Senate 1281 section 101 - the Brown ammendment by another name
8) plan, develop, and implement a near -Earth object survey program to detect, track, catalogue, and characterize the physical characteristics of near -Earth asteroids and comets in order to assess the threat of such near -Earth objects in impacting the Earth ; and...
7 years.
The Senators took off the late Rep. Brown's name, which I'm sure will sadden his colleagues in the House, but they did finally pass his legislation.
Warnings to Yeomans on discussing mitigation are covered by the whistle-blower wording.
Comets were included.