U.S. Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act of 2015

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The U.S. Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act of 2015 is a U.S. law that promotes private sector space activities, including commercial spaceflight and resource extraction from celestial bodies, by clarifying property rights and reducing regulatory burdens.

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instanceOf United States federal law
commercial spaceflight law
space law
alsoKnownAs Space Resource Exploration and Utilization Act of 2015 NERFINISHED
amends Commercial Space Launch Act of 1984 NERFINISHED
appliesTo U.S. citizens
U.S. companies
assignsAuthorityTo Federal Aviation Administration Office of Commercial Space Transportation NERFINISHED
clarifies U.S. does not assert sovereignty over any celestial body
space resource rights do not imply sovereignty over celestial bodies
congressNumber 114th United States Congress NERFINISHED
containsTitle Title III—Government Astronauts NERFINISHED
Title II—Federal Aviation Administration Office of Commercial Space Transportation NERFINISHED
Title IV—Space Resource Exploration and Utilization NERFINISHED
Title I—Spurring Private Aerospace Competitiveness and Entrepreneurship (SPACE) Act of 2015 NERFINISHED
country United States of America
surface form: United States
dateSigned 2015-11-25
declares U.S. citizens engaged in commercial recovery of space resources are entitled to possess, own, transport, use, and sell those resources
extends learning period for commercial human spaceflight regulations
focusesOn commercial crew and spaceflight participant safety regime
space resource property rights
space traffic management studies
streamlining launch licensing
influenced development of U.S. commercial space industry
jurisdiction United States government
surface form: United States federal government
learningPeriodExtendedUntil 2023
policyArea commercial regulation
property rights
science, space, and technology policy
primaryGoal clarify legal framework for space resource utilization
encourage private sector investment in space
promote U.S. commercial space activities
reduce regulatory burdens on commercial spaceflight
publicLawNumber Public Law 114-90 NERFINISHED
regulates commercial human spaceflight
commercial reentry
commercial space launch
space resource exploration
space resource utilization
relatedTo Outer Space Treaty of 1967 NERFINISHED
U.S. National Space Policy NERFINISHED
shortName CSLCA NERFINISHED
Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act NERFINISHED
signedBy Barack Obama NERFINISHED
subjectMatter asteroid mining
commercial suborbital flights
orbital commercial launches
space resource extraction
title An Act to facilitate a pro-growth environment for the developing commercial space industry by encouraging private sector investment and creating more stable and predictable regulatory conditions, and for other purposes NERFINISHED
yearEnacted 2015

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Commercial Space Launch Act amendedBy U.S. Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act of 2015