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H.R. 6845, Commercial Remote Sensing Amendment Act of 2022 (CBO Report for Congress)

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Congress 117th
Date Requested April 5, 2022
Requested By House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
Date Sent May 27, 2022
Description:
H.R. 6845 would lower from 120 days to 60 days the time allowed for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to review applications for entities seeking licenses to operate remote-sensing spacecraft, and thus codify current regulations that call for a 60-day review period. (Remote-sensing spacecraft are satellites that collect unenhanced images of the Earth that can be processed into imagery of the features of the Earth’s surface.) The bill also would amend and extend, through 2030, NOAA’s annual reporting requirements on the number and timeliness of such reviews. Because the changes to NOAA’s reporting requirements would be minimal, CBO estimates that implementing H.R. 6845 would have no significant cost over the 2022-2027 period. Any spending would be subject to the availability of appropriated funds.

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