[House Report 117-399]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


117th Congress   }                                      {      Report
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            COMMERCIAL REMOTE SENSING AMENDMENT ACT OF 2022

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  July 1, 2022.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
              State of the Union and ordered to be printed

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    Ms. Johnson of Texas, from the Committee on Science, Space, and 
                  Technology, submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

                        [To accompany H.R. 6845]

      [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

    The Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, to whom 
was referred the bill (H.R. 6845) to provide for transparent 
licensing of commercial remote sensing systems, having 
considered the same, reports favorably thereon with an 
amendment and recommends that the bill as amended do pass.

                                CONTENTS

                                                                   Page
   I. Amendment.......................................................2
  II. Purpose of the Bill.............................................2
 III. Background and Need for the Legislation.........................2
  IV. Committee Hearings..............................................2
   V. Committee Consideration and Votes...............................3
  VI. Summary of Major Provisions of the Bill.........................3
 VII. Section-by-Section Analysis (By Title and Section)..............3
VIII. Committee Views.................................................4
  IX. Cost Estimate...................................................4
   X. Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate.......................4
  XI. Compliance with Public Law 104-4 (Unfunded Mandates)............5
 XII. Committee Oversight Findings and Recommendations................5
XIII. Statement on General Performance Goals and Objectives...........5
 XIV. Federal Advisory Committee Statement............................5
  XV. Duplication of Federal Programs.................................6
 XVI. Earmark Identification..........................................6
XVII. Applicability to the Legislative Branch.........................6
XVIII.Statement on Preemption of State, Local, or Tribal Law..........6

 XIX. Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, As Reported...........6
  XX. Proceedings of Full Committee Markup............................8

                              I. Amendment

    The amendment is as follows:
    Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
following:

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

  This Act may be cited as the ``Commercial Remote Sensing Amendment 
Act of 2022''.

SEC. 2. ANNUAL REPORTS.

  (a) Deadlines.--
          (1) In general.--Section 60121(c) of title 51, United States 
        Code, is amended by striking ``120'' and inserting ``60''.
          (2) Conforming amendment.--Section 60126(a)(1)(E) of title 
        51, United States Code, is amended by striking ``120'' and 
        inserting ``60''.
  (b) Notifications.--Section 60126(a)(2) of title 51, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ``section 60122; and'' and inserting 
``paragraphs (5) and (6) of section 60122(b);''.
  (c) Conditions.--Section 60126(a) of title 51, United States Code, is 
amended--
          (1) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); and
          (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
          ``(3) all terms, conditions, or restrictions placed on 
        licensees pursuant to section 60122; and''.
  (d) Tiers.--Section 60126(a)(1) of title 51, United States Code, is 
amended--
          (1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``and'' at the end;
          (2) in subparagraph (E), by inserting ``and'' at the end; and
          (3) by adding at the end the following:
                  ``(F) a list of all applications submitted and 
                licenses granted in accordance therewith, listed by 
                tier as defined in regulation, as well as the rationale 
                for each tier categorization;''.
  (e) Sunset.--Section 60126 of title 51, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ``September 30, 2020'' and inserting ``September 
30, 2030''.

                        II. Purpose of the Bill

    The purpose of the bill is to provide for transparent 
licensing of private remote sensing systems and to amend 
reporting requirements on the licenses.

              III. Background and Need for the Legislation

    The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration grants 
licenses for private remote sensing systems to operate in 
orbit. Recent updates to regulations reduced the number of days 
allotted for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration to review license applications and issue 
licenses, and these changes need to be reflected in statute. In 
addition, reporting requirements need to be updated to allow 
the Committee's continued oversight of this critical function 
and to enable the continued growth of the commercial remote 
sensing industry.

