[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 592 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 592

 To improve the transition between experimental permits and commercial 
           licenses for commercial reusable launch vehicles.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 26, 2015

  Mr. Rubio (for himself, Mr. Heinrich, and Mr. Udall) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                 Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
 To improve the transition between experimental permits and commercial 
           licenses for commercial reusable launch vehicles.

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

SECTION 1. COMMERCIAL SPACE LAUNCH LICENSING.

    Section 50906 of title 51, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (d), by striking ``launched or 
        reentered'' and inserting ``launched or reentered under that 
        permit'';
            (2) by amending subsection (d)(1) to read as follows:
            ``(1) research and development to test design concepts, 
        equipment, or operating techniques;'';
            (3) in subsection (d)(3), by striking ``prior to obtaining 
        a license'';
            (4) in subsection (e)(1), by striking ``suborbital rocket 
        design'' and inserting ``suborbital rocket or rocket design''; 
        and
            (5) by amending subsection (g) to read as follows:
    ``(g) The Secretary may issue a permit under this section 
notwithstanding any license issued under this chapter. The issuance of 
a license under this chapter may not invalidate a permit under this 
section.''.
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