Accidents
Bill Would Give NTSB Charge over Civil Space Accidents
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee leadership reintroduced a bill to ensure NTSB oversight of commercial space accident investigations.

House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee (T&I) leaders are backing a bipartisan bill to ensure the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has the authority to investigate commercial space transportation accidents. House aviation subcommittee ranking member Garret Graves (R-Louisiana) introduced the Commercial Space Transportation Safety Act of 2022 (H.R. 8689), with co-sponsors including aviation subcommittee chair Rick Larsen (D-Washington), T&I chairman Peter DeFazio (D-Oregon), and T&I ranking member Sam Graves (R-Missouri).