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118 STAT. 3983 PUBLIC LAW 108–492—DEC. 23, 2004 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H .R. 5382 (S. 1260): SENATE REPORTS: No. 108–111 accompanying S. 1260 (Comm. on Commerce, Science, and Transportation). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 150 (2004): Nov. 19, 20, considered and passed House. Dec. 8, considered and passed Senate. (3) whether there is a need for commercial ground oper- ations for commercial space flight, including provision of launch support, launch and reentry control, mission control, range operations, and communications and telemetry operations through all phases of flight, and if such operations developed, whether and how they should be regulated; (4) whether expendable and reusable launch and reentry vehicles should be regulated differently from each other, and whether either of those vehicles should be regulated differently when carrying human beings; (5) whether the Federal Government should separate the promotion of human space flight from the regulation of such activity; (6) how third parties could be used to evaluate the qualifica- tion and acceptance of new human space flight vehicles prior to their operation; (7) how nongovernment experts could participate more fully in setting standards and developing regulations concerning human space flight safety; and (8) whether the Federal Government should regulate the extent of foreign ownership or control of human space flight companies operating or incorporated in the United States. SEC. 4. TECHNICAL AMENDMENT. Section 102(c) of the Commercial Space Act of 1998 is repealed. Approved December 23, 2004. 49 USC 70105 note. VerDate 11-MAY-2000 13:54 Nov 10, 2005 Jkt 029194 PO 00000 Frm 00517 Fmt 6580 Sfmt 6580 C:\STATUTES\2004\29194PT4.001 APPS10 PsN: 29194PT4