Commercial Remote Sensing Amendment Act of 2025

Key Points

• This bill changes how the government tracks licenses for private companies that take pictures of Earth from space. It requires the Commerce Department to report on these licenses every 60 days instead of every 120 days to speed up the process.
• The government must now provide more details about why it places specific restrictions on certain satellite companies. It also has to explain how it groups different types of satellite technology into categories known as tiers.
• These changes are meant to make the licensing process more open and predictable for businesses. By providing more information, companies can better understand the rules they need to follow to operate in space.
• The bill extends these reporting requirements until September 30, 2030. This ensures that lawmakers and the public can keep an eye on how the government manages the growing commercial space industry for the next several years.

Impact Analysis

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