S.Amdt. 3439
What it does: Adds SEC. 1632. ALLOCATION OF FUNDING FOR CERTAIN COMMERCIALLY LICENSED SPACEPORTS AND RANGE COMPLEXES at the end of subtitle C of title XVI
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)What it changes
1 change to S. 2410 · shown in the bill's text
Adds SEC. 1632. ALLOCATION OF FUNDING FOR CERTAIN COMMERCIALLY LICENSED SPACEPORTS AND RANGE COMPLEXES at the end of subtitle C of title XVI
Adds a sectionIn S. 2410 · Placed on Calendar Senate
(2) the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy should provide a recommendation to Congress by April 1, 2015, on the design and development of a flexible and dynamic capability to control the collection and sale of commercial space imagery to protect national security.
Inserted: SEC. 1632. ALLOCATION OF FUNDING FOR CERTAIN COMMERCIALLY LICENSED SPACEPORTS AND RANGE COMPLEXES.
Inserted: (a) Sense of Congress.--Congress finds that it is critical to continue to support the national security priorities of the United States by preserving launch range capabilities that support access to space.
Inserted: (b) Allocation of Funding for Space Launch Capability.--Of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act for fiscal year 2015 for infrastructure and overhead for space launch capabilities, $10,000,000 shall be available for spaceports and launch and range complexes that--
Inserted: (1) are commercially licensed by the Federal Aviation Administration;
Inserted: (2) receive funding from the government of the State or locality in which the spaceport or complex is located;
Inserted: (3) have launched national security payloads; and
Inserted: (4) have the capacity to provide mid-to-low inclination orbits or polar-to-high inclination orbits in support of the national security space program.
Original wording
At the end of subtitle C of title XVI, add the following:
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As printed
SA 3439. Ms. MURKOWSKI submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 2410, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2015 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle C of title XVI, add the following:
SEC. 1632. ALLOCATION OF FUNDING FOR CERTAIN COMMERCIALLY LICENSED SPACEPORTS AND RANGE COMPLEXES.
(a) Sense of Congress.--Congress finds that it is critical to continue to support the national security priorities of the United States by preserving launch range capabilities that support access to space.
(b) Allocation of Funding for Space Launch Capability.--Of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act for fiscal year 2015 for infrastructure and overhead for space launch capabilities, $10,000,000 shall be available for spaceports and launch and range complexes that--
(1) are commercially licensed by the Federal Aviation Administration;
(2) receive funding from the government of the State or locality in which the spaceport or complex is located;
(3) have launched national security payloads; and
(4) have the capacity to provide mid-to-low inclination orbits or polar-to-high inclination orbits in support of the national security space program.
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Senate amendment submitted
June 26, 2014