US Code
Title 51— NATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL SPACE PROGRAMS

§ 20139. Insurance for experimental aerospace vehicles - (a) Definitions.—In this section:(1) Cooperating party.—The term “cooperating party” means...

§ 20140. Appropriations - (a) Authorization.—(1) In general.—There are authorized to be appropriated such...

§ 20141. Misuse of agency name and initials - (a) In General.—No person (as defined by section 20135(a) of...

§ 20142. Contracts regarding expendable launch vehicles - (a) Commitments Beyond Available Appropriations.—The Administrator may enter into contracts...

§ 20143. Full cost appropriations account structure - (a) Accounts for Appropriations.—(1) Designation of 3 accounts.—Appropriations for the...

§ 20144. Prize authority - (a) In General.—The Administration may carry out a program to...

§ 20145. Lease of non-excess property - (a) In General.—The Administrator may enter into a lease under...

§ 20146. Retrocession of jurisdiction - (a) Definition of State.—In this section, the term “State” means...

§ 20147. Recovery and disposition authority - (a) Definitions.—In this section:(1) Administration human space flight vehicle.—The term...

§ 20148. Indemnification; NASA launch services and reentry services - (a) In General.—Under such regulations in conformity with this section...

§ 20149. Medical monitoring and research relating to human space flight - (a) In General.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Administrator...

SUBCHAPTER IV— UPPER ATMOSPHERE RESEARCH

§ 20161. Congressional declaration of purpose and policy - (a) Purpose.—The purpose of this subchapter is to authorize and...

§ 20162. Definition of upper atmosphere - In this subchapter, the term “upper atmosphere” means that portion...

§ 20163. Program authorized - (a) In General.—In order to carry out the purposes of...

§ 20164. International cooperation - In carrying out the provisions of this subchapter, the Administration,...

CHAPTER 203— RESPONSIBILITIES AND VISION

§ 20301. General responsibilities - (a) Programs.—The Administrator shall ensure that the Administration carries out...

§ 20302. Vision for space exploration - (a) In General.—The Administrator shall establish a program to develop...

§ 20303. Contribution to innovation - (a) Participation in Interagency Activities.—The Administration shall be a full...

§ 20304. Basic research enhancement - (a) Definition of Basic Research.—In this section, the term “basic...

§ 20305. National Academies decadal surveys - (a) In General.—The Administrator shall enter into agreements on a...

Subtitle III— Administrative Provisions

CHAPTER 301— APPROPRIATIONS, BUDGETS, AND ACCOUNTING

§ 30101. Prior authorization of appropriations required - Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, no appropriation may...

§ 30102. Working capital fund - (a) Establishment.—There is hereby established in the United States Treasury...

§ 30103. Budgets - (a) Categories.—The proposed budget for the Administration submitted by the...

§ 30104. Baselines and cost controls - (a) Definitions.—In this section:(1) Development.—The term “development” means the phase...

CHAPTER 303— CONTRACTING AND PROCUREMENT

§ 30301. Guaranteed customer base - No amount appropriated to the Administration may be used to...

§ 30302. Quality assurance personnel - (a) Exclusion of Administration Personnel.—A person providing articles to the...

§ 30303. Tracking and data relay satellite services - (a) Contracts.—The Administration is authorized, when so provided in an...

§ 30304. Award of contracts to small businesses and disadvantaged individuals - The Administrator shall annually establish a goal of at least...

§ 30305. Outreach program - (a) Establishment.—The Administration shall competitively select an organization to partner...

§ 30306. Small business contracting - (a) Plan.—In consultation with the Small Business Administration, the Administrator...

§ 30307. Requirement for independent cost analysis - (a) Definition of Implementation.—In this section, the term “implementation” means...

§ 30308. Cost effectiveness calculations - (a) Definitions.—In this section:(1) Commercial provider.—The term “commercial provider” means...

§ 30309. Use of abandoned and underutilized buildings, grounds, and facilities - (a) Definition of Depressed Communities.—In this section, the term “depressed...

