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S.2140: A bill to improve the transition between experimental permits and commercial licenses for commercial reusable launch vehicles.
About This Bill
- This bill was introduced in the 113th Congress
- This bill is primarily about science, technology, communications
- Introduced March 13, 2014
- Latest Major Action Dec. 12, 2014
- See the one similar bills introduced in other congresses.
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Bill Cosponsors
5 (2 Democrats, 3 Republicans)
Bill Summary
Revises requirements for experimental permits related to commercial space launch activities. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to issue an experimental permit for a particular reusable suborbital vehicle (RSV) for research and development to test design concepts, equipment, or operating techniques, regardless of whether they are new (as under current law) or already existing. Strikes the requirement that crew training for which the...
(Source: Library of Congress)
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Bill Actions
| Date | Description |
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| Dec. 12, 2014 |
By Senator Rockefeller from Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation filed written report. Report No. 113-318.
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| Dec. 4, 2014 |
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 612.
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| Dec. 4, 2014 |
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Rockefeller with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
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| April 9, 2014 |
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
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| March 13, 2014 |
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
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| March 13, 2014 |
Introduced in the Senate by Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) |