2015 US Code
Title 51 - National and Commercial Space Programs (Sections 10101 - 71302)
Subtitle III - Administrative Provisions (Sections 30101 - 31505)
Chapter 307 - International Cooperation and Competition (Sections 30701 - 30704)
Sec. 30703 - Foreign launch vehicles
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 51 - NATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL SPACE PROGRAMS |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 51 - NATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL SPACE PROGRAMS Subtitle III - Administrative Provisions CHAPTER 307 - INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AND COMPETITION Sec. 30703 - Foreign launch vehicles |
Contains | section 30703 |
Date | 2015 |
Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 3, 2016 |
Positive Law | Yes |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 111-314, §3, Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3371. |
Statutes at Large References | 119 Stat. 2895, 2912 124 Stat. 3371 |
Public and Private Laws | Public Law 109-155, Public Law 111-314 |
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(a) Accord With Space Transportation Policy.—The Administration shall not launch a payload on a foreign launch vehicle except in accordance with the Space Transportation Policy announced by the President on December 21, 2004. This subsection shall not be construed to prevent the President from waiving the Space Transportation Policy.
(b) Interagency Coordination.—The Administration shall not launch a payload on a foreign launch vehicle unless the Administration commenced the interagency coordination required by the Space Transportation Policy announced by the President on December 21, 2004, at least 90 days before entering into a development contract for the payload.
(c) Application.—This section shall not apply to any payload for which development has begun prior to December 30, 2005, including the James Webb Space Telescope.
(Pub. L. 111–314, §3, Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3371.)
Revised Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
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30703 | 42 U.S.C. 16614. | Pub. L. 109–155, title I, §105, Dec. 30, 2005, 119 Stat. 2912. |
In subsection (c), the date "December 30, 2005" is substituted for "the date of enactment of this Act" to reflect the date of enactment of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–155, 119 Stat. 2895).
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