1. Short title This Act may be cited as the American Leadership in Space Technology and Advanced Rocketry Act or the ALSTAR Act . 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) Rocket propulsion is an enabling technology for our Nation’s future prosperous way of life. (2) Rocket propulsion technologies are critical to national security, intelligence gathering, communications, weather forecasting, navigation, communications, entertainment, land use, Earth observation, and scientific exploration. (3) The rocket propulsion industry is a source of high-quality jobs. (4) Multiple Federal agencies and companies are involved in rocket propulsion research, development, and manufacturing. (5) Integration, coordination, and cooperation would strengthen the United States rocket propulsion industrial base. (6) Erosion of the rocket propulsion industrial base would seriously impact national security, space exploration potential, and economic growth. (7) The Marshall Space Flight Center has decades of experience working with other Government agencies and industry partners to study and coordinate these capabilities. (8) The Marshall Space Flight Center has made historic and unique contributions— (A) by bringing stakeholders together to work on rocket propulsion industrial base sustainment; (B) of technical expertise to key studies and review boards