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U.S. GOVERNMENT
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115TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 115-649
AMERICAN SPACE COMMERCE FREE ENTERPRISE ACT OF
2017
APRIL 24, 2018.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of
the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. SMITH of Texas, from the Committee on Science, Space, and
Technology, submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 2809]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, to whom was
referred the bill (H.R. 2809) to amend title 51, United States Code,
to provide for the authorization and supervision of nongovern-
mental space activities, and for other purposes, having considered
the same, report favorably thereon with an amendment and rec-
ommend that the bill as amended do pass.
CONTENTS
Com m ittee Statem ent and View s ........................................................................... 19
Section -by-Section .................................................................................................... 39
Explanation of A m endm ents ................................................................................... 43
C om m ittee C onsideration ........................................................................................ 43
Application of Law to the Legislative Branch ....................................................... 43
Statement of Oversight Findings and Recommendations of the Committee ...... 43
Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives .................................... 44
Duplication of Federal Program s ............................................................................ 44
Disclosure of Directed Rule M akings ..................................................................... 44
Federal A dvisory Com m ittee Act ............................................................................ 44
U nfunded M andate Statem ent ............................................................................... 44
E arm ark Identification ............................................................................................ 44
C om m ittee E stim ate ................................................................................................ 45
Budget Authority and Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate .................... 45
Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill as Reported ...................................... 46
The amendment is as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed
in italic:
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