§ 30310. Exception to alternative fuel procurement requirement - (1) the contract does not specifically require the contractor to...

CHAPTER 305— MANAGEMENT AND REVIEW

§ 30501. Lessons learned and best practices - (a) In General.—The Administrator shall transmit to the Committee on...

§ 30502. Whistleblower protection - (a) In General.—Not later than 1 year after December 30,...

§ 30503. Performance assessments - (a) In General.—The performance of each division in the Science...

§ 30504. Assessment of science mission extensions - (a) Assessments.—(1) In general.—The Administrator shall carry out triennial reviews...

CHAPTER 307— INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AND COMPETITION

§ 30701. Competitiveness and international cooperation - (a) Limitation.—(1) Solicitation of comment.—As part of the evaluation of...

§ 30702. Foreign contract limitation - The Administration shall not enter into any agreement or contract...

§ 30703. Foreign launch vehicles - (a) Accord With Space Transportation Policy.—The Administration shall not launch...

§ 30704. Offshore performance of contracts for the procurement of goods and services - (1) the contracts and subcontracts and their dollar values for...

CHAPTER 309— AWARDS

§ 30901. Congressional Space Medal of Honor - (a) Authority To Award.—The President may award, and present in...

§ 30902. Charles “Pete” Conrad Astronomy Awards - (a) Short Title.—This section may be cited as the “Charles...

CHAPTER 311— SAFETY

§ 31101. Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel - (a) Establishment and Members.—There is established an Aerospace Safety Advisory...

§ 31102. Drug and alcohol testing - (a) Definition of Controlled Substance.—In this section, the term “controlled...

CHAPTER 313— HEALTHCARE

§ 31301. Healthcare program - The Administrator shall develop a plan to better understand the...

§ 31302. Astronaut healthcare survey - (a) Survey.—The Administrator shall administer an anonymous survey of astronauts...

CHAPTER 315— MISCELLANEOUS

§ 31501. Orbital debris - The Administrator, in conjunction with the heads of other Federal...

§ 31502. Maintenance of facilities - In order to sustain healthy Centers that are capable of...

§ 31503. Laboratory productivity - The Administration’s laboratories are a critical component of the Administration’s...

§ 31504. Cooperative unmanned aerial vehicle activities - The Administrator, in cooperation with the Administrator of the National...

§ 31505. Development of enhanced-use lease policy - (a) In General.—The Administrator shall develop an agency-wide enhanced-use lease...

Subtitle IV— Aeronautics and Space Research and Education

CHAPTER 401— AERONAUTICS

SUBCHAPTER I— GENERAL

§ 40101. Definition of institution of higher education - In this chapter, the term “institution of higher education” has...

§ 40102. Governmental interest in aeronautics research and development - Congress reaffirms the national commitment to aeronautics research made in...

§ 40103. Cooperation with other agencies on aeronautics activities - The Administrator shall coordinate, as appropriate, the Administration’s aeronautics activities...

§ 40104. Cooperation among Mission Directorates - Research and development activities performed by the Aeronautics Research Mission...

SUBCHAPTER II— HIGH PRIORITY AERONAUTICS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

§ 40111. Fundamental research program - (a) Objective.—In order to ensure that the Nation maintains needed...

§ 40112. Research and technology programs - (a) Supersonic Transport Research and Development.—The Administrator may establish an...

§ 40113. Airspace systems research - (a) Objective.—The Airspace Systems Research program shall pursue research and...

§ 40114. Aviation safety and security research - (a) Objective.—The Aviation Safety and Security Research program shall pursue...

§ 40115. Aviation weather research - The Administrator may carry out a program of collaborative research...

§ 40116. University-based Centers for Research on Aviation Training - (a) In General.—The Administrator shall award grants to institutions of...

SUBCHAPTER III— SCHOLARSHIPS

§ 40131. Aeronautics scholarships - (a) Establishment.—The Administrator shall establish a program of scholarships for...

