§ 51501. Establishment of Office of Spaceports

• (a) Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary of Transportation shall identify, within the Office of Commercial Space Transportation, a centralized policy office to be known as the Office of Spaceports.
• (b) The Office of Spaceports shall—
  • (1) support licensing activities for operation of launch and reentry sites;
  • (2) develop policies that promote infrastructure improvements at spaceports;
  • (3) provide technical assistance and guidance to spaceports;
  • (4) promote United States spaceports within the Department; and
  • (5) strengthen the Nation’s competitiveness in commercial space transportation infrastructure and increase resilience for the Federal Government and commercial customers.
• (c) In carrying out the functions assigned in subsection (b), the Secretary shall recognize the unique needs and distinctions of spaceports that host— 1 1 So in original. The dash probably should follow “that” and the word “host” probably should appear at the beginning of par. (1).
  • (1) launches to or reentries from orbit; and
  • (2) are involved in suborbital launch activities.
• (d) The head of the Office of the Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation shall designate a Director of the Office of Spaceports.
• (e) In this section the term “spaceport” means a launch or reentry site that is operated by an entity licensed by the Secretary of Transportation.