1995 U.S. Code
Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
CHAPTER 26 - NATIONAL SPACE PROGRAM
SUBCHAPTER I - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 2464 - Recovery of fair value of placing Department of Defense payloads in orbit with Space Shuttle
§2464. Recovery of fair value of placing Department of Defense payloads in orbit with Space Shuttle
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, or any interagency agreement, the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration shall charge such prices as necessary to recover the fair value of placing Department of Defense payloads into orbit by means of the Space Shuttle.
(Pub. L. 97–324, title I, §106(a), Oct. 15, 1982, 96 Stat. 1600.)
CodificationSection was enacted as part of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act, 1983, and not as part of the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 which is classified principally to this chapter.
Effective DateSection 106(b) of Pub. L. 97–324 provided that: “This section [enacting this section] shall apply to any Department of Defense payloads placed into orbit by means of the Space Shuttle on or after October 1, 1983.”