Congressional Hearings
2016
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Sep 7: Federal Maritime Navigation Programs: Interagency Cooperation and Technological Change (discusses GPS backup)
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
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Mar 15: Fiscal Year 2017 Budget Request for National Security Space (discusses GPS and GPS backup)
House Armed Services Committee
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2015
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Jul 28: The Federal Radionavigation Plan, and Other Topics (discusses eLORAN as GPS backup)
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
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May 6: International Development Programs and Policies (mentions GPS cooperation)
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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Apr 29: Military Space Programs (discusses GPS program)
Senate Armed Services Committee
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2014
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May 14: Defense Research and Innovation (discusses GPS alternatives)
Senate Appropriations Committee
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Apr 3: Fiscal Year 2015 National Defense Authorization Budget Request for National Security Space Activities (discusses GPS budget)
House Armed Services Committee
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Apr 2: FY15 Air Force Budget (discusses GPS budget)
Senate Appropriations Committee
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Mar 12: Military Space Programs (discusses GPS budget)
Senate Armed Services Committee
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Feb 4: Finding Your Way: The Future of Federal Aids to Navigation
(mentions eLORAN as GPS backup)
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
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2012
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Sep 21: The LightSquared Network: An Investigation of the FCC's Role
House Energy and Commerce Committee
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Mar 21: Military Space Programs in Review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2013 and the Future Years Defense Program
(discusses GPS budget)
Senate Armed Services Committee
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Mar 8: Fiscal Year 2013 National Defense Authorization Budget Request for National Security Space Activities
(discusses GPS budget)
House Armed Services Committee
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Feb 8: A Review of Issues Associated with Protecting and Improving Our Nation's Aviation Satellite-Based Global Positioning System Infrastructure
(LightSquared issue)
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
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"We currently have 34 GPS satellites on-orbit with a combined 380 years of service."
Gen. William Shelton, Commander, Air Force Space Command, Mar 2012
2011
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Oct 12: LightSquared: The Impact to Small Business GPS Users
House Small Business Committee
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Sept 15: Sustaining GPS for National Security
(discusses LightSquared issue)
House Armed Services Committee
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Sept 8: Impacts of the LightSquared Network on Federal Science Activities
House Science, Space, and Technology Committee
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June 23: GPS Reliability: A Review of Aviation Industry Performance, Safety Issues, and Avoiding Potential New and Costly Government Burdens
(LightSquared issue)
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
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![House Science Committee Chairman Ralph Hall presiding over a hearing](2011-09-science/hall2.jpg)