51 U.S.C. § 50903 — General authority
submitted 32 years ago by Pub. L. 103-272 to r/title-51-NATIONAL-AND-COMMERCIAL-SPACE-PROGRAMS · 157 words · no verdicts yet
The Secretary of Transportation runs this chapter's commercial space launch program. The Secretary must encourage private launches, promote partnerships, and improve human-carrying launch vehicle safety. Other federal agencies must help when needed.
(a) General. The Secretary of Transportation carries out this chapter.
(b) Facilitating Commercial Launches and Reentries. In doing so, the Secretary must: (1) encourage, help, and promote private-sector commercial space launches and reentries, including ones involving space flight participants; and (2) take action to help private-sector involvement in commercial space transportation, and promote public-private partnerships among the U.S. Government, state governments, and the private sector, to build, expand, modernize, or run space launch and reentry infrastructure.
(c) Safety. While carrying out (b), the Secretary must encourage, help, and promote continuous safety improvements for launch vehicles built to carry humans. The Secretary may, consistent with this chapter, issue regulations to do this.
(d) Executive Agency Assistance. When needed, the head of an executive agency must help the Secretary carry out this chapter.
The Secretary of Transportation shall carry out this chapter.
In carrying out this chapter, the Secretary shall—
encourage, facilitate, and promote commercial space launches and reentries by the private sector, including those involving space flight participants; and
take actions to facilitate private sector involvement in commercial space transportation activity, and to promote public-private partnerships involving the United States Government, State governments, and the private sector to build, expand, modernize, or operate a space launch and reentry infrastructure.
In carrying out the responsibilities under subsection (b), the Secretary shall encourage, facilitate, and promote the continuous improvement of the safety of launch vehicles designed to carry humans, and the Secretary may, consistent with this chapter, promulgate regulations to carry out this subsection.
When necessary, the head of an executive agency shall assist the Secretary in carrying out this chapter.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1332, § 70103 of title 49; Pub. L. 105–303, title I, § 102(a)(4), Oct. 28, 1998, 112 Stat. 2847; Pub. L. 108–492, § 2(c)(1), (2), Dec. 23, 2004, 118 Stat. 3976; renumbered § 70103 then § 50903 of title 51, Pub. L. 111–314, § 4(d)(2), (3)(C), Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3440.)
- 1994Enacted · Pub. L. 103-272 · 108 Stat. 1332
- 1998Amended · Pub. L. 105-303 · 112 Stat. 2847
- 2004Amended · Pub. L. 108-492 · 118 Stat. 3976
- 2010Amended · Pub. L. 111-314 · 124 Stat. 3440
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 103-272 on 1994-07-05.
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