Title 51National and Commercial Space ProgramsRelease 119-73not60

§60126 Annual Reports

Title 51 › Subtitle Subtitle VI— Earth Observations › Chapter 601— LAND REMOTE SENSING POLICY › Subchapter III— LICENSING OF PRIVATE REMOTE SENSING SPACE SYSTEMS › § 60126

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must send a report to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology within 180 days after the U.S. Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act becomes law, and then every year after that. The report must say how the Secretary is carrying out the licensing rules in section 60121. It must list all applications received in the past calendar year, which ones got licenses, which were denied and why (including any interagency review info), which asked for more information, and which took longer than the 120-day deadline with how many days late and why. The report must also include all notifications and information given under section 60122 and describe actions taken under paragraphs (4), (5), and (6) of section 60123(a). Classified annexes may be added if needed to protect sensitive information. The reporting requirement ends on September 30, 2020.

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Title 51, §60126

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(a)The Secretary shall submit a report to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the U.S. Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act, and annually thereafter, on—
(1)the Secretary’s implementation of section 60121, including—
(A)a list of all applications received in the previous calendar year;
(B)a list of all applications that resulted in a license under section 60121;
(C)a list of all applications denied and an explanation of why each application was denied, including any information relevant to the interagency adjudication process of a licensing request;
(D)a list of all applications that required additional information; and
(E)a list of all applications whose disposition exceeded the 120 day deadline established in section 60121(c), the total days overdue for each application that exceeded such deadline, and an explanation for the delay;
(2)all notifications and information provided to the Secretary under section 60122; and
(3)a description of all actions taken by the Secretary under the administrative authority granted by paragraphs (4), (5), and (6) of section 60123(a).
(b)Each report under subsection (a) may include classified annexes as necessary to protect the disclosure of sensitive or classified information.
(c)The reporting requirement under this section terminates effective September 30, 2020.

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The date of enactment of the U.S. Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act, referred to in subsec. (a), is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 114–90, which was approved Nov. 25, 2015.

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51 U.S.C. § 60126

Title 51National and Commercial Space Programs

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Apr 5, 2026

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