S.592: A bill to improve the transition between experimental permits and commercial licenses for commercial reusable launch vehicles.

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Amends commercial space launch licensing requirements. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to issue an experimental permit for a particular reusable suborbital rocket (as under current law) or rocket design after a license has been issued for the launch or reentry of a rocket of that design. Declares that any permits already issued shall remain valid for research and development and other specified purposes.

(Source: Library of Congress)

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Feb. 26, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Feb. 26, 2015

Introduced in the Senate by Marco Rubio (R-Fla.)

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