2004 US Code
Title 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 84 - COMMERCIAL SPACE COMPETITIVENESS
Sec. 5803 - Launch voucher demonstration program
View Metadata| Publication Title | United States Code, 2000 Edition, Supplement 4, Title 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE CHAPTER 84 - COMMERCIAL SPACE COMPETITIVENESS Sec. 5803 - Launch voucher demonstration program |
| Contains | section 5803 |
| Date | 2004 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 3, 2005 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 102-588, title V, §504, Nov. 4, 1992, 106 Stat. 5124; Pub. L. 105-303, title I, §103, Oct. 28, 1998, 112 Stat. 2851. |
| Statutes at Large References | 106 Stat. 5124, 5110 112 Stat. 2851 |
| Public Law References | Public Law 102-588, Public Law 105-303 |
§5803. Launch voucher demonstration program (a) Commercial space voucher demonstration program; effective period
The Administrator shall establish a demonstration program to award vouchers for the payment of commercial launch services and payload integration services for the purpose of launching payloads funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to become effective October 1, 1993.
(b) Award of vouchersThe Administrator shall award vouchers under subsection (a) of this section to appropriate individuals as a part of grants administered by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for the launch of—
(1) payloads to be placed in suborbital trajectories; and
(2) small payloads to be placed in orbit.
(c) AssistanceThe Administrator may provide voucher award recipients with such assistance, including contract formulation and technical support during the proposal evaluation, as may be necessary, to ensure the purchase of cost effective and reasonably reliable commercial launch services and payload integration services.
(d) ReportThe Administrator shall conduct an ongoing review of the program established under this section, and shall, not later than January 31, 1995, report to Congress the results of such a review, together with recommendations for further action relating to the program.
(Pub. L. 102–588, title V, §504, Nov. 4, 1992, 106 Stat. 5124; Pub. L. 105–303, title I, §103, Oct. 28, 1998, 112 Stat. 2851.)
Amendments1998—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105–303, §103(1), struck out “the Office of Commercial Programs within” after “payloads funded by” and struck out at end “Such program shall not be effective after September 30, 1995.”
Subsecs. (c) to (e). Pub. L. 105–303, §103(2), (3), redesignated subsecs. (d) and (e) as (c) and (d), respectively, and struck out heading and text of former subsec. (c). Text read as follows: “In carrying out the demonstration program established under subsection (a) of this section, the Administrator, in awarding vouchers, is limited to the launch of payloads funded by the Office of Commercial Programs within the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.”
“Administrator” DefinedAdministrator means Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, see section 102(f) of Pub. L. 102–588, 106 Stat. 5110.
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