SUBCHAPTER IV— DATA REQUESTS

§ 40141. Aviation data requests - The Administrator shall make available upon request satellite imagery and...

CHAPTER 403— NATIONAL SPACE GRANT COLLEGE AND FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

§ 40301. Purposes - (1) increase the understanding, assessment, development, and utilization of space...

§ 40302. Definitions - (1) Aeronautical and space activities.—The term “aeronautical and space activities”...

§ 40303. National space grant college and fellowship program - (a) Establishment.—The Administrator shall establish and maintain, within the Administration,...

§ 40304. Grants or contracts - (a) Authority of Administrator.—The Administrator may make grants and enter...

§ 40305. Specific national needs - (a) Identification of Specific Needs and Grant-Making and Contracting Authority.—The...

§ 40306. Space grant college and space grant regional consortium - (a) Designation and Qualifications.—(1) Authority to designate.—The Administrator may designate—(A)...

§ 40307. Space grant fellowship program - (a) Award of Fellowships.—The Administrator shall support a space grant...

§ 40308. Space grant review panel - (a) Establishment.—The Administrator shall establish an independent committee known as...

§ 40309. Availability of other Federal personnel and data - (1) may, upon a written request from the Administrator, make...

§ 40310. Designation or award to be on competitive basis - The Administrator shall not under this chapter designate any space...

§ 40311. Continuing emphasis - The Administration shall continue its emphasis on the importance of...

CHAPTER 405— BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH IN SPACE

§ 40501. Biomedical research joint working group - (a) Establishment.—The Administrator and the Director of the National Institutes...

§ 40502. Biomedical research grants - (a) Establishment of Program.—The Administrator and the Director of the...

§ 40503. Biomedical research fellowships - The Administrator and the Director of the National Institutes of...

§ 40504. Establishment of electronic data archive - The Administrator shall create and maintain a national electronic data...

§ 40505. Establishment of emergency medical service telemedicine capability - The Administrator, the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency,...

CHAPTER 407— ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY AIRCRAFT

§ 40701. Research and development initiative - (1) Noise levels.—Noise levels on takeoff and on airport approach...

§ 40702. Additional research and development initiative - (1) Noise levels.—Noise levels on takeoff and on airport approach...

§ 40703. Research alignment - In addition to pursuing the research and development initiative described...

§ 40704. Research program on perceived impact of sonic booms - (a) Establishment.—The Administrator shall establish a cooperative research program with...

CHAPTER 409— MISCELLANEOUS

§ 40901. Science, Space, and Technology Education Trust Fund - There is appropriated, by transfer from funds appropriated in the...

§ 40902. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Endeavor Teacher Fellowship Trust Fund - (a) Establishment.—There is established in the Treasury of the United...

§ 40903. Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research—merit grant competition requirements - (a) Definition of Eligible State.—In this section, the term “eligible...

§ 40904. Microgravity research - (1) ensure the capacity to support ground-based research leading to...

§ 40905. Program to expand distance learning in rural underserved areas - (a) In General.—The Administrator shall develop or expand programs to...

§ 40906. Equal access to the Administration’s education programs - (a) In General.—The Administrator shall strive to ensure equal access...

§ 40907. Museums - The Administrator may provide grants to, and enter into cooperative...

§ 40908. Continuation of certain education programs - From amounts appropriated to the Administration for education programs, the...

§ 40909. Compliance with title IX of Education Amendments of 1972 - To comply with title IX of the Education Amendments of...

Subtitle V— Programs Targeting Commercial Opportunities

CHAPTER 501— SPACE COMMERCE

SUBCHAPTER I— GENERAL

§ 50101. Definitions - (1) Commercial provider.—The term “commercial provider” means any person providing...

SUBCHAPTER II— PROMOTION OF COMMERCIAL SPACE OPPORTUNITIES

§ 50111. Commercialization of Space Station - (a) Policy.—Congress declares that a priority goal of constructing the...

