[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 104 (Wednesday, May 30, 2018)]
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[FR Doc No: 2018-11769]
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Vol. 83
Wednesday,
No. 104
May 30, 2018
Part IV
The President
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Space Policy Directive-2 of May 24, 2018--Streamlining Regulations on
Commercial Use of Space
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Title 3--
The President
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Space Policy Directive-2 of May 24, 2018
Streamlining Regulations on Commercial Use of
Space
Memorandum for the Vice President[,] the Secretary of
State[,] the Secretary of Defense[,] the Secretary of
Commerce[,] the Secretary of Transportation[,] the
Secretary of Homeland Security[,] the Secretary of
Labor[,] the Director of National Intelligence[,] the
Director of the Office of Management and Budget[,] the
Assistant to the President for National Security
Affairs[,] the Administrator of the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration[,] the Director of
the Office of Science and Technology Policy[,] the
Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and
Counterterrorism[, and] the Chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff
Section 1. Policy. It is the policy of the executive
branch to be prudent and responsible when spending
taxpayer funds, and to recognize how government
actions, including Federal regulations, affect private
resources. It is therefore important that regulations
adopted and enforced by the executive branch promote
economic growth; minimize uncertainty for taxpayers,
investors, and private industry; protect national
security, public-safety, and foreign policy interests;
and encourage American leadership in space commerce.
Sec. 2. Launch and Re-entry Licensing. (a) No later
than February 1, 2019, the Secretary of Transportation
shall review regulations adopted by the Department of
Transportation that provide for and govern licensing of
commercial space flight launch and re-entry for
consistency with the policy set forth in section 1 of
this memorandum and shall rescind or revise those
regulations, or publish for notice and comment proposed
rules rescinding or revising those regulations, as
appropriate and consistent with applicable law.
(b) Consistent with the policy set forth in section
1 of this memorandum, the Secretary of Transportation
shall consider the following:
(i) requiring a single license for all types of commercial space flight
launch and re-entry operations; and
(ii) replacing prescriptive requirements in the commercial space flight
launch and re-entry licensing process with performance-based criteria.
(c) In carrying out the review required by
subsection (a) of this section, the Secretary of
Transportation shall coordinate with the members of the
National Space Council.
(d) The Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of
Transportation, and the Administrator of the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration shall coordinate
to examine all existing U.S. Government requirements,
standards, and policies associated with commercial
space flight launch and re-entry operations from
Federal launch ranges and, as appropriate and
consistent with applicable law, to minimize those
requirements, except those necessary to protect public
safety and national security, that would conflict with
the efforts of the Secretary of Transportation in
implementing the Secretary's responsibilities under
this section.
Sec. 3. Commercial Remote Sensing. (a) Within 90 days
of the date of this memorandum, the Secretary of
Commerce shall review the regulations adopted by the
Department of Commerce under Title II of the Land
Remote Sensing Policy Act of 1992 (51 U.S.C. 60101 et
seq.) for consistency with the policy set forth in
section 1 of this memorandum and shall rescind or
revise those regulations, or publish for notice and
comment proposed
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rules rescinding or revising those regulations, as
appropriate and consistent with applicable law.
(b) In carrying out the review required by
subsection (a) of this section, the Secretary of
Commerce shall coordinate with the Secretary of State,
the Secretary of Defense, the Administrator of the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and, as
appropriate, the Chairman of the Federal Communications
Commission.
(c) Within 120 days of the date of the completion
of the review required by subsection (a) of this
section, the Secretary of Commerce, in coordination
with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of
Defense, shall transmit to the Director of the Office
of Management and Budget a legislative proposal to
encourage expansion of the licensing of commercial
remote sensing activities. That proposal shall be
consistent with the policy set forth in section 1 of
this memorandum.
Sec. 4. Reorganization of the Department of Commerce.
(a) To the extent permitted by law, the Secretary of
Commerce shall consolidate in the Office of the
Secretary of Commerce the responsibilities of the
Department of Commerce with respect to the Department's
regulation of commercial space flight activities.
(b) Within 30 days of the date of this memorandum,
the Secretary of Commerce shall transmit to the
Director of the Office of Management and Budget a
legislative proposal to create within the Department of
Commerce an entity with primary responsibility for
administering the Department's regulation of commercial
space flight activities.
Sec. 5. Radio Frequency Spectrum. (a) The Secretary of
Commerce, in coordination with the Director of the
Office of Science and Technology Policy, shall work
with the Federal Communications Commission to ensure
that Federal Government activities related to radio
frequency spectrum are, to the extent permitted by law,
consistent with the policy set forth in section 1 of
this memorandum.
(b) Within 120 days of the date of this memorandum,
the Secretary of Commerce and the Director of the
Office of Science and Technology Policy, in
consultation with the Chairman of the Federal
Communications Commission, and in coordination with the
members of the National Space Council, shall provide to
the President, through the Executive Secretary of the
National Space Council, a report on improving the
global competitiveness of the United States space
sector through radio frequency spectrum policies,
regulation, and United States activities at the
International Telecommunication Union and other
multilateral forums.
Sec. 6. Review of Export Licensing Regulations. The
Executive Secretary of the National Space Council, in
coordination with the members of the National Space
Council, shall:
(a) initiate a review of export licensing
regulations affecting commercial space flight activity;
(b) develop recommendations to revise such
regulations consistent with the policy set forth in
section 1 of this memorandum and with applicable law;
and
(c) submit such recommendations to the President,
through the Vice President, no later than 180 days from
the date of this memorandum.
Sec. 7. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this
memorandum shall be construed to impair or otherwise
affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This memorandum shall be implemented consistent
with applicable law and subject to the availability of
appropriations.
(c) This memorandum is not intended to, and does
not, create any right or benefit, substantive or
procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by
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any party against the United States, its departments,
agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or
agents, or any other person.
(d) The Secretary of Transportation is authorized
and directed to publish this memorandum in the Federal
Register.
(Presidential Sig.)
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, May 24, 2018
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