2004 US Code
Title 49 - TRANSPORTATION
SUBTITLE IX - COMMERCIAL SPACE TRANSPORTATION
CHAPTER 701 - COMMERCIAL SPACE LAUNCH ACTIVITIES
Sec. 70109 - Preemption of scheduled launches or reentries
View MetadataPublication Title | United States Code, 2000 Edition, Supplement 4, Title 49 - TRANSPORTATION |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 49 - TRANSPORTATION SUBTITLE IX - COMMERCIAL SPACE TRANSPORTATION CHAPTER 701 - COMMERCIAL SPACE LAUNCH ACTIVITIES Sec. 70109 - Preemption of scheduled launches or reentries |
Contains | section 70109 |
Date | 2004 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 3, 2005 |
Positive Law | Yes |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 103-272, §1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1335; Pub. L. 105-303, title I, §102(a)(9), Oct. 28, 1998, 112 Stat. 2849. |
Statutes at Large References | 98 Stat. 3055 102 Stat. 3906 108 Stat. 1335 112 Stat. 2849 |
Public Law References | Public Law 98-575, Public Law 100-657, Public Law 103-272, Public Law 105-303 |
§70109. Preemption of scheduled launches or reentries
(a) General.—With the cooperation of the Secretary of Defense and the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Secretary of Transportation shall act to ensure that a launch or reentry of a payload is not preempted from access to a United States Government launch site, reentry site, or launch property, except for imperative national need, when a launch date commitment or reentry date commitment from the Government has been obtained for a launch or reentry licensed under this chapter. A licensee or transferee preempted from access to a launch site, reentry site, or launch property does not have to pay the Government any amount for launch services, or services related to a reentry, attributable only to the scheduled launch or reentry prevented by the preemption.
(b) Imperative National Need Decisions.—In consultation with the Secretary of Transportation, the Secretary of Defense or the Administrator shall decide when an imperative national need requires preemption under subsection (a) of this section. That decision may not be delegated.
(c) Reports.—In cooperation with the Secretary of Transportation, the Secretary of Defense or the Administrator, as appropriate, shall submit to Congress not later than 7 days after a decision to preempt under subsection (a) of this section, a report that includes an explanation of the circumstances justifying the decision and a schedule for ensuring the prompt launching or reentry of a preempted payload.
(Pub. L. 103–272, §1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1335; Pub. L. 105–303, title I, §102(a)(9), Oct. 28, 1998, 112 Stat. 2849.)
Revised Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
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70109(a) | 49 App.:2614(b)(4)(A) (1st, last sentences). | Oct. 30, 1984, Pub. L. 98–575, 98 Stat. 3055, §15(b)(4); added Nov. 15, 1988, Pub. L. 100–657, §7, 102 Stat. 3906. |
70109(b) | 49 App.:2614(b)(4)(A) (2d sentence). | |
70109(c) | 49 App.:2614(b)(4)(B). |
1998—Pub. L. 105–303, §102(a)(9)(A), substituted “Preemption of scheduled launches or reentries” for “Preemption of scheduled launches” in section catchline.
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105–303, §102(a)(9)(B), inserted “or reentry” after “ensure that a launch”, “, reentry site,” after “United States Government launch site”, “or reentry date commitment” after “launch date commitment”, “or reentry” after “obtained for a launch”, “, reentry site,” after “access to a launch site”, “, or services related to a reentry,” after “amount for launch services”, and “or reentry” after “the scheduled launch”.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 105–303, §102(a)(9)(C), inserted “or reentry” after “prompt launching”.
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