Colorado 2022 Regular Session

Colorado Senate Bill SJR005 Compare Versions

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1	1		Second Regular Session
2	2		Seventy-third General Assembly
3	3		STATE OF COLORADO
4		-	~~REVISED~~
	4	+	INTRODUCED
5	5
6	6
7	7		LLS NO. R22-0886.01 Faith Marcovecchio x4331
8	8		SJR22-005
9	9		Senate Committees House Committees
10	10		SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 22-005
11	11		C
12	12		ONCERNING THE DESIGNATION OF MARCH 8, 2022, AS "COLORADO101
13	13		A
14	14		EROSPACE DAY".102
15	15		WHEREAS, Our nation and the world have significantly1
16	16		benefitted from technological and scientific advances resulting from2
17	17		space exploration and aerospace activities; and3
18	18		WHEREAS, Colorado ranks first in the nation for aerospace4
19	19		employment concentration; and5
20	20		WHEREAS, There are over 34,000 Coloradans who are directly6
21	21		employed in aerospace, with the aerospace cluster supporting over7
22	22		240,000 jobs; and8
23	23		WHEREAS, Colorado is home to the nation's top aerospace9
24		-	HOUSE
25		-	Final Reading
26		-	March 8, 2022
27		-	SENATE
28		-	Final Reading
29		-	March 8, 2022
30	24		SENATE SPONSORSHIP
31		-	Gardner and Bridges, Buckner, Coleman, Cooke, Coram, Danielson, Donovan, Fenberg,
32		-	Fields, Ginal, Gonzales, Hansen, Hinrichsen, Hisey, Holbert, Jaquez Lewis, Kolker, Lee,
33		-	Liston, Lundeen, Moreno, Pettersen, Priola, Rankin, Rodriguez, Scott, Simpson, Smallwood,
34		-	Sonnenberg, Story, Winter, Woodward, Zenzinger
	25	+	Gardner and Bridges,
35	26		HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
36		-	Ransom and Valdez D., Amabile, Bacon, Baisley, Benavidez, Bernett, Bird, Bockenfeld,
37		-	Boesenecker, Bradfield, Caraveo, Carver, Catlin, Cutter, Daugherty, Duran, Esgar, Exum,
38		-	Froelich, Garnett, Geitner, Gonzales-Gutierrez, Gray, Hanks, Herod, Holtorf, Hooton, Jodeh,
39		-	Kennedy, Kipp, Larson, Lindsay, Lontine, Luck, Lynch, McCluskie, McCormick, McKean,
40		-	McLachlan, Mullica, Neville, Ortiz, Pelton, Pico, Rich, Ricks, Roberts, Sandridge, Sirota,
41		-	Snyder, Soper, Sullivan, Tipper, Titone, Valdez A., Van Beber, Van Winkle, Weissman, Will,
42		-	Woodrow, Woog, Young
	27	+	Ransom and Valdez D.,
43	28		Shading denotes HOUSE amendment. Double underlining denotes SENATE amendment.
44	29		Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing statute.
45	30		Dashes through the words indicate deletions from existing statute. companies, including Ball Aerospace, Boeing, L3Harris, Lockheed1
46	31		Martin Space, Maxar Technologies, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon,2
47	32		Sierra Nevada Corporation, and United Launch Alliance, and close to 5003
48	33		additional companies that support the aerospace sector by providing4
49	34		services and developing products, including spacecraft, launch vehicles,5
50	35		satellites, command and control software, sensors, and navigation6
51	36		operations; and7
52	37		WHEREAS, Colorado is a strategic location for national space and8
53	38		cyber activity, with five key military commands--North American9
54	39		Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), the United States Northern10
55	40		Command, the United States Strategic Command's Joint Functional11
56	41		Component Command for Space Missile Warning Center, the United12
57	42		States Space Command, and the United States Army Space and Missile13
58	43		Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command--and three14
59	44		space-related United States Space Force bases--Buckley, Peterson, and15
60	45		Schriever; and16
61	46		WHEREAS, The United States Air Force Academy, along with17
62	47		Colorado's colleges and universities, including the University of Colorado18
63	48		Boulder, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, Colorado School of19
64	49		Mines, Colorado State University, Metropolitan State University of20
65	50		Denver, University of Denver, Colorado Mesa University, and Fort Lewis21
66	51		College, provides access to world-class aerospace-related degrees and22
67	52		offers aerospace companies one of the country's most educated23
68	53		workforces; and24
69	54		WHEREAS, Various organizations are key to Colorado's25
70	55		prominence in aerospace, such as the Colorado Space Coalition, a group26
71	56		of industry stakeholders working to grow and promote Colorado as a27
72	57		center of excellence for aerospace; the Colorado chapter of Citizens for28
73	58		Space Exploration, in partnership with the Colorado Space Business29
74	59		Roundtable, whose mission is to promote better understanding of30
75	60		aerospace and its importance in our economy and daily lives, as well as31
76	61		promoting the importance of human space exploration; and the Colorado32
77	62		Space Business Roundtable, an organization that works to convene33
78	63		stakeholders from industry, government, and academia to advance34
79	64		aerospace business and workforce opportunities throughout the state.35
80	65		Together they form the Colorado chapter of the Aerospace States36
81	66		Association, a nonpartisan organization of lieutenant governors and37
82	67		associate members from aerospace organizations and academia who38
83	68		represent states' interests in federal aerospace and aviation policy39
