[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 138 (Monday, August 20, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S5727]
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  SA 3769. Mr. HEINRICH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill H.R. 6157, making appropriations for the Department 
of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in title VIII of division A, 
     insert the following:
       Sec. ___. (a) Using amounts appropriated under title IV, 
     the Secretary of Defense shall use commercial space launch 
     providers and spaceports licensed by the Federal Aviation 
     Administration, when appropriate, for launches into mid-to-
     low inclination orbits in support of national security space 
     priorities.
       (b) It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) there are a number of spaceports that, as of the date 
     of the enactment of this Act, are already developed or under 
     development, including in New Mexico, Alaska, Oklahoma, 
     Virginia, Texas, Georgia, and Arizona; and
       (2) the Secretary should use those spaceports to the extent 
     practicable.
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