                         IV. Committee Hearings

    Pursuant to House Rule XIII, clause 3(c)(6), the Committee 
designates the following hearing as having been used to develop 
or consider this legislation:
    May 18, 2021, the Committee held a hearing entitled 
``NASA's Earth Science and Climate Change Activities: Current 
Roles and Future Opportunities.'' The following witnesses 
testified:
           Dr. Karen M. St. Germain, Division Director, 
        Earth Sciences Division, Science Mission Directorate, 
        NASA
           Dr. Gavin Schmidt, Senior Climate Advisor 
        (Acting) and Director of Goddard Institute for Space 
        Studies, NASA
           Mr. Riley Duren, Research Scientist, Office 
        of Research, Innovation, and Impact, University of 
        Arizona; Chief Executive Officer, Carbon Mapper, Inc.
           Mr. Robbie Schingler, Co-Founder and Chief 
        Strategy Officer, Planet

                  V. Committee Consideration and Votes

    On February 24, 2022, Ranking Member Frank Lucas, for 
himself, and Representative Ed Perlmutter introduced H.R. 6845, 
the Commercial Remote Sensing Amendment Act of 2022, to provide 
more transparency in the licensing of commercial remote sensing 
systems.
    The Committee on Science, Space, and Technology met to 
consider H.R. 6845 on Tuesday April 5, 2022. Mr. Beyer offered 
an amendment to require the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration to include in its required annual reports to 
Congress a list of all applications submitted and licenses 
granted, and to maintain and extend a sunset date on the 
department's requirement to provide annual reports on licenses 
until September 30, 2030 so that Congress can review its 
information needs on private remote sensing licensing again as 
it continues to carry out oversight. The amendment was agreed 
to on a voice vote. With a quorum present, Chairwoman Johnson 
moved that the Committee favorable report the bill, H.R. 6845, 
as amended, to the House with the recommendation that the bill 
be approved. The motion was agreed to by a voice vote.

              VI. Summary of Major Provisions of the Bill

    Shortens the deadline for the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration to respond to commercial remote 
sensing applications from 120 to 60 days to align with new 
licensing rules and amends Congressional reporting requirements 
to include a list of how all license applications were 
adjudicated and to amend the contents of an annual report to 
include a list of license applications received and awarded as 
well as the tier assigned to each license, and any restrictions 
on each license, and to maintain and extend the date of the 
sunset on the annual report to September 30, 2030.

        VII. Section-by-Section Analysis (By Title and Section)


Section 1. Short title

    Commercial Remote Sensing Amendment Act of 2022.

Section 2. Annual Reports

    (a) Shortens deadlines for the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration to review commercial remote sensing 
licenses from 120 to 60 days.
    (b) Requires the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration to report to Congress on licensees that 
furnished the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
with complete orbit and data collection characteristics of the 
system and to report on any licensees that enter into any 
significant agreement with a foreign nation, entity, or 
consortium involving foreign nations or entities.
    (c) Requires that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration report to Congress on all terms, conditions, or 
restrictions placed on licensees.
    (d) Requires that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration report to Congress a list of all license 
applications submitted and granted listed by tier as well as 
the rationale for each tier categorization.
    (e) Requires that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration continue reporting to Congress on licensing 
activities until September 30, 2030.

                         VIII. Committee Views

    The Land Remote Sensing Policy Act of 1992, codified in 
Chapter 601 of Title 51 of the U.S. Code, tasked the Secretary 
of Commerce with licensing and regulating private remote 
sensing space systems. Title 2 of the Commercial Space Launch 
Competitiveness Act of 2015 established an annual report and 
sunset the reporting requirement on September 30, 2020. On May 
20, 2020, the Department of Commerce updated the regulations 
for commercial remote sensing activities. Continuation of the 
reporting requirement would keep Congress informed of agency 
actions on licensing, the impact on licensees, and the state of 
the commercial remote sensing industry.

                           IX. Cost Estimate

    Pursuant to clause 3(c)(2) of rule XIII of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives, the Committee adopts as its own the 
estimate of new budget authority, entitlement authority, or tax 
expenditures or revenues contained in the cost estimate 
prepared by the Director of the Congressional Budget Office 
pursuant to section 402 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974.

              X. Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate

                                     U.S. Congress,
                               Congressional Budget Office,
                                      Washington, DC, May 27, 2022.
Hon. Eddie Bernice Johnson,
Chairwoman, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology,
House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
    Dear Madam Chairwoman: The Congressional Budget Office has 
prepared the enclosed cost estimate for H.R. 6845, the 
Commercial Remote Sensing Amendment Act of 2022.
    If you wish further details on this estimate, we will be 
pleased to provide them. The CBO staff contact is Robert Reese.
            Sincerely,
                                         Phillip L. Swagel,
                                                          Director.
    Enclosure.

