Extending Commercial Launch Provider Indemnification
Bipartisan Bill Extends Liability Protection for Commercial Space Launches, House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
“A bipartisan group of Science, Space, and Technology Committee leaders today introduced a bill to extend for one year a commercial space transportation risk-sharing and liability regime that was established by Congress in 1988 with passage of the Commercial Space Launch Act Amendments.”
Keith’s 20 Nov. note: According to a Capitol Hill source, this morning, during a House Science subcommittee on Space, Republicans agreed to the Democrats’ restriction to only pass a clean one year extension of indemnification for commercial launch service providers. Over in the Senate, Bill Nelson would like to see Congress enact the three year extension that was included in the Senate NASA Authorization bill through the end of 2016. Nelson is introducing this bill this afternoon (Wed.) and hopes to move it through the Senate tomorrow (Thurs.) so they can send it to the House before the Senate goes on recess.
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– The Commercial Spaceflight Federation Supports S. 1753 to Extend Government-Industry Risk-Sharing Regime
– Bipartisan Bill Extends Liability Protection for Commercial Space Launches
– House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology’s Subcommittee on Space Discusses Commercial Space