Smith (R-TX) – Amendment No. 1 – Makes technical corrections and requires a GAO report on state and municipal spaceports in the existing indemnification regime (10 minutes)
Grijalva (D-AZ) – Amendment No. 2 – Broadens the coverage of experimental permits to include suborbital launch vehicles to allow for non-revenue testing (10 minutes)
Rohrabacher (R-CA) – Amendment No. 3 – Creates an independent study regarding indemnification for spaceflight participants including options, unintended consequences, and potential costs (10 minutes)
Castro (D-TX) – Amendment No. 4 – Ensures the Orbital Traffic Management study allows for nonprofit organizations to submit proposals (10 minutes)
Jackson Lee (D-TX) – Amendment No. 5 – Facilitates outreach to minority- and women-owned businesses on business opportunities in the commercial space industry (10 minutes)
Jackson Lee (D-TX) – Amendment No.6 – Facilitates the participation of HBCU, Hispanic Serving Institutions; National Indian institutions, in fellowships, work-study and employment opportunities in the emerging commercial space industry (10 minutes)
Edwards (D-MD) – Substitute Amendment No. 7 – Substitutes the text of S. 1297, which eliminates several critical provisions, limits the time period of the learning period and indemnification extensions, and adds a non-germane provision related to NASA (20 minutes)
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