§ 50112. Promotion of United States Global Positioning System standards - (1) ensure the operation of the Global Positioning System on...

§ 50113. Acquisition of space science data - (a) Definition of Space Science Data.—In this section, the term...

§ 50114. Administration of commercial space centers - The Administrator shall administer the Commercial Space Center program in...

§ 50115. Sources of Earth science data - (a) Acquisition.—The Administrator shall, to the extent possible and while...

§ 50116. Commercial technology transfer program - (a) In General.—The Administrator shall execute a commercial technology transfer...

SUBCHAPTER III— FEDERAL ACQUISITION OF SPACE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES

§ 50131. Requirement to procure commercial space transportation services - (a) In General.—Except as otherwise provided in this section or...

§ 50132. Acquisition of commercial space transportation services - (a) Treatment of Commercial Space Transportation Services as Commercial Service...

[§ 50133. Repealed. , , ] -

§ 50134. Use of excess intercontinental ballistic missiles - (a) In General.—The Federal Government shall not—(1) convert any missile...

CHAPTER 503— COMMERCIAL REUSABLE IN-SPACE TRANSPORTATION

§ 50301. Definitions - (1) Commercial provider.—The term “commercial provider” means any person or...

§ 50302. Loan guarantees for production of commercial reusable in-space transportation - (a) Authority To Make Loan Guarantees.—The Secretary may guarantee loans...

CHAPTER 505— COMMERCIAL SPACE COMPETITIVENESS

§ 50501. Definitions - (1) Agency.—The term “agency” means an executive agency as defined...

§ 50502. Launch voucher demonstration program - (a) Requirement To Establish Program.—The Administrator shall establish a demonstration...

§ 50503. Anchor tenancy and termination liability - (a) Anchor Tenancy Contracts.—Subject to appropriations, the Administrator or the...

§ 50504. Use of Government facilities - (a) Authority.—(1) In general.—Federal agencies, including the Administration and the...

§ 50505. Test facilities - (a) Charges.—The Administrator shall establish a policy of charging users...

§ 50506. Commercial Space Achievement Award - (a) Establishment.—There is established a Commercial Space Achievement Award. The...

CHAPTER 507— OFFICE OF SPACE COMMERCE

§ 50701. Definition of Office - In this chapter, the term “Office” means the Office of...

§ 50702. Establishment - (a) In General.—There is established within the Department of Commerce...

§ 50703. Annual report - The Secretary of Commerce shall submit an annual report on...

CHAPTER 509— COMMERCIAL SPACE LAUNCH ACTIVITIES

§ 50901. Findings and purposes - (a) Findings.—Congress finds that—(1) the peaceful uses of outer space...

§ 50902. Definitions - (1) “citizen of the United States” means—(A) an individual who...

§ 50903. General authority - (a) General.—The Secretary of Transportation shall carry out this chapter....

§ 50904. Restrictions on launches, operations, and reentries - (a) Requirement.—A license issued or transferred under this chapter, or...

§ 50905. License applications and requirements - (a) Applications.—(1) A person may apply to the Secretary of...

§ 50906. Experimental permits - (a) A person may apply to the Secretary of Transportation...

§ 50907. Monitoring activities - (a) General Requirements.—A licensee under this chapter must allow the...

§ 50908. Effective periods, and modifications, suspensions, and revocations, of licenses - (a) Effective Periods of Licenses.—The Secretary of Transportation shall specify...

§ 50909. Prohibition, suspension, and end of launches, operation of launch sites and reentry sites, and reentries - (a) General Authority.—The Secretary of Transportation may prohibit, suspend, or...

§ 50910. Preemption of scheduled launches or reentries - (a) General.—With the cooperation of the Secretary of Defense and...

§ 50911. Space advertising - (a) Licensing.—Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter or any other...

§ 50912. Administrative hearings and judicial review - (a) Administrative Hearings.—The Secretary of Transportation shall provide an opportunity...

