Commercial Remote Sensing Amendment Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 290.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LUCAS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 9, January 11, 2023, Page H205):
  U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: ``The Congress shall have Power . . . To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the forgoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.'' Further, the Commercial Remote Sensing Amendement Act of 2023 is a bill that addresses the single subject of licensing the operation of private remote sensing space systems.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 11, 2023 ↗

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  H.R. 290, 118th Congress

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  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/290

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

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  September 14, 2026

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  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

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