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    H.R. 6845 would lower from 120 days to 60 days the time 
allowed for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
(NOAA) to review applications for entities seeking licenses to 
operate remote-sensing spacecraft, and thus codify current 
regulations that call for a 60-day review period. (Remote-
sensing spacecraft are satellites that collect unenhanced 
images of the Earth that can be processed into imagery of the 
features of the Earth's surface.) The bill also would amend and 
extend, through 2030, NOAA's annual reporting requirements on 
the number and timeliness of such reviews.
    Because the changes to NOAA's reporting requirements would 
be minimal, CBO estimates that implementing H.R. 6845 would 
have no significant cost over the 2022-2027 period. Any 
spending would be subject to the availability of appropriated 
funds.
    The CBO staff contact for this estimate is Robert Reese. 
The estimate was reviewed by H. Samuel Papenfuss, Deputy 
Director of Budget Analysis.

                     XI. Federal Mandates Statement

    H.R. 6845 contains no unfunded mandates.

         XII. Committee Oversight Findings and Recommendations

    The Committee's oversight findings and recommendations are 
reflected in the body of this report.

      XIII. Statement on General Performance Goals and Objectives

    The goal of this legislation is to align statute with 
revised licensing rules that decrease the length of time 
required for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to 
review commercial remote sensing applications and to extend and 
clarify Congressional reporting requirements for this 
licensing.

               XIV. Federal Advisory Committee Statement

    H.R. 6845 does not create any advisory committees.

                  XV. Duplication of Federal Programs

    Pursuant to clause 3(c)(5) of rule XIII of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives, the Committee finds that no provision 
of H.R. 6845 establishes or reauthorizes a program of the 
federal government known to be duplicative of another federal 
program, including any program that was included in a report to 
Congress pursuant to section 21 of Public Law 111-139 or the 
most recent Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance.

                      XVI. Earmark Identification

    Pursuant to clause 9(e), 9(f), and 9(g) of rule XXI, the 
Committee finds that H.R. 6845 contains no earmarks, limited 
tax benefits, or limited tariff benefits.

             XVII. Applicability to the Legislative Branch

    The Committee finds that H.R. 6845 does not relate to the 
terms and conditions of employment or access to public services 
or accommodations within the meaning of section 102(b)(3) of 
the Congressional Accountability Act (Public Law 104-1).

     XVIII. Statement on Preemption of State, Local, or Tribal Law

    This bill is not intended to preempt any state, local, or 
tribal law.

       XIX. Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported

  In compliance with clause 3(e) of rule XIII of the Rules of 
the House of Representatives, changes in existing law made by 
the bill, as reported, are shown as follows (existing law 
proposed to be omitted is enclosed in black brackets, new 
matter is printed in italics, and existing law in which no 
change is proposed is shown in roman):

                      TITLE 51, UNITED STATES CODE




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SUBTITLE VI--EARTH OBSERVATIONS

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CHAPTER 601--LAND REMOTE SENSING POLICY

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   SUBCHAPTER III--LICENSING OF PRIVATE REMOTE SENSING SPACE SYSTEMS


