Dana Rohrabacher: “Mr. Speaker, this resolution takes from the Speaker's desk H.R. 1702 as reported back by the Senate and passed with an…”

“Mr. Speaker, this resolution takes from the Speaker's desk H.R. 1702 as reported back by the Senate and passed with an amendment. The Commercial Space Act of 1998 is a small legislative step that will enable giant leaps for America's commercial space industry. It is the culmination of 3 years of extensive bipartisan consultation and cooperation within the Committee on Science, with the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, and with the administration as well. I support the product of this effort and wish to thank the Members on both sides of the aisle and in the other body for their help in making this possible. H.R. 1702 passed the House last year. The Senate passed an amended H.R. 1702 this July. The House and Senate have negotiated the compromise bill that is before us today. I urge my colleagues to support this commercial space bill so we can send it to the Senate and then to the President for his immediate signature. The compromise bill promotes the continued growth of the United States commercial space industry.”