51 U.S.C. § 50113 — Acquisition of space science data
submitted 16 years ago by Pub. L. 111-314 to r/title-51-NATIONAL-AND-COMMERCIAL-SPACE-PROGRAMS · 251 words · no verdicts yet
The Administrator must, when possible and cost-effective, obtain space-science data from commercial providers while meeting the Administration’s scientific and educational needs. The data is treated as a commercial product or service under acquisition law, but the Government may obtain needed data rights and require safety compliance.
(a) “Space science data” includes scientific data about: (1) elemental and mineral resources of the moon, asteroids, planets and their moons, and comets; (2) microgravity acceleration; and (3) solar-storm monitoring.
(b) As far as possible, while meeting the Administration’s scientific or educational needs and, when appropriate, those of other agencies and researchers, the Administrator* must obtain space-science data from a commercial provider* when doing so is cost-effective.
(c) The Administrator must acquire the data under applicable acquisition laws and regulations, including the listed title 10 chapters. Under those laws, the data is treated as a commercial product or commercial service. The United States may still contract for enough data rights to meet scientific, educational, or other governmental needs.
(d) This section does not prevent the Federal Government from requiring applicable safety standards.
(e) This section does not authorize financial assistance to develop commercial systems that collect space-science data.
In this section, the term “space science data” includes scientific data concerning—
the elemental and mineralogical resources of the moon, asteroids, planets and their moons, and comets;
microgravity acceleration; and
solar storm monitoring.
The Administrator* shall, to the extent possible and while satisfying the scientific or educational requirements of the Administration*, and where appropriate, of other Federal agencies and scientific researchers, acquire, where cost effective, space science data from a commercial provider*.
Acquisitions of space science data by the Administrator shall be carried out in accordance with applicable acquisition laws and regulations (including applicable provisions of chapters 201 through 285, 341 through 343, and 363 of title 10). For purposes of such law and regulations, space science data shall be considered to be a commercial product or commercial service. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to preclude the United States from acquiring, through contracts with commercial providers, sufficient rights in data to meet the needs of the scientific and educational community or the needs of other government activities.
Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the Federal Government from requiring compliance with applicable safety standards.
This section does not authorize the Administration to provide financial assistance for the development of commercial systems for the collection of space science data.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 111–314, § 3, Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3397; Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 836(g)(10)(A), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1874; Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title XVII, § 1702(l)(10), Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 2161.)
- 2010Enacted · Pub. L. 111-314 · 124 Stat. 3397
- 2018Amended · Pub. L. 115-232 · 132 Stat. 1874
- 2021Amended · Pub. L. 117-81 · 135 Stat. 2161
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 111-314 on 2010-12-18.
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