Markups

The Committee will meet to consider the following measures, or for other purposes:

H.R. 2262, the “Spurring Private Aerospace Competitiveness and Entrepreneurship Act of 2015” Approved by a vote of 18 - 13.

Knight 009, offered by Mr. Knight (R-Calif), approved by a vote of 18 – 12.

Edwards 004, offered by Ms. Edwards (D-Md), defeated by voice vote.

Edwards 003, offered by Ms. Edwards (D-Md), defeated by a vote of 12 – 18.

Grayson 002, offered by Mr. Grayson (D-Fla), withdrawn.

Johnson 008, offered by Ms. Johnson (D-Texas), defeated by voice vote.

Beyer 012, offered by Mr. Beyer (D-Va), withdrawn.

Edwards 009, offered by Ms. Edwards (D-MD), defeated by voice vote.

Edwards 006, offered by Ms. Edwards (D-MD), defeated by a vote of 13 – 18.

Tonko 007, offered by Mr. Tonko (D-NY), defeated by a vote of 13 – 18.

Bridenstine 014, offered by Mr. Bridenstine (R-Ok), approved by voice vote.

Posey 025, offered by Mr. Posey (R-Fla), approved by voice vote.

Brooks/Palmer 013, offered by Mr. Brooks (R-Ala) and Mr. Palmer (R-Ala), approved by a vote of 19 – 12 (as amended by Mr. Rohrabacher's (R-Calif) Amendment to the Amendment).

Comstock 000, offered by Ms. Comstock (R-Va) and Mr. Beyer (D-Va), withdrawn.

 

H.R. 1508, the “Space Resource Exploration and Utilization Act of 2015” Approved by a vote of 18 – 15.

Johnson 005, Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute, offered by Ms. Johnson (D-Texas), defeated by a vote of 14 – 18.

Grayson 004 and Grayson 003, offered en bloc by Mr. Grayson (D-Fla), approved by voice vote.

 

H.R. 2261, the “Commercial Remote Sensing Act of 2015” Approved by voice vote.

Grayson 001, offered by Mr. Grayson (D-Fla), approved by voice vote.

 

H.R. 2263, the “Office of Space Commerce Act” Approved by voice vote.

 

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Frequently Asked Questions on the SPACE Act

 

What They're Saying 

Blue Origin 

Virgin Galactic 

Mojave Air & Space Port 

Commercial Spaceflight Federation 

National Space Society

Students for the Exploration and Development of Space

Space Frontier Foundation

Satellite Industry Association

DigitalGlobe

H.R. Perot, Jr. 

Planet Labs

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX)

XCOR Aerospace

Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas)