1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Deterring Errant Behavior Risking International Space Act of 2023 or the DEBRIS Act of 2023 . 2. Definitions In this Act: (1) Admission; admitted; alien The terms admission , admitted , and alien have the meanings given those terms in section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1101 ). (2) Foreign person The term foreign person means a person that is not a United States person. (3) Person The term person means an individual or entity. (4) Space debris The term space debris means any human-made, Earth-orbiting object or fragment of an object that is nonfunctional and for which there is no reasonable expectation of assuming or resuming its intended function. (5) United states person The term United States person means— (A) a United States citizen or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence to the United States; (B) an entity organized under the laws of the United States or of any jurisdiction within the United States, including a foreign branch of such an entity; or (C) any person in the United States. 3. Determination by President (a) In general If persuasive information becomes available to the executive branch indicating the substantial possibility that a foreign person has created space debris without prior notification or warning to the United States Government, the President shall, not later than 30 days after the executive branch receives such information, submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that includes— (1) a determination with respect to whether that foreign person is responsible for creating space debris without prior notification to the United States Government, through— (A) deliberate action, including weapons or technical testing in orbit; or (B) negligence, including through— (i) an unintentional collision of a human-made object that the foreign person failed to track; (ii) a failure to properly dispose of human-made objects, such as through deorbiting; or (iii) other gross negligence