Mr. Schmidt (for himself), and Mr. Allum and Mr. Carpenter introduced the following bill, which was referred to the Committee on International Relations.

Be it enacted by the House of Representatives and Senate of the United States of America in Congress assembled;

A BILL declaring Luna to be a territory possession of the United States of America, organizing a territorial government to administer the same, and for other purposes.

SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE
(1) This bill may be referenced as the �Moon Acquisition Act of 2004.�

SEC. 2. FINDINGS
(1) The United States, as the first nation to land humans upon the surface of the Moon, has a right to claim the Moon as its own.
(2) While the present value of control of the Moon is low, the potential future value of this territory is exponential and the costs of its acquisition are low.
(3) It is desirable that the United States should assert possession of the Moon and make preparations for such a day as the actual physical possession of said territory is both desirable and necessary.
(4) The potential mineral wealth of the Moon is beyond calculation.

SEC. 3. DECLARATION
(1) The Congress declares the celestial body known as �Luna�, also known as the Moon of the planet Earth, to be the sovereign territory of the United States of America.

SEC. 4. TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENT
(1) The Congress authorizes the President to appoint an official as the Governor of Luna, subject to the advice and consent of the Senate.
(2) The Governor of Luna shall be charged with the following responsibilities:
(a) Promoting the development of technology and science which will allow the advancement of space travel.
( Supervising the preparation of plans for the settlement of Luna.
(3) The Governor of Luna shall be paid a salary of $100,000 per year, plus expenses.
(4) The Congress hereby appropriates $5,000,000.00 for FY 2005 for the organization and expenses of the Lunar territorial government.

SEC. 5. FUNDING
(1) All funds for this act shall be acquired through the imposition of an excise tax upon pornographic items, to be applied as follows:
(a) $.25 on every pornographic magazine sold within the borders of the United States.
( $1.50 on every pornographic film sold within the borders of the United States.
(2) No money shall be appropriated in excess of the revenues of this tax.

SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE
(1) All operative sections of this act, except for Section Five, shall take effect upon the final withdrawal of the United States from the Outer Space Treaty of 1967.
(2) Section Five of this act shall take effect immediately.