Sec. 301. Office of Commercial Space Transportation
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Congress finds the following: The commercial space industry is rapidly expanding and holds enormous potential for innovation and economic growth for the United States. The Office of Commercial Space Transportation of the Federal Aviation Administration plays a critical role in facilitating commercial space activities, and inadequate funding could hinder the industry. Section 50921 of title 51, United States Code, is amended— by striking paragraphs
(1)through
(5)and inserting the following: $43,200,000 for fiscal year 2017; $55,500,000 for fiscal year 2018; $66,000,000 for fiscal year 2019; $80,500,000 for fiscal year 2020; and $99,000,000 for fiscal year 2021. ; by striking There are and inserting
(a)There are ; and by adding at the end the following: The Assistant Secretary for Commercial Space Transportation shall serve as the Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation. . Section 102(e) of title 49, United States Code, is amended— in paragraph
(1)by striking 6 and inserting 7 ; and in paragraph (1)(A) by inserting an Assistant Secretary for Commercial Space Transportation, after an Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology, . Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary for Commercial Space Transportation shall develop a metric for the workload of the Office. In developing the metric required under paragraph (1), the Assistant Secretary shall take into consideration the conclusions and recommendations contained in the report by the Government Accountability Office entitled Federal Aviation Administration: Commercial Space Launch Industry Developments Present Multiple Challenges published in August 2015. Section 50923 of title 51, United States Code, is amended— in paragraph
(1)by striking and at the end; in paragraph
(2)by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and by adding at the end the following: uses the workload metric developed under section 301(c) of the American Space Renaissance Act . . Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary shall issue a notice of proposed rulemaking to— update the regulations that are under the authority of the Office contained in part 400 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, prioritizing the regulations in subchapter C of such part, to move to a performance-based approach to regulating the United States commercial space industry; and carry out this Act and the amendments made by this Act. Not later than 3 years after the Secretary issues the regulations under paragraph (1), and every 3 years thereafter, the Secretary shall review all regulations under the authority of the Office and update such regulations as necessary.