Colorado 2023 Regular Session

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1	1		First Regular Session
2	2		Seventy-fourth General Assembly
3	3		STATE OF COLORADO
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7	7		LLS NO. R23-0895.01 Faith Marcovecchio x4331
8	8		SJR23-007
9	9		Senate Committees House Committees
10	10		SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 23-007
11	11		C
12	12		ONCERNING THE DESIGNATION OF MARCH 13, 2023, 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 advancements 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 14, 2023
27	24		SENATE
28	25		Final Reading
29	26		March 13, 2023
30	27		SENATE SPONSORSHIP
31	28		Bridges and Gardner, Baisley, Buckner, Coleman, Cutter, Danielson, Exum, Fenberg,
32	29		Fields, Ginal, Gonzales, Hansen, Hinrichsen, Jaquez Lewis, Kirkmeyer, Kolker, Liston,
33	30		Lundeen, Marchman, Moreno, Mullica, Pelton B., Pelton R., Priola, Rich, Roberts,
34	31		Rodriguez, Simpson, Smallwood, Sullivan, Van Winkle, Will, Winter F., Zenzinger
35	32		HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
36		-	DeGraaf and Marshall, Armagost, Bacon, Bird, Bockenfeld, Boesenecker, Bottoms,
37		-	Bradfield, Brown, Catlin, Daugherty, deGruy Kennedy, Dickson, Duran, English, Evans,
38		-	Frizell, Froelich, Hamrick, Hartsook, Jodeh, Joseph, Lieder, Lindsay, Lindstedt, Lukens,
39		-	Lynch, Martinez, McCluskie, McCormick, McLachlan, Michaelson Jenet, Ortiz, Pugliese,
40		-	Ricks, Sharbini, Snyder, Soper, Story, Taggart, Titone, Valdez, Vigil, Weinberg, Weissman,
41		-	Wilson, Winter T., Young
	33	+	DeGraaf and Marshall,
42	34		Shading denotes HOUSE amendment. Double underlining denotes SENATE amendment.
43	35		Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing law.
44	36		Dashes through the words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law. companies, including Ball Aerospace, Boeing, L3Harris, Lockheed1
45	37		Martin Space, Maxar Technologies, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon,2
46	38		Sierra Space, and United Launch Alliance, and close to 500 additional3
47	39		companies that support the aerospace sector by providing services and4
48	40		developing products, including spacecraft, launch vehicles, satellites,5
49	41		command and control software, sensors, and navigation operations; and6
50	42		WHEREAS, Colorado is a strategic location for national space and7
51	43		cyber activity, with five key military commands: North American8
52	44		Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), the United States Northern9
53	45		Command, the United States Strategic Command's Joint Functional10
54	46		Component Command for Space Missile Warning Center, the United11
55	47		States Space Command, and the United States Army Space and Missile12
56	48		Defense Command/ Army Forces Strategic Command, as well as three13
57	49		space-related United States Space Force bases: Buckley, Peterson, and14
58	50		Schriever; and15
59	51		WHEREAS, The United States Air Force Academy, along with16
60	52		Colorado's colleges and universities, including the University of Colorado17
61	53		Boulder, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, Colorado School of18
62	54		Mines, Colorado State University, Metropolitan State University of19
63	55		Denver, University of Denver, Colorado Mesa University, and Fort Lewis20
64	56		College, provides access to world-class aerospace-related degrees and21
65	57		offers aerospace companies one of the country's most educated22
66	58		workforces; and23
67	59		WHEREAS, Various organizations are key to Colorado's24
68	60		prominence in aerospace, such as the American Institute of Aeronautics25
69	61		and Astronautics, the world's largest aerospace technical society; the26
70	62		Colorado Space Coalition, a group of industry stakeholders working to27
71	63		grow and promote Colorado as a center of excellence for aerospace; the28
72	64		Colorado chapter of Citizens for Space Exploration, housed within the29
73	65		Colorado Business Roundtable, whose mission is to promote better30
74	66		understanding of aerospace and its importance in our economy and daily31
75	67		lives, as well as promoting the importance of human space exploration;32
76	68		and the Colorado Space Business Roundtable, an organization that works33
77	69		to convene stakeholders from industry, government, and academia to34
78	70		advance aerospace business and workforce opportunities throughout the35
79	71		state. Together these organizations form the Colorado chapter of the36
80	72		Aerospace States Association, a nonpartisan organization of lieutenant37
81	73		governors and associate members from aerospace organizations and38
82	74		academia who represent states' interests in federal aerospace and aviation39
83	75		007
84	76		-2- policy development led by Colorado Lieutenant Governor Dianne1
85	77		Primavera; and2
86	78		WHEREAS, In addition, the Colorado Air and Space Port, located3
