[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6007 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]
H.R.6007
One Hundred Fourteenth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday,
the fourth day of January, two thousand and sixteen
An Act
To amend title 49, United States Code, to include consideration of
certain impacts on commercial space launch and reentry activities in a
navigable airspace analysis, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. NAVIGABLE AIRSPACE ANALYSIS FOR COMMERCIAL SPACE LAUNCH SITE
RUNWAYS.
(a) In General.--Section 44718(b)(1) of title 49, United States
Code, is amended--
(1) by striking ``air navigation facilities and equipment'' and
inserting ``air or space navigation facilities and equipment'';
(2) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``; and'' and inserting a
semicolon;
(3) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period at the end and
inserting ``; and''; and
(4) by adding at the end the following:
``(F) the impact on launch and reentry for launch and reentry
vehicles arriving or departing from a launch site or reentry site
licensed by the Secretary.''.
(b) Rulemaking.--Not later than 18 months after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation
Administration shall initiate a rulemaking to implement the amendments
made by subsection (a).
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.