S.Amdt. 3769

SA 3769. Mr. HEINRICH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by him to the bill H.R. 6157, making appropriations for the Department
of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place in title VIII of division A,
insert the following:
Sec. ___. (a) Using amounts appropriated under title IV,
the Secretary of Defense shall use commercial space launch
providers and spaceports licensed by the Federal Aviation
Administration, when appropriate, for launches into mid-to-
low inclination orbits in support of national security space
priorities.
(b) It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) there are a number of spaceports that, as of the date
of the enactment of this Act, are already developed or under
development, including in New Mexico, Alaska, Oklahoma,
Virginia, Texas, Georgia, and Arizona; and
(2) the Secretary should use those spaceports to the extent
practicable.
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