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S. 980 119th Congress Senate

Alleviating Spaceport Traffic by Rewarding Operators Act of 2025

Official title: A bill to establish an intermodal transportation infrastructure pilot program, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 12, 2025 Introduced by: Mark R. Warner Democratic · Virginia See on congress.gov
Transportation and Public Works
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Mar 12, 2025
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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Alleviating Spaceport Traffic by Rewarding Operators Act of 2025

This bill allows the Department of Transportation (DOT) to establish a pilot grant program for projects to construct, repair, maintain, or improve transportation infrastructure and facilities for space launch and reentry sites. 

Launch and reentry site operators may use the grants for projects that (1) are located at, or adjacent to, a launch or reentry site; (2) directly enable or support transportation safety or transportation activities (i.e., the movement of people or property to, from, or within a launch site); and (3) are made generally available, subject to reasonable commercial terms.

DOT may also issue a supplemental matching grant to an operator of a launch or reentry site.

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Luján, Ben Ray
New Mexico · Mar 12, 2025
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Sullivan, Dan
Alaska · Mar 12, 2025
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 980: Alleviating Spaceport Traffic by Rewarding Operators Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-980/
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"S. 980: Alleviating Spaceport Traffic by Rewarding Operators Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-980/.
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S. 980, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-980/.
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