2014 US Code
Title 42 - The Public Health and Welfare (Sections 1 - 18445)
Chapter 159 - Space Exploration, Technology, and Science (Sections 18301 - 18445)
Subchapter I - Policy, Goals, and Objectives for Human Space Flight and Exploration (Sections 18311 - 18313)
Sec. 18311 - United States human space flight policy
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE CHAPTER 159 - SPACE EXPLORATION, TECHNOLOGY, AND SCIENCE SUBCHAPTER I - POLICY, GOALS, AND OBJECTIVES FOR HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT AND EXPLORATION Sec. 18311 - United States human space flight policy |
| Contains | section 18311 |
| Date | 2014 |
| Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 5, 2015 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 111-267, title II, §201, Oct. 11, 2010, 124 Stat. 2811. |
| Statutes at Large References | 124 Stat. 2811, 3443 |
| Public and Private Laws | Public Law 111-267, Public Law 111-314 |
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It is the policy of the United States that reliance upon and use of non-United States human space flight capabilities shall be undertaken only as a contingency in circumstances where no United States-owned and operated human space flight capability is available, operational, and certified for flight by appropriate Federal agencies.
(b) United States human space flight capabilitiesCongress reaffirms the policy stated in section 70501(a) of title 51, that the United States shall maintain an uninterrupted capability for human space flight and operations in low-Earth orbit, and beyond, as an essential instrument of national security and of the capacity to ensure continued United States participation and leadership in the exploration and utilization of space.
(Pub. L. 111–267, title II, §201, Oct. 11, 2010, 124 Stat. 2811.)
CODIFICATIONIn subsec. (b), "section 70501(a) of title 51" substituted for "section 501(a) of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16761(a))" on authority of Pub. L. 111–314, §5(e), Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3443, which Act enacted Title 51, National and Commercial Space Programs.
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