1. Short title; table of contents This Act may be cited as the American Space Commerce Free Enterprise Act of 2017 . Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Findings; policy; purposes. Sec. 3. Certificates to operate space objects. Sec. 4. Permitting of space-based remote sensing systems. Sec. 5. Administrative provisions related to certification and permitting. Sec. 6. Technical and conforming amendments. Sec. 7. Office of Space Commerce. Sec. 8. Restriction on preventing launches and reentries of certified space objects. Sec. 9. Report on registration of space objects. 2. Findings; policy; purposes (a) Findings Congress finds the following: (1) The United States, through existing authorization and supervision mechanisms, satisfies and is in conformity with its obligation under the Outer Space Treaty to authorize and supervise nongovernmental space activities to assure such activities are carried out in conformity with the international obligations of the United States under the Outer Space Treaty. (2) The United States has a robust and innovative private sector that is investing in, developing, and placing into outer space, spacecraft and payloads. (3) Authorization and supervision mechanisms as of the date of enactment of this Act could be improved to relieve administrative burdens on new and innovative nongovernmental space actors. (4) It serves the national interest to address misperceptions of legal uncertainty through the establishment of a general authorization and supervision certification authority for nongovernmental outer space activities. (5) The private exploration and use of outer space by nongovernmental entities will further the national security, foreign policy, and economic interests of the United States. (b) Policy It is the policy of the United States that— (1) United States citizens and entities are free to explore and use space, including the utilization of outer space and resources contained therein, without conditions or limitations