This article is a short review of US federal legislation that has been enacted during the 109th Congress that has just come to an end, and of proposed legislation that has been discussed but not enacted. The purpose is to help the reader in monitoring the evolution of the legislative framing of commercial space activity in the United States. It also helps identify issues that come under the scrutiny of lawmakers for future legislation. The article also covers new main FCC and FAA regulations that have been ordered during the same period of time. For further reference, the reader is kindly requested to search through previous articles that have been published by the author in this Journal.3 Web sites can easily be accessed in order to complement any of the topics that are commented upon in this article.
Air and Space Law