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Creates a dedicated Commercial Space Transportation Administration inside the Department of Transportation, gives it responsibility for commercial launch and reentry licensing, and directs the FAA to modernize and speed up licensing and permitting. Requires a new digital licensing system, use of direct-hire authority to staff licensing roles, annual briefings to Congress, expanded interagency cooperation on flight-safety analysis, streamlined rules for private remote sensing, and a GAO review of Commerce Department remote sensing practices.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Introduced June 5, 2025 by John Cornyn · Last progress June 5, 2025
LAUNCH Act
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Introduced in Senate