51 U.S.C. § 50924 — Space launch and reentry licensing and permitting user fees

(a)(1) For each licensed or permitted launch or reentry under section 50904 during 2026 or a later year, the Secretary must charge a fee deposited under subsection (b). The fee is the lower of: (A) the paragraph (2) amount for that year multiplied by payload weight in pounds; or (B) the paragraph (3) amount for that year. (2) The per-pound amounts are: (A) 2026, $0.25; (B) 2027, $0.35; (C) 2028, $0.50; (D) 2029, $0.60; (E) 2030, $0.75; (F) 2031, $1; (G) 2032, $1.25; (H) 2033, $1.50; and (I) 2034 and later, the prior year’s amount increased by the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers, all items, United States city average, over the prior year. (3) The yearly amounts are: (A) 2026, $30,000; (B) 2027, $40,000; (C) 2028, $50,000; (D) 2029, $75,000; (E) 2030, $100,000; (F) 2031, $125,000; (G) 2032, $170,000; (H) 2033, $200,000; and (I) 2034 and later, the prior year’s amount increased by that same CPI percentage. (b) A separate Treasury account called the “Office of Commercial Space Transportation Launch and Reentry Licensing and Permitting Fund” is established. It pays expenses of the FAA’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation and carries out section 630(b) of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024. Seventy percent of deposited money is available for those purposes without another appropriation and without a fiscal-year limit.