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H.R. 1325 119th Congress House

Commercial Remote Sensing Amendment Act of 2025

Official title: To provide for transparent licensing of commercial remote sensing systems, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 13, 2025 Introduced by: Frank D. Lucas Republican · Oklahoma See on congress.gov
Science, Technology, Communications Licensing and registrationsSpacecraft and satellites
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Mar 25, 2025
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Mar 24, 2025
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Mar 24, 2025
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1202-1203)
Mar 24, 2025
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1202-1203)
Mar 24, 2025
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1325.
Mar 24, 2025
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1202-1204)
Mar 24, 2025
Mr. Babin moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Feb 13, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
Feb 13, 2025
Introduced in House
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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Commercial Remote Sensing Amendment Act of 2025

This bill makes certain changes related to the licensing of private remote sensing space systems. (Under current regulations, remote sensing refers to the collection of data by instruments in Earth's orbit, such as satellites, that can be processed into imagery of Earth's surface; private remote sensing space systems refer to remote sensing instruments not owned by the U.S. government.)

The bill decreases from 120 to 60 days the amount of time in which the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration must review and act on an application for a license to operate a private remote sensing space system.

Further, the bill expands annual reporting on the licensing of private remote sensing space systems to include a list of all applications, organized by tier, as well as the rationale for each tier categorization. (Currently, each license is categorized into one of three tiers based on whether the system produces or is capable of producing data that is already available from other entities). Additionally, the report must include all terms, conditions, or restrictions placed on licensees.

The bill also reinstates this annual reporting requirement, which expired on September 30, 2020, through September 30, 2030.

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Lofgren, Zoe
California · Feb 13, 2025
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1325: Commercial Remote Sensing Amendment Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1325/
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"H.R. 1325: Commercial Remote Sensing Amendment Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1325/.
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H.R. 1325, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1325/.
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