,,ii ,calendar ,no4 #fab #aacth         
,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,s4 #badj    
,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united 
,,states  ,march #ac1 #bjad,mr4         
,heinrich 7for ,mr4 ,rubio1 ,mr4 ,udall 
of ,new ,mexico1 ,mrs4 ,feinstein1 ,mr4 
,wicker1 and ,mr4 ,cornyn7 introduced   
the following bill2 which was read twice
 and referred to the ,committee on      
,commerce1 ,science1 and ,transportation
  ,december #d1 #bjad,reported by ,mr4  
,rockefeller1 with an amendment,strike  
out all after the enacting clause and   
insert the part printed in italic  ,a   
,,bill  ,to improve the transition      
between experimental permits and        
commercial licenses for commercial      
reusable launch vehicles4  #a4          
,commercial space launch licensing      
,section #ejijf of title #ea1 ,united   
,states ,code1 is amended-- 7#a7 in     
subsection 7e77#a71 by striking         
suborbital rocket design and inserting  
suborbital rocket or rocket design2 and 
7#b7 by amending subsection 7g7 to read 

as follows3  7g7 ,a permit may be       
issued1 and a permit that has already   
been issued shall remain valid for the  
uses described in subsection 7d71 for a 
particular reusable suborbital rocket or
 rocket design after a license has been 
issued for the launch or reentry of a   
rocket of that design4  4  #a4          
,commercial space launch licensing      
,section #ejijf of title #ea1 ,united   
,states ,code1 is amended-- 7#a7 in     
subsection 7d71 by striking launched or 
reentered and inserting launched or     
reentered under that permit2  7#b7 by   
amending subsection 7d77#a7 to read as  
follows3  7#a7 research and development 
to test design concepts1 equipment1 or  
operating techniques2  2  7#c7 in       
subsection 7d77#c7 by striking prior to 
obtaining a license2  7#d7 in subsection
 7e77#a7 by striking suborbital rocket  
design and inserting suborbital rocket  
or rocket design2 and  7#e7 by amending 
subsection 7g7 to read as follows3  7g7 
,the ,secretary may issue a permit under

 this section notwithstanding any       
license issued under this chapter4 ,the 
issuance of a license under this chapter
 may not invalidate a permit under this 
section4  4  ,december #d1              
#bjad,reported with an amendment