§ 50913. Acquiring United States Government property and services - (a) General Requirements and Considerations.—(1) The Secretary of Transportation shall...

§ 50914. Liability insurance and financial responsibility requirements - (a) General Requirements.—(1) When a launch or reentry license is...

§ 50915. Paying claims exceeding liability insurance and financial responsibility requirements - (a) General Requirements.—(1) To the extent provided in advance in...

§ 50916. Disclosing information - The Secretary of Transportation, an officer or employee of the...

§ 50917. Enforcement and penalty - (a) Prohibitions.—A person may not violate this chapter, a regulation...

§ 50918. Consultation - (a) Matters Affecting National Security.—The Secretary of Transportation shall consult...

§ 50919. Relationship to other executive agencies, laws, and international obligations - (a) Executive Agencies.—Except as provided in this chapter, a person...

§ 50920. User fees - The Secretary of Transportation may collect a user fee for...

§ 50921. Office of Commercial Space Transportation - (1) $11,941,000 for fiscal year 2005; (2) $12,299,000 for fiscal...

§ 50922. Regulations - (a) In General.—The Secretary of Transportation, within 9 months after...

§ 50923. Report to Congress - (1) describes all activities undertaken under this chapter, including a...

CHAPTER 511— SPACE TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE MATCHING GRANTS

§ 51101. Definitions - (1) the definitions in section 50501 of this title apply....

§ 51102. Grant authority - (a) General Authority.—To ensure the resiliency of the space transportation...

§ 51103. Grant applications - (a) General.—A sponsor may submit to the Secretary of Transportation...

§ 51104. Environmental requirements - (a) Policy.—It is the policy of the United States that...

§ 51105. Authorization of appropriations - Not more than $10,000,000 may be appropriated to the Secretary...

CHAPTER 513— SPACE RESOURCE COMMERCIAL EXPLORATION AND UTILIZATION

§ 51301. Definitions - (1) Asteroid resource.—The term “asteroid resource” means a space resource...

§ 51302. Commercial exploration and commercial recovery - (a) In General.—The President, acting through appropriate Federal agencies, shall—(1)...

§ 51303. Asteroid resource and space resource rights - A United States citizen engaged in commercial recovery of an...

CHAPTER 515— OFFICE OF SPACEPORTS

§ 51501. Establishment of Office of Spaceports - (a) Establishment of Office.—Not later than 90 days after the...

Subtitle VI— Earth Observations

CHAPTER 601— LAND REMOTE SENSING POLICY

SUBCHAPTER I— GENERAL

§ 60101. Definitions - (1) Cost of fulfilling user requests.—The term “cost of fulfilling...

SUBCHAPTER II— LANDSAT

§ 60111. Landsat Program Management - (a) Establishment.—The Administrator and the Secretary of Defense shall be...

§ 60112. Transfer of Landsat 6 program responsibilities - The responsibilities of the Secretary with respect to Landsat 6...

§ 60113. Data policy for Landsat 7 - (a) Landsat 7 Data Policy.—The Landsat Program Management, in consultation...

SUBCHAPTER III— LICENSING OF PRIVATE REMOTE SENSING SPACE SYSTEMS

§ 60121. General licensing authority - (a) Licensing Authority of Secretary.—(1) In general.—In consultation with other...

§ 60122. Conditions for operation - (a) License Required for Operation.—No person that is subject to...

§ 60123. Administrative authority of Secretary - (a) Functions.—In order to carry out the responsibilities specified in...

§ 60124. Regulatory authority of Secretary - The Secretary may issue regulations to carry out this subchapter....

§ 60125. Agency activities - (a) License Application and Issuance.—A private sector party may apply...

§ 60126. Annual reports - (a) In General.—The Secretary shall submit a report to the...

SUBCHAPTER IV— RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND DEMONSTRATION

§ 60131. Continued Federal research and development - (a) Roles of Administration and Department of Defense.—(1) In general.—The...