87	79		east of the Denver International Airport, seeks to serve as America's hub4
88	80		for commercial space transportation, research, and development; this5
89	81		horizontal launch facility will have the potential to become the foundation6
90	82		for a global suborbital transportation network connecting Colorado7
91	83		globally; now, therefore,8
92	84		Be It Resolved by the Senate of the Seventy-fourth General9
93	85		Assembly of the State of Colorado, the House of Representatives10
94	86		concurring herein:11
95	87		12
96	88		That we, the members of the Colorado General Assembly:13
97	89		(1) Strongly urge and request the government of the United States14
98	90		of America to take action to preserve and enhance American leadership15
99	91		in space, spur innovation, and ensure our continued national and16
100	92		economic security by supporting space exploration and activities,17
101	93		including sending United States astronauts (including the first female and18
102	94		first person of color who will walk on the Moon) under NASA's Artemis19
103	95		program, which launched its successful uncrewed test flight on November20
104	96		16, 2022. Hundreds of Colorado companies worked to make Artemis I a21
105	97		success, including Boeing, which built the Space Launch System rocket;22
106	98		United Launch Alliance, which built the Interim Cryogenic Propulsion23
107	99		system, the second stage that propelled Orion into orbit around the Moon;24
108	100		and Lockheed Martin Space, which designed and built the Orion25
109	101		spacecraft for NASA in Colorado, which traveled 1.4 million miles26
110	102		beyond the Moon and back;27
111	103		(2) Recognize and appreciate Colorado's space and aerospace28
112	104		companies and organizations, especially the growing membership and29
113	105		activities of the Colorado chapter of Citizens for Space Exploration, in30
114	106		partnership with the Colorado Business Roundtable, whose activities to31
115	107		promote space exploration are helping to increase public understanding32
116	108		and enthusiasm for exploration funding;33
117	109		(3) Recognize and appreciate the exciting new innovations34
118	110		coming this year with the inaugural flight of the United Launch Alliance35
119	111		Vulcan Centaur rocket; Boeing's CST-100 Starliner crew test flight to the36
120	112		International Space Station; and the Sierra Space Dream Chaser, the37
121	113		007
122	114		-3- world's only winged commercial spaceplane, which will also travel to the1
123	115		International Space Station. Both the Starliner and Dream Chaser will2
124	116		launch atop a United Launch Alliance rocket;3
125	117		(4) Express our most sincere and deepest appreciation to the men4
126	118		and women working in our military installations in Colorado; and5
127	119		(5) Hereby declare March 13, 2023, to be "Colorado Aerospace6
128	120		Day".7
129	121		Be It Further Resolved, That copies of this Joint Resolution be sent8
130	122		to President Joseph Biden, Jr.; Vice President Kamala Harris; Speaker of9
131	123		the House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy; House Minority Leader10
132	124		Hakeem Jeffries; Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer; Senate11
133	125		Minority Leader Mitch McConnell; Senator John Hickenlooper; Senator12
134	126		Michael Bennet; Congresswoman Diana DeGette; Congressman Joe13
135	127		Neguse; Congresswoman Lauren Boebert; Congressman Ken Buck;14
136	128		Congressman Doug Lamborn; Congressman Jason Crow;15
137	129		Congresswoman Brittany Pettersen; Congresswoman Yadira Caraveo;16
138	130		Bill Nelson, NASA Administrator; Billy Nolen, Administrator, Federal17
139	131		Aviation Administration; Governor Jared Polis; Lieutenant Governor and18
140	132		Co-chair, Colorado Space Coalition, Dianne Primavera; Brigadier19
141	133		General Laura Clellan, Adjutant General of Colorado; General James20
142	134		Dickinson, Commander, U.S. Space Command; Colonel Marcus Jackson,21
143	135		Buckley Garrison Commander, Buckley Space Force Base; Dr.22
144	136		Christopher Scolese, Director, National Reconnaissance Office; Ross B.23
145	137		Garelick Bell, Executive Director, Aerospace States Association; Thomas24
146	138		E. Zelibor, Chief Executive Officer, Space Foundation; Alexandra Dukes,25
147	139		Section Chair, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Rocky26
148	140		Mountain Section; Dr. Ronald M. Sega, Co-chair, Colorado Space27
149	141		Coalition; Michael Gass, Co-chair, Colorado Space Coalition; Bob Cone,28
150	142		Chair, Colorado Space Business Roundtable; Christie Lee and Stacey29
151	143		DeFore, Co-Chairs, Colorado Citizens for Space Exploration; Jeff30
152	144		Kloska, Director, Colorado Air and Space Port; and Debbie Brown,31
153	145		President, Colorado Space Business Roundtable.32
154	146		007
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