Urging Congress to amend the Internal Revenue Code to make spaceports eligible for tax-exempt private activity bonds.
This is a Texas Senate concurrent resolution (SCR 12), not a bill, urging Congress to change federal tax law. It requests that Congress amend the Internal Revenue Code to allow spaceports to qualify for tax-exempt private activity bonds - similar to bonds currently used for airports, docks, and ports. This would enable spaceport developers to access lower-cost financing for infrastructure, directly benefiting Texas' aerospace industry (which has over 2,000 aerospace businesses and ranks second nationally in spaceport locations). The resolution has cleared the Senate committee with unanimous support but has no legal effect; it serves as a formal request to Congress.
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Introduction
Feb 2025
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Governor
Introduced Feb 4, 2025
Last action Mar 19, 2025
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Mar 18, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee report printed and distributed
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Mar 18, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably w/o amendments
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Mar 17, 2025
Upper · Passed
Vote taken in committee
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Mar 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
Left pending in committee
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Feb 7, 2025
Committee
Referred to Economic Development
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Feb 7, 2025
Introduced
Read first time
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1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
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