Coronavirus Pandemic will hold a hearing titled “Preparing for the Next Pandemic: Lessons
Learned and The Path Forward.” The hearing will convene in room 2154 of the Rayburn House
Office Building.
If any Members would like to submit documents, exhibits, or other materials into the
hearing record, they may submit them through the Committee’s electronic repository at
GOP.Oversight.Clerks@mail.house.gov. Members are encouraged to submit such materials at
least 24 hours prior to the hearing so they may be circulated to all Members prior to the hearing.
Submitting such materials after this period, or during the hearing, may delay both their
distribution to other Members and their approval for entering into the record.
If you have any questions, please contact Select Subcommittee staff at (202) 225-5074 or
Mitch Benzine at Mitchell.Benzine@mail.house.gov.

OPPOSING THE UNCONSTITUTIONAL HORSERACING INTEGRITY AND SAFETY AUTHORITY: Congressman, Lance Gooden, STANDS UP FOR HORSE RACING!

“Congress should work with State racing commissions to regulate horseracing in a responsible way to ensure racetrack
safety and the economic viability of small tracks across the country.
I will work with any Senator who is willing to stand up for small tracks in the next Congress and fix this broken way of governing.” 
– Congressman Lance Gooden

There is a common disagreement regarding both the constitutionality of HISA and, it’s reach.

Congressman, Lance Gooden, stood on the floor of the Senate and Sounded the ALARM AT THE DOOR that the, “Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act“, was found unconstitutional by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals on November 18, 2022.

The court concluded:

“By delegating unsupervised government power to a private entity, HISA violates the private non-delegation doctrine.

We therefore DECLARE that HISA is unconstitutional on that ground.

The district court’s decision is REVERSED and the case is REMANDED for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.”

(Furthermore,)
“… the court conceded that, unlike the agencies examined in any
other private non-delegation case, the FTC lacked any power “to formally modify the Authority’s rules.” Id. at *23. But this was “not fatal” to the Act’s constitutionality, because relevant precedents did not turn on the agency’s power to modify the private entity’s rules, only on its power to “approve or disapprove” them …”

SOURCE
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