§ 60132. Availability of federally gathered unenhanced data - (a) In General.—All unenhanced land remote sensing data gathered and...

§ 60133. Technology demonstration program - (a) Establishment.—As a fundamental component of a national land remote...

§ 60134. Preference for private sector land remote sensing system - (a) In General.—If a successor land remote sensing system to...

SUBCHAPTER V— GENERAL PROVISIONS

§ 60141. Nondiscriminatory data availability - (a) In General.—Except as provided in subsection (b), any unenhanced...

§ 60142. Archiving of data - (a) Public Interest.—It is in the public interest for the...

§ 60143. Nonreproduction - Unenhanced data distributed by any licensee under subchapter III may...

§ 60144. Reimbursement for assistance - The Administrator, the Secretary of Defense, and the heads of...

§ 60145. Acquisition of equipment - The Landsat Program Management may, by means of a competitive...

§ 60146. Radio frequency allocation - (a) Application to Federal Communications Commission.—To the extent required by...

§ 60147. Consultation - (a) Consultation With Secretary of Defense.—The Secretary and the Landsat...

§ 60148. Enforcement - (a) In General.—In order to ensure that unenhanced data from...

SUBCHAPTER VI— PROHIBITION OF COMMERCIALIZATION OF WEATHER SATELLITES

§ 60161. Prohibition - Neither the President nor any other official of the Government...

§ 60162. Future considerations - Regardless of any change in circumstances subsequent to , even...

CHAPTER 603— REMOTE SENSING

§ 60301. Definitions - (1) Geospatial information.—The term “geospatial information” means knowledge of the...

§ 60302. General responsibilities - (1) develop a sustained relationship with the United States commercial...

§ 60303. Pilot projects to encourage public sector applications - (a) In General.—The Administrator shall establish a program of grants...

§ 60304. Program evaluation - (a) Advisory Committee.—The Administrator shall establish an advisory committee, consisting...

§ 60305. Data availability - The Administrator shall ensure that the results of each of...

§ 60306. Education - The Administrator shall establish an educational outreach program to increase...

CHAPTER 605— EARTH SCIENCE

§ 60501. Goal - The goal for the Administration’s Earth Science program shall be...

§ 60502. Transitioning experimental research into operational services - (a) Interagency Process.—The Director of the Office of Science and...

§ 60503. Reauthorization of Glory Mission - Congress reauthorizes the Administration to continue with development of the...

§ 60504. Tornadoes and other severe storms - The Administrator shall ensure that the Administration gives high priority...

§ 60505. Coordination with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - (a) Joint Working Group.—The Administrator and the Administrator of the...

§ 60506. Sharing of climate related data - The Administrator shall work to ensure that the Administration’s policies...

CHAPTER 606— SPACE WEATHER

§ 60601. Space weather - (a) Findings.—(1) Space weather.—Congress makes the following findings with respect...

§ 60602. Integrated strategy - (a) In General.—The Director of the Office of Science and...

§ 60603. Sustaining and advancing critical space weather observations - (a) Policy.—It is the policy of the United States to—(1)...

§ 60604. Research activities - (a) Basic Research.—The Director of the National Science Foundation, the...

§ 60605. Space weather data - (a) In General.—The Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space...

§ 60606. Space weather knowledge transfer and information exchange - (1) facilitate advances in space weather prediction and forecasting; (2)...

§ 60607. Pilot program for obtaining commercial sector space weather data - (a) Establishment.—Not later than 12 months after the date of...

§ 60608. Space weather benchmarks - (1) any significant new data or advances in scientific understanding...

Subtitle VII— Access to Space

CHAPTER 701— USE OF SPACE LAUNCH SYSTEM OR ALTERNATIVES

§ 70101. Recovery of fair value of placing Department of Defense payloads in orbit with space launch system - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, or any interagency agreement,...

§ 70102. Space launch system use policy - (a) In General.—The Space Launch System may be used for...

