Lamar Smith: “This amendment requires the orbital traffic management study in the underlying bill to be conducted by an independent…”

“This amendment requires the orbital traffic management study in the underlying bill to be conducted by an independent, nonprofit, private systems engineering and technical assistance organization. Requiring the study to be done by a nonprofit is reasonable and consistent with the spirit of the study requirement in the underlying bill. I appreciate the gentleman's amendment; I support the amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Castro). The amendment was agreed to. Amendment No. 5 Offered by Ms. Jackson Lee The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 5 printed in part A of House Report 114-127.”