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HR 8689 117th Congress House Transportation and Public Works

Commercial Space Transportation Safety Act of 2022

Introduced: August 9, 2022 See on congress.gov
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Aug 10, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Aug 9, 2022
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Aug 9, 2022
Introduced in House
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Commercial Space Transportation Safety Act of 2022

This bill requires the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) to investigate and establish the facts, circumstances, and cause or probable cause of a commercial space transportation accident in which there is (1) a fatality or significant injury of any individual, regardless of whether the individual was on board the commercial launch vehicle at the time of the accident; or (2) substantial damage to property that is not associated with commercial space launch activities and that is not located at the launch site.

The NTSB shall seek to enter into a memorandum of understanding with any other government agency with the authority to certify a commercial space transportation operation or investigate a commercial space transportation accident. The memoranda must delineate the conditions under and manner in which (1) a commercial space transportation accident that may be investigated by the NTSB will be investigated by the other agency, and (2) the NTSB will participate in the other agency's investigation.


What's happening now August 10, 2022

Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 2 Republican 1
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Gottheimer, Josh
New Jersey · Dec 12, 2022
DEFAZIO, PETER
· Aug 9, 2022
 R
Graves, Sam
Missouri · Aug 9, 2022
 D
Larsen, Rick
Washington · Aug 9, 2022
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8689: Commercial Space Transportation Safety Act of 2022. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-8689/
MLA
"H.R. 8689: Commercial Space Transportation Safety Act of 2022." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-8689/.
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H.R. 8689, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-8689/.
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