Sec. 60121. General licensing authority

  (a) Licensing Authority of Secretary.--
          (1) In general.--In consultation with other 
        appropriate United States Government agencies, the 
        Secretary is authorized to license private sector 
        parties to operate private remote sensing space systems 
        for such period as the Secretary may specify and in 
        accordance with the provisions of this subchapter.
          (2) Limitation with respect to system used for other 
        purposes.--In the case of a private space system that 
        is used for remote sensing and other purposes, the 
        authority of the Secretary under this subchapter shall 
        be limited only to the remote sensing operations of 
        such space system.
  (b) Compliance With Law, Regulations, International 
Obligations, and National Security.--
          (1) In general.--No license shall be granted by the 
        Secretary unless the Secretary determines in writing 
        that the applicant will comply with the requirements of 
        this chapter, any regulations issued pursuant to this 
        chapter, and any applicable international obligations 
        and national security concerns of the United States.
          (2) List of requirements for complete application.--
        The Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register a 
        complete and specific list of all information required 
        to comprise a complete application for a license under 
        this subchapter. An application shall be considered 
        complete when the applicant has provided all 
        information required by the list most recently 
        published in the Federal Register before the date the 
        application was first submitted. Unless the Secretary 
        has, within 30 days after receipt of an application, 
        notified the applicant of information necessary to 
        complete an application, the Secretary may not deny the 
        application on the basis of the absence of any such 
        information.
  (c) Deadline for Action on Application.--The Secretary shall 
review any application and make a determination thereon within 
[120] 60 days of the receipt of such application. If final 
action has not occurred within such time, the Secretary shall 
inform the applicant of any pending issues and of actions 
required to resolve them.
  (d) Improper Basis for Denial.--The Secretary shall not deny 
such license in order to protect any existing licensee from 
competition.
  (e) Requirement To Provide Unenhanced Data.--
          (1) Designation of data.--The Secretary, in 
        consultation with other appropriate United States 
        Government agencies and pursuant to paragraph (2), 
        shall designate in a license issued pursuant to this 
        subchapter any unenhanced data required to be provided 
        by the licensee under section 60122(b)(3) of this 
        title.
          (2) Preliminary determination.--The Secretary shall 
        make a designation under paragraph (1) after 
        determining that--
                  (A) such data are generated by a system for 
                which all or a substantial part of the 
                development, fabrication, launch, or operations 
                costs have been or will be directly funded by 
                the United States Government; or
                  (B) it is in the interest of the United 
                States to require such data to be provided by 
                the licensee consistent with section 
                60122(b)(3) of this title, after considering 
                the impact on the licensee and the importance 
                of promoting widespread access to remote 
                sensing data from United States and foreign 
                systems.
          (3) Consistency with contract or other arrangement.--
        A designation made by the Secretary under paragraph (1) 
        shall not be inconsistent with any contract or other 
        arrangement entered into between a United States 
        Government agency and the licensee.

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Sec. 60126. Annual reports

  (a) In General.--The Secretary shall submit a report to the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 
Senate and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of 
the House of Representatives not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of the U.S. Commercial Space Launch 
Competitiveness Act, and annually thereafter, on--
          (1) the Secretary's implementation of section 60121, 
        including--
                  (A) a list of all applications received in 
                the previous calendar year;
                  (B) a list of all applications that resulted 
                in a license under section 60121;
                  (C) a list of all applications denied and an 
                explanation of why each application was denied, 
                including any information relevant to the 
                interagency adjudication process of a licensing 
                request;
                  (D) a list of all applications that required 
                additional information; [and]
                  (E) a list of all applications whose 
                disposition exceeded the [120] 60 day deadline 
                established in section 60121(c), the total days 
                overdue for each application that exceeded such 
                deadline, and an explanation for the delay; and
                  (F) a list of all applications submitted and 
                licenses granted in accordance therewith, 
                listed by tier as defined in regulation, as 
                well as the rationale for each tier 
                categorization;
          (2) all notifications and information provided to the 
        Secretary under [section 60122; and] paragraphs (5) (6) 
        of section 60122(b);
          (3) all terms, conditions, or restrictions placed on 
        licensees pursuant to section 60122; and
          [(3)] (4) a description of all actions taken by the 
        Secretary under the administrative authority granted by 
        paragraphs (4), (5), and (6) of section 60123(a).
  (b) Classified Annexes.--Each report under subsection (a) may 
include classified annexes as necessary to protect the 
disclosure of sensitive or classified information.
  (c) Sunset.--The reporting requirement under this section 
terminates effective [September 30, 2020] September 30, 2030.

