Title: Commercial Remote Sensing Amendment Act of 2022
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
Commercial Remote Sensing Amendment Act of 2022
This bill modifies provisions relating to the licensing of commercial remote sensing systems.
The bill decreases from 120 to 60 days the amount of time in which the Department of Commerce shall review and make a determination on the application for a license by a private sector party to operate a private remote sensing space system.
The annual report concerning the licensing of private remote sensing systems must include (1) a list of all applications, listed by tier, as well as the rationale for each tier categorization; and (2) all terms, conditions, or restrictions placed on licensees.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6845 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6845

   To provide for transparent licensing of commercial remote sensing 
                                systems.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 25, 2022

  Mr. Lucas (for himself and Mr. Perlmutter) introduced the following 
   bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and 
                               Technology

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                                 A BILL


 
   To provide for transparent licensing of commercial remote sensing 
                                systems.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Commercial Remote Sensing Amendment 
Act of 2022''.

SEC. 2. ANNUAL REPORTS.

    (a) Deadlines.--
            (1) In general.--Section 60121(c) of title 51, United 
        States Code, is amended by striking ``120'' and inserting 
        ``60''.
            (2) Conforming amendment.--Section 60126(a)(1)(E) of title 
        51, United States Code, is amended by striking ``120'' and 
        inserting ``60''.
    (b) Notifications.--Section 60126(a)(2) of title 51, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ``section 60122; and'' and inserting 
``paragraphs (5) and (6) of section 60122(b);''.
    (c) Conditions.--Section 60126(a) of title 51, United States Code, 
is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4);
            (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``and'' at the end; and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
            ``(3) all terms, conditions, or restrictions placed on 
        licensees pursuant to section 60122; and''.
    (d) Tiers.--Section 60126(a)(1) of title 51, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in subparagraph (E), by inserting ``and'' at the end; 
        and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(F) a list of all applications, listed by tier as 
                defined in regulation, as well as the rationale for 
                each tier categorization;''.
    (e) Sunset.--Section 60126 of title 51, United States Code, is 
amended by striking subsection (c).
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