; 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; (2) this freedom is only to be limited when necessary to assure United States national security interests are met and 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; (3) to the maximum extent practicable, the Federal Government shall interpret and fulfill its international obligations to minimize regulations and limitations on the freedom of United States nongovernmental entities to explore and use space