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2008 U.S. Code
Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
CHAPTER 150 - NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE PROGRAMS, 2005
SUBCHAPTER I - GENERAL PRINCIPLES AND REPORTS
Sec. 16614 - Foreign launch vehicles

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
CHAPTER 150 - NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE PROGRAMS, 2005
SUBCHAPTER I - GENERAL PRINCIPLES AND REPORTS
Sec. 16614 - Foreign launch vehicles
Containssection 16614
Date2008
Laws in Effect as of DateJanuary 5, 2009
Positive LawNo
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditPub. L. 109-155, title I, §105, Dec. 30, 2005, 119 Stat. 2912.
Statutes at Large Reference119 Stat. 2912
Public Law ReferencePublic Law 109-155

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§16614. Foreign launch vehicles (a) Accord with Space Transportation Policy

NASA 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

NASA shall not launch a payload on a foreign launch vehicle unless NASA 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. 109–155, title I, §105, Dec. 30, 2005, 119 Stat. 2912.)

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