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              XX. Proceedings of the Full Committee Markup

    Ms. (Johnson.) Welcome to today's markup of five bipartisan 
bills. The first bill we consider is the H.R. 6845, the 
Commercial Remote Sensing Amendment Act of 2022, which was 
introduced by Ranking Member Lucas and Mr. Perlmutter. This 
bill would amend current statute to provide for more 
transparency in the U.S. commercial space remote sensing 
licensing process. H.R. 6845 helps provide this Committee and 
the Congress with the necessary information to carry out its 
oversight function and to monitor the implementation of 
regulations of the U.S. commercial remote sensing industry, 
including any impacts on the industry's competitiveness. H.R. 
6845 is a good government bill and helps ensure transparency in 
the licensing of commercial remote sensing systems.
    Mr. (Lucas.) Thank you, Madam Chair. H.R. 6845, the 
Commercial Remote Sensing Amendment Act of 2022, is the product 
of positive bipartisan cooperation with my friend Mr. 
Perlmutter from Colorado. I would--it would update reporting 
requirements for NOAA's Office of Commercial Remote Sensing 
Regulatory Affairs to align with the new regulatory process 
adopted in 2020. The commercial remote sensing industry is 
getting a lot of attention these days. The world can watch 
Russia's invasion of Ukraine from a vantage point once reserved 
for intelligence agencies. Commercial satellites allowed the 
world and Ukraine to view Russia's buildup on the border with 
Ukraine and refute Russia's claims of redeployment ahead of its 
invasion. And they continue to provide transparency in a 
conflict that is fraught with propaganda. But commercial remote 
sensing is much more than this. It also provides critical 
information to many other fields like agriculture, finance, 
trade, energy. This in turn helps us be better stewards of our 
resources. Imagery and data from commercial remote sensing 
increases crop yields by helping farmers efficiently apply 
water and fertilizer. It informs the future commodity prices by 
accurately monitoring growth, weather, and health. It also 
helps track commercial and assess the impacts of land use. 
Commercial remote sensing aids in disaster preparation and 
response by informing floodplain mapping, tornado tracking, 
drought monitoring, topics that are very important to the 
people of Oklahoma. It is also useful for humanitarian aid 
efforts, relief efforts, and monitoring treaty compliance and 
many, many other important applications. The bill before us 
today ensures that Congress continues to receive updates on how 
the industry is regulated so we can ensure that the United 
States remains the global leader in this important field. In 
today's world, innovation companies have options for where they 
decide to locate. Maintaining a competitive regulatory 
environment will keep companies in the United States rather 
than going overseas. I'd like to thank my good friend Mr. 
Perlmutter for cosponsoring this bill, as well as Chairwoman 
Johnson and Chairman Baird for considering it today. I hope my 
colleagues will support the important bill, and I reserve the 
balance of my time or yield back.
    Mr. (Perlmutter.) Thank you, Madam Chair. I move to strike 
the last word. I want to thank my friend from Oklahoma, and I 
echo his remarks. This is about making available to the 
commercial world a number of images that really had been 
classified and kept from the public for a long time, and so 
there is a balance between the need for the national security 
and classified nature of much of this work, as well as then 
opening it up to fields like transportation, agriculture, 
humanitarian needs. And some may remember I was the lead 
Democrat in cosponsoring the original Remote Sensing Act of 
2015 with then Representative Jim Bridenstine to create these 
reporting requirements we are reauthorizing and expanding 
today. The United States remote sensing industry is the world 
leader in providing timely, quality, and actionable imagery of 
the Earth. The goal through our legislation in 2015, which we 
continue here today, is to ensure that the Department of 
Commerce is properly adjudicating remote sensing applications 
and supporting the industry broadly as they work through 
complex interagency process with the Department of Defense and 
the intelligence community. This bill makes commonsense updates 
to the reporting requirements based on the updated regulations 
issued in 2020. I was glad to see the regulatory updates in 
2020, but it's the implementation of those regulations which 
will determine how successful these new rules will be and how 
well the Department of Commerce is carrying out its role to 
support the leadership of the U.S. remote sensing industry. And 
I'm pleased to have been working with the Department of 
Commerce, which really is focused on this particular subject. 
So I thank my friend Ranking Member Lucas, again, for working 
