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S 2470 114th Congress Senate Armed Forces and National Security Military procurement, research, weapons development Public contracts and procurement Russia Spacecraft and satellites Trade restrictions

A bill to repeal the provision permitting the use of rocket engines from the Russian Federation for the evolved expendable launch vehicle program.

Introduced: January 28, 2016 See on congress.gov
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Jan 28, 2016
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Jan 28, 2016
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill amends the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2016 to repeal, and deem never to have been enacted, the requirement that the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle service competitive procurements be open for award to all certified providers of such systems offering the best value to the government, regardless of the rocket engine's country of origin (including the Russian Federation), for the evolved expendable launch vehicle program.

What's happening now January 28, 2016

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

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  • HR 4395 Identical bill To repeal the provision permitting the use of rocket engines from the Russian Federation for the evolved expendable lau…
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Ernst, Joni
Iowa · Jan 28, 2016
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2470: A bill to repeal the provision permitting the use of rocket engines from the Russian Federation for the evolved expendable launch vehicle program.. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-2470/
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"S. 2470: A bill to repeal the provision permitting the use of rocket engines from the Russian Federation for the evolved expendable launch vehicle program.." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-2470/.
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S. 2470, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-2470/.
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