,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bega  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #ai1 #bjag,mr4  
,posey 7for himself and ,mr4            
,bridenstine7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,science1 ,space1 and     
,technology  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend title 
#ea of the ,united ,states ,code to     
improve the safety of commercial space  
flight operations by authorizing the    
operation of aircraft with experimental 
certificates carrying persons or        
property to support research and        
training for space flight participants  
and crew1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,spaceflight ,training and          
,astronaut ,reform ,act or the ,,star   
,act4  #b4 ,experimental permits for    
space support vehicles  7a7 ,definition 
of space support vehicle ,section #ejijb
 of title #ea1 ,united ,states ,code1 is
 amended--  7#a7 by redesignating       
paragraphs 7#ba7 through 7#be7 as       

paragraphs 7#bb7 through 7#bf71         
respectively2 and  7#b7 by inserting    
after paragraph 7#bj7 the following3    
7#ba7 space support vehicle means an    
aircraft operating at a spaceport       
licensed by the ,federal ,aviation      
,administration that simulates space    
flight conditions in support of--  7,a7 
training for space flight participants  
or crew2 or  7,b7 testing of space      
flight hardware4  4  7b7 ,experimental  
permits ,section #ejijf of such title is
 amended-- 7#a7 in subsection 7b7--     
7,a7 by inserting space support         
vehicles1 after reentry vehicles12 and  
7,b7 by inserting or training after     
reentry activities2  7#b7 in subsection 
7d7-- 7,a7 by striking only for reusable
 suborbital rockets or reusable launch  
vehicles that will be launched into a   
suborbital trajectory or reentered and  
inserting for reusable suborbital       
rockets1 reusable launch vehicles1 or   
space support vehicles1 that will be    
launched into a suborbital trajectory1  

reentered1 or flown for training or     
research purposes2 and  7,b7 in         
paragraph 7#c71 by inserting 1 or       
simulating launch1 reentry1 or space    
flight conditions before the period2 and
  7#c7 in subsection 7e77#a71 by        
inserting or for a particular space     
support vehicle1 before for the uses    
described in subsection 7d74  7c7       
,letter of deviation required for       
experimental permit holder ,section     
#ejijf of such title is amended-- 7#a7  
by redesignating subsection 7i7 as      
subsection 7j72 and  7#b7 by inserting  
after subsection 7h7 the following3  7i7
 ,a space support vehicle may not       
operate under an experimental permit    
under this section unless such vehicle  
has a valid letter of deviation         
authority in accordance with section    
#ia4cai7;h7 of title #ad1 ,code of      
,federal ,regulations or any similar    
successor regulation4 ,the ,secretary   
shall issue such letter of deviation    
authority not later than #fj days after 

the provision of an experimental permit 
under this section1 to the extent       
consistent with maintaining the public  
health and safety and the safety of     
property4  4