§ 70103. Commercial payloads on space launch system - (a) Definitions.—In this section:(1) Launch vehicle.—The term “launch vehicle” means...

§ 70104. Definition of Space Launch System - In this chapter, the term “Space Launch System” means the...

[CHAPTER 703— REPEALED]

[§§ 70301 to 70304. Repealed. , , ] -

CHAPTER 705— EXPLORATION INITIATIVES

§ 70501. Space shuttle follow-on - (a) Policy Statement.—In order to ensure continuous United States participation...

§ 70502. Exploration plan and programs - (1) construct an architecture and implementation plan for the Administration’s...

§ 70503. Ground-based analog capabilities - (a) In General.—The Administrator may establish a ground-based analog capability...

§ 70504. Stepping stone approach to exploration - (a) In General.—The Administration—(1) may conduct missions to intermediate destinations...

§ 70505. Lunar outpost - (a) Establishment.—As the Administration works toward the establishment of a...

§ 70506. Exploration technology research - The Administrator shall carry out a program of long-term exploration-related...

§ 70507. Technology development - The Administrator shall establish an intra-Directorate long-term technology development program...

§ 70508. Robotic or human servicing of spacecraft - The Administrator shall take all necessary steps to ensure that...

CHAPTER 707— HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION COMMISSION

§ 70701. Definitions - (1) Commission.—The term “Commission” means a Commission established under this...

§ 70702. Establishment of Commission - (a) Establishment.—The President shall establish an independent, nonpartisan Commission within...

§ 70703. Tasks of Commission - (1) Investigation.—Investigate the incident. (2) Cause.—Determine the cause of the...

§ 70704. Composition of Commission - (a) Number of Commissioners.—A Commission established pursuant to this chapter...

§ 70705. Powers of Commission - (a) Hearings and Evidence.—A Commission or, on the authority of...

§ 70706. Public meetings, information, and hearings - (a) Public Meetings and Release of Public Versions of Reports.—A...

§ 70707. Staff of Commission - (a) Appointment and Compensation.—The Chairman, in consultation with the Vice...

§ 70708. Compensation and travel expenses - (a) Compensation.—Each member of a Commission may be compensated at...

§ 70709. Security clearances for Commission members and staff - The appropriate Federal agencies or departments shall cooperate with a...

§ 70710. Reporting requirements and termination - (a) Interim Reports.—A Commission may submit to the President and...

CHAPTER 709— INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION

§ 70901. Peaceful uses of space station - No civil space station authorized under section 103(a)(1) of the...

§ 70902. Allocation of International Space Station research budget - The Administrator shall allocate at least 15 percent of the...

§ 70903. International Space Station research - (1) carry out a program of microgravity research consistent with...

§ 70904. International Space Station completion - (a) Policy.—It is the policy of the United States to...

§ 70905. National laboratory designation - (a) Definition of United States Segment of the International Space...

§ 70906. International Space Station National Laboratory Advisory Committee - (a) Establishment.—Not later than one year after October 15, 2008,...

§ 70907. Maintaining use through at least 2030 - (a) Policy.—The Administrator shall take all necessary steps to ensure...

CHAPTER 711— NEAR-EARTH OBJECTS

§ 71101. Reaffirmation of policy - Congress reaffirms the policy set forth in (relating to surveying...

§ 71102. Requests for information - (1) a low-cost space mission with the purpose of rendezvousing...

§ 71103. Developing policy and recommending responsible Federal agency - (1) develop a policy for notifying Federal agencies and relevant...

§ 71104. Planetary radar - The Administrator shall maintain a planetary radar that is comparable...

CHAPTER 713— COOPERATION FOR SAFETY AMONG SPACEFARING NATIONS

§ 71301. Common docking system standard to enable rescue - In order to maximize the ability to rescue astronauts whose...

§ 71302. Information sharing to avoid physical or radio-frequency interference - The Administrator shall, in consultation with other agencies of the...

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