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          <title>WashingtonWatch.com - H.R. 4917, The NEO Preparedness Act</title>
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<description>&lt;p&gt;H.R. 4917 would formulate situation and decision analyses, and it would select procedures and systems, for deflecting and mitigating potentially hazardous near-Earth objects.&lt;/p&gt;


&lt;h2 id=&quot;toc0&quot;&gt; Detailed Summary &lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;NEO Preparedness Act - Directs the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to establish an Office of Potentially Hazardous Near-Earth Object Preparedness, to prepare the United States for readiness to avoid and to mitigate collisions with potentially hazardous near-Earth objects in collaboration with other agencies through the identification of situation-and-decision-analysis factors and the selection of procedures and systems.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Requires submission of interim and concluding reports that summarize the results of the activities of the Office carried out under this Act to identify situation- and decision-analysis factors and to select procedures and systems for such purposes.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Requires the Administrator of NASA to convene a NASA Advisory Council to provide the Administrator with advice for the concluding report and for subsequent identification and selection activities.&lt;/p&gt;


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&lt;p&gt;Latest Major Action: 1/28/2008: Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics.&lt;/p&gt;


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<description>&lt;p&gt;H.R. 4917 would formulate situation and decision analyses, and it would select procedures and systems, for deflecting and mitigating potentially hazardous near-Earth objects.&lt;/p&gt;


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&lt;p&gt;Latest Major Action: 1/28/2008: Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics.&lt;/p&gt;


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<title>Status as of January 28, 2008</title>
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<description>1/28/2008: Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics.</description>
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<description>&lt;p&gt;H.R. 4917 would formulate situation and decision analyses, and it would select procedures and systems, for deflecting and mitigating potentially hazardous near-Earth objects.&lt;/p&gt;


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<description>&lt;p&gt;H.R. 4917 would formulate situation and decision analyses, and it would select procedures and systems, for deflecting and mitigating potentially hazardous near-Earth objects.&lt;/p&gt;


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&lt;h2 id=&quot;toc13&quot;&gt; Status of the Legislation &lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Latest Major Action: 12/19/2007: Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Science and Technology.&lt;/p&gt;


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<title>Status as of December 19, 2007</title>
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<description>12/19/2007: Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Science and Technology.</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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