119th Congress Transportation and Public Works
S. 980: Alleviating Spaceport Traffic by Rewarding Operators Act of 2025
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Summary
This bill allows the Department of Transportation (DOT) to establish a pilot grant program for projects to construct, repair, maintain, or improve transportation infrastructure and facilities for space launch and reentry sites.
Launch and reentry site operators may use the grants for projects that (1) are located at, or adjacent to, a launch or reentry site; (2) directly enable or support transportation safety or transportation activities (i.e., the movement of people or property to, from, or within a launch site); and (3) are made generally available, subject to reasonable commercial terms.
DOT may also issue a supplemental matching grant to an operator of a launch or reentry site.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
No roll call votes have been held on this bill.
Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- Ben Luján D-NMOriginal
- Dan Sullivan R-AKOriginal
Who scored on this bill
- 1Mark Warner SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, introduced2 events+6
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History
- Introduced in the Senate by Mark Warner.
Show the full action history (2 actions)
- Introduced in Senate
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.


