1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Commercial Space Support Vehicle Act . 2. Definitions Section 50902 of title 51, United States Code, is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraphs (21) through (25) as paragraphs (23) through (27), respectively; and (2) by inserting after paragraph (20) the following: (21) space support flight means a flight in the air that is— (A) not a launch or reentry; but (B) related to launch or reentry services. (22) space support vehicle means a vehicle that is— (A) a launch vehicle; (B) a reentry vehicle; or (C) a component of a launch or reentry vehicle. . 3. Licensing of space support flights (a) In general Section 50904 of title 51, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (e) Space support flights (1) The Secretary of Transportation may issue or transfer a license for multiple space support flights of a space support vehicle to a citizen of the United States, but only if such citizen holds an operator license issued under this chapter for launch or reentry of such space support vehicle as, or included as a component of, a launch vehicle or reentry vehicle. (2) A licensee may only carry out a space support flight of a space support vehicle under a license for carrying a person or property for compensation or hire if such flight lands at the same site from which the vehicle took flight. . (b) Limitation on wavier of requirements Section 50905(b)(3) of title 51, United States Code, is amended by inserting , or the operation of a space support vehicle, after or a reentry vehicle . 4. Experimental permits for space support flights Section 50906 of title 51, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking subsection (d) and inserting the following: (d) The Secretary may issue a permit only for— (1) reusable suborbital rockets or reusable launch vehicles that will be launched into a suborbital trajectory or reentered under that permit solely for— (A) research and development to test design concepts, equipment, or operating techniques