Space and Aeronautics

Subcommittee Jurisdiction

Committee Rule 11 (a) (4)

Legislative jurisdiction and general oversight and investigative authority on all matters relating to astronautical research and development, including:

(A) national space policy, including access to space;

(B) sub-orbital access and applications;

(C) National Aeronautics and Space Administration and its contractor and government-operated labs;

(D) space commercialization, including commercial space activities relating to the Department of Transportation and the Department of Commerce;

(E) exploration and use of outer space;

(F) international space cooperation;

(G) the National Space Council;

(H) space applications, space communications and related matters;

(I) earth remote sensing policy;

(J) civil aviation research, development, and demonstration;

(K) research, development, and demonstration programs of the Federal Aviation Administration; and

(L) space law.