Commercial Remote Sensing Amendment Act of 2023
HR 290, the Commercial Remote Sensing Amendment Act of 2023, modifies reporting requirements for commercial remote sensing licensees under U.S. law. It shortens the annual report deadline from 120 to 60 days, adds new requirements to report license conditions and tiered application/license categories, and extends the sunset date for these provisions from 2020 to 2030. The bill directly affects companies holding commercial remote sensing licenses by changing how they submit annual reports to the government. These changes streamline reporting timelines and add specific data points licensees must include in their submissions. The law makes no new policy changes but adjusts existing administrative processes for the remote sensing industry.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2023
Committee Review
Jan 2023
House Passage
Jan 2023
Senate Passage
President
Introduced Jan 11, 2023
Last action Jan 31, 2023
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
10
Key actions
1
Committee
2
Jan 31, 2023
Committee
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
upper
Jan 30, 2023
Lower · Passed
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H495)
lower
Jan 11, 2023
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
lower
Jan 11, 2023
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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