with me on this legislation and allowing me to be his 
cosponsor, and I urge all my colleagues to support this bill 
and I yield back.
    Mr. (Foster.) Thank you, ma'am--Madam Chair. I'm excited to 
see a wide array of bipartisan legislation in today's markup, 
including the Commercial Remote Sensing Amendment Act by 
Representatives Lucas and Perlmutter, which I support for the 
reasons that they cited and would urge my colleagues to support 
as well. I'd also like to note that the existence of commercial 
remote satellite imagery has proven very useful to the free 
world in trying to deal with the conflict in the Ukraine.
    Ms. (Lofgren.) The gentleman yields back. Do other members 
seek recognition on the underlying bill? Seeing none, we'll 
proceed with the amendments in the order of the roster. The 
first amendment on the roster is an amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Virginia, Mr. Beyer, who is now recognized to 
offer his amendment.
    Mr. (Beyer.) Thank you, Madam Chair. I have an amendment 
with the clerk.
    Ms. (Lofgren.) The clerk will report the amendment.
    The (Clerk.) Amendment to H.R. 6845--
    Ms. (Lofgren.) I unanimous consent to dispense with the 
reading, and without objection, that is so ordered. And the 
gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes to explain the amendment.
    Mr. (Beyer.) Thank you, Madam Chair, very much. I'd like to 
thank Ranking Member Lucas and my friend Congressman Perlmutter 
for allowing me to offer this poison pill amendment. Yes, the 
space-based commercial remote sensing is an innovative, growing 
industry, and according to a report released last year by the 
Satellite Industry Association, global commercial remote 
sensing services revenues grew every year from 2016 to 2020, 
and by 12 percent in 2019 to '20 alone to $2.6 billion. 
Commercial remote sensing is also a highly competitive global 
industry. It's important that our regulations and laws 
governing the U.S. commercial remote sensing sector are 
responsive to the rapid paces of changes in technology and 
ensure that the United States remains at the forefront of this 
industry while also ensuring the protection of our national 
security and the meeting of international obligations. So thank 
you, Mr. Lucas, Mr. Perlmutter, for introducing this Commercial 
Remote Sensing Act of 2022, which increases transparency in the 
Department of Commerce's commercial remote sensing licensing 
process. This act will ensure that this Committee gets the 
information we need to understand and conduct oversight over 
that process. So my amendment offers two minor changes to H.R. 
6845, to further that the legislation can achieve its worthy 
goals. First change is really a technical one but serves to 
further improve the reporting requirement of the underlying 
bill by ensuring that Congress sees the tier designation as 
defined in recently updated regulations, a sign not only that 
each submitted application but also that each license 
ultimately granted by the Secretary of Commerce. The second 
change included in my amendment would sustain the sunset of the 
Congressional reporting requirement and change its current date 
from September 30th, 2020, a year and a half ago, to September 
30th, 2030. This sunset is important to ensure that we go back 
and update the law so that the required report provides the 
Committee with the necessary data and information on any future 
changes to the licensing process or regulations as this 
industry rapidly grows and evolves. Just as the previous sunset 
helped provide Congress an opportunity to act through this very 
piece of legislation, I believe that continuing to maintain a 
sunset clause will provide a future trigger for Congress to 
review the commercial remote sensing licensing statute and 
reporting requirements again. Again, I thank Mr. Lucas and Mr. 
Perlmutter for introducing this. My amendment will strengthen 
the underlying text to provide more transparency and continued 
oversight of the U.S. commercial remote sensing licensing 
process. Thank you, and I yield back the balance of my time.
    Ms. (Lofgren.) The gentleman yields back. Do other members 
wish to be heard on the amendment? Hearing none, is there--
there's no further discussion, the vote occurs on the 
amendment. All in favor will say aye. All opposed will say no. 
The ayes have it, and the amendment is agreed to. Are there 
additional amendments being offered? If not, a reporting quorum 
being present, I move the Committee on Science, Space, and 
Technology report H.R. 6845, as amended, to the House with the 
recommendation that the bill be approved. Those in favor of the 
motion will signify by saying aye. Opposed will say no. The 
ayes have it. The bill is favorably reported. Members will have 
2 subsequent calendar days in which to submit supplemental 
minority or additional views on the measure.



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