OUTPACE in Space Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8198 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8198 To amend title 51, United States Code, to advance American space operations, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 6, 2026 Mr. Fong introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend title 51, United States Code, to advance American space operations, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Optimizing United States Technology to Preempt Adversarial Communist Expansion in Space Act'' or the ``OUTPACE in Space Act''. SEC. 2. STRENGTHENING LAUNCH AND REENTRY. (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that-- (1) the commercial space transportation industry and the emerging hypersonic industry will remain a critical component of the competitiveness of the United States; (2) to support the growth of the industries described in paragraph (1), the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration should ensure that such industries have access to the national airspace while maintaining aviation safety; and (3) the Administrator should continue to ensure public health and safety, and improve airspace management access for commercial space and hypersonics users. (b) FAA Briefing Requirement.-- (1) In general.--Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, in collaboration with the Secretary of Defense and other relevant department heads, shall brief Congress on-- (A) plans to meet the growing airspace needs of commercial space and hypersonics; (B) plans