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85	70		-2- development. Manufacturer's Edge is a statewide manufacturing1
86	71		assistance center that encourages the strength and competitiveness of2
87	72		Colorado manufacturers by providing on-site technical assistance through3
88	73		coaching, training, consulting, collaboration-focused industry programs,4
89	74		and leveraging government, university, and economic development5
90	75		partnerships; and6
91	76		WHEREAS, The Colorado Air and Space Port seeks to serve as7
92	77		America's hub for commercial space transportation, research, and8
93	78		development; this horizontal launch facility will have the potential to9
94	79		become the foundation for a global suborbital transportation network10
95	80		connecting Colorado globally; now, therefore,11
96	81		Be It Resolved by the Senate of the Seventy-third General12
97	82		Assembly of the State of Colorado, the House of Representatives13
98	83		concurring herein:14
99	84		15
100	85		That we, the members of the Colorado General Assembly:16
101	86		(1) Strongly urge and request the government of the United States17
102	87		of America to take action to preserve and enhance American leadership18
103	88		in space, spur innovation, and ensure our continued national and19
104	89		economic security by increasing funding for space exploration and20
105	90		activities, including aggressively pursuing sending United States21
106	91		astronauts and the first woman onto the Moon in the next few years under22
107	92		the Artemis program, which will have its uncrewed test flight this month,23
108	93		sending along with it the Callisto payload, which uses Amazon Alexa and24
109	94		Webex by Cisco to test and demonstrate commercial technology for deep25
110	95		space voice, video, and whiteboarding communications. The Callisto26
111	96		technology demonstration will be integrated into NASA's Orion27
112	97		spacecraft for the agency's Artemis I uncrewed mission. Lockheed Martin28
113	98		Space, which designed and built the Orion spacecraft for NASA in29
114	99		Colorado, is leading the development and integration of the payload;30
115	100		(2) Recognize and appreciate Colorado's space and aerospace31
116	101		companies and organizations, especially the growing membership and32
117	102		activities of the Colorado chapter of Citizens for Space Exploration, in33
118	103		partnership with the Colorado Space Business Roundtable, whose34
119	104		activities to promote space exploration are helping to increase public35
120	105		understanding and enthusiasm for exploration funding;36
121	106		(3) Recognize and support our congressional delegation in urging37
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123	108		-3- the Department of Defense to reestablish the United States Space1
124	109		Command in Colorado;2
125	110		(4) Recognize and appreciate the contributions of Colorado's3
126	111		universities, colleges, and national research laboratories to the space and4
127	112		aerospace industries, including their expertise in exploration of the5
128	113		planets and the universe and their space-based Earth observation, like the6
129	114		GOES-T weather satellite that launched this month;7
130	115		(5) Express our most sincere and deepest appreciation to the men8
131	116		and women working in our military installations in Colorado; and9
132	117		(6) Hereby declare March 8, 2022, to be "Colorado Aerospace10
133	118		Day".11
134	119		Be It Further Resolved, That copies of this Joint Resolution be sent12
135	120		to President Joseph Biden, Jr.; Vice President Kamala Harris; Speaker of13
136	121		the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi; House Minority Leader14
137	122		Kevin McCarthy; Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer; Senate15
138	123		Minority Leader Mitch McConnell; Senator John Hickenlooper; Senator16
139	124		Michael Bennet; Congresswoman Diana DeGette; Congressman Joe17
140	125		Neguse; Congresswoman Lauren Boebert; Congressman Ken Buck;18
141	126		Congressman Doug Lamborn; Congressman Jason Crow; Congressman19
142	127		Ed Perlmutter; Bill Nelson, NASA Administrator; Bradley Mims, Deputy20
143	128		Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration; Governor Jared Polis;21
144	129		Lieutenant Governor and Co-chair, Colorado Space Coalition, Dianne22
145	130		Primavera; Brigadier General Laura Clellan, The Adjutant General,23
146	131		Colorado National Guard; General James Dickinson, Commander, U.S.24
147	132		Space Command, and Commander, Air Force Space Command; Colonel25
148	133		Marcus Jackson, Buckley Garrison Commander, Buckley Space Force26
149	134		Base; Dr. Christopher Scolese, Director, National Reconnaissance Office;27
150	135		Ross B. Garelick Bell, Executive Director, Aerospace States Association;28
151	136		Thomas E. Zelibor, Chief Executive Officer, Space Foundation; Dr.29
152	137		Ronald M. Sega, Co-chair, Colorado Space Coalition; Michael Gass,30
153	138		Co-chair, Colorado Space Coalition; Bob Cone, Chair, Colorado Space31
154	139		Business Roundtable; Stacey DeFore, Chair, Colorado Citizens for Space32
155	140		Exploration; Jeff Kloska, Director, Colorado Air and Space Port; and33
156	141		Debbie Brown, President, Colorado Space Business Roundtable.34
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