Title 51 — NATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL SPACE PROGRAMS

• § 10101— Definitions
• § 20101— Short title
• § 20102— Congressional declaration of policy and purpose
• § 20103— Definitions
• § 20111— National Aeronautics and Space Administration
• § 20112— Functions of the Administration
• § 20113— Powers of the Administration in performance of functions
• § 20114— Administration and Department of Defense coordination
• § 20115— International cooperation
• § 20116— Reports to Congress
• § 20117— Disposal of excess land
• § 20131— Public access to information
• § 20132— Security requirements
• § 20133— Permission to carry firearms
• § 20134— Arrest authority
• § 20135— Property rights in inventions
• § 20136— Contributions awards
• § 20137— Malpractice and negligence suits against United States
• § 20138— Insurance and indemnification
• § 20139— Insurance for experimental aerospace vehicles
• § 20140— Appropriations
• § 20141— Misuse of agency name and initials
• § 20142— Contracts regarding expendable launch vehicles
• § 20143— Full cost appropriations account structure
• § 20144— Prize authority
• § 20145— Lease of non-excess property
• § 20146— Retrocession of jurisdiction
• § 20147— Recovery and disposition authority
• § 20148— Indemnification; NASA launch services and reentry services
• § 20149— Medical monitoring and research relating to human space flight
• § 20161— Congressional declaration of purpose and policy
• § 20162— Definition of upper atmosphere
• § 20163— Program authorized
• § 20164— International cooperation
• § 20301— General responsibilities
• § 20302— Vision for space exploration
• § 20303— Contribution to innovation
• § 20304— Basic research enhancement
• § 20305— National Academies decadal surveys
• § 20306— Special appropriations for Mars missions, Artemis missions, and Moon to Mars program
• § 30101— Prior authorization of appropriations required
• § 30102— Working capital fund
• § 30103— Budgets
• § 30104— Baselines and cost controls
• § 30301— Guaranteed customer base
• § 30302— Quality assurance personnel
• § 30303— Tracking and data relay satellite services
• § 30304— Award of contracts to small businesses and disadvantaged individuals
• § 30305— Outreach program
• § 30306— Small business contracting
• § 30307— Requirement for independent cost analysis
• § 30308— Cost effectiveness calculations
• § 30309— Use of abandoned and underutilized buildings, grounds, and facilities
• § 30310— Exception to alternative fuel procurement requirement
• § 30501— Lessons learned and best practices
• § 30502— Whistleblower protection
• § 30503— Performance assessments
• § 30504— Assessment of science mission extensions
• § 30701— Competitiveness and international cooperation
• § 30702— Foreign contract limitation
• § 30703— Foreign launch vehicles
• § 30704— Offshore performance of contracts for the procurement of goods and services
• § 30901— Congressional Space Medal of Honor
• § 30902— Charles “Pete” Conrad Astronomy Awards
• § 31101— Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel
• § 31102— Drug and alcohol testing
• § 31301— Healthcare program
• § 31302— Astronaut healthcare survey
• § 31501— Orbital debris
• § 31502— Maintenance of facilities
• § 31503— Laboratory productivity
• § 31504— Cooperative unmanned aerial vehicle activities
• § 31505— Development of enhanced-use lease policy
• § 40101— Definition of institution of higher education
• § 40102— Governmental interest in aeronautics research and development
• § 40103— Cooperation with other agencies on aeronautics activities
• § 40104— Cooperation among Mission Directorates
• § 40111— Fundamental research program
• § 40112— Research and technology programs
• § 40113— Airspace systems research
• § 40114— Aviation safety and security research
• § 40115— Aviation weather research
• § 40116— University-based Centers for Research on Aviation Training
• § 40131— Aeronautics scholarships
• § 40141— Aviation data requests
• § 40301— Purposes
• § 40302— Definitions
• § 40303— National space grant college and fellowship program
• § 40304— Grants or contracts
• § 40305— Specific national needs
• § 40306— Space grant college and space grant regional consortium
• § 40307— Space grant fellowship program
• § 40308— Space grant review panel
• § 40309— Availability of other Federal personnel and data
• § 40310— Designation or award to be on competitive basis
• § 40311— Continuing emphasis
• § 40501— Biomedical research joint working group
• § 40502— Biomedical research grants
• § 40503— Biomedical research fellowships
• § 40504— Establishment of electronic data archive
• § 40505— Establishment of emergency medical service telemedicine capability
• § 40701— Research and development initiative
• § 40702— Additional research and development initiative
• § 40703— Research alignment
• § 40704— Research program on perceived impact of sonic booms
• § 40901— Science, Space, and Technology Education Trust Fund
• § 40902— National Aeronautics and Space Administration Endeavor Teacher Fellowship Trust Fund
• § 40903— Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research—merit grant competition requirements
• § 40904— Microgravity research
• § 40905— Program to expand distance learning in rural underserved areas
• § 40906— Equal access to the Administration’s education programs
• § 40907— Museums
• § 40908— Continuation of certain education programs
• § 40909— Compliance with title IX of Education Amendments of 1972
• § 50101— Definitions
• § 50111— Commercialization of Space Station
• § 50112— Promotion of United States Global Positioning System standards
• § 50113— Acquisition of space science data
• § 50114— Administration of commercial space centers
• § 50115— Sources of Earth science data
• § 50116— Commercial technology transfer program
• § 50131— Requirement to procure commercial space transportation services
• § 50132— Acquisition of commercial space transportation services
• § 50134— Use of excess intercontinental ballistic missiles
• § 50301— Definitions
• § 50302— Loan guarantees for production of commercial reusable in-space transportation
• § 50501— Definitions
• § 50502— Launch voucher demonstration program
• § 50503— Anchor tenancy and termination liability
• § 50504— Use of Government facilities
• § 50505— Test facilities
• § 50506— Commercial Space Achievement Award
• § 50701— Definition of Office
• § 50702— Establishment
• § 50703— Annual report
• § 50901— Findings and purposes
• § 50902— Definitions
• § 50903— General authority
• § 50904— Restrictions on launches, operations, and reentries
• § 50905— License applications and requirements
• § 50906— Experimental permits
• § 50907— Monitoring activities
• § 50908— Effective periods, and modifications, suspensions, and revocations, of licenses
• § 50909— Prohibition, suspension, and end of launches, operation of launch sites and reentry sites, and reentries
• § 50910— Preemption of scheduled launches or reentries
• § 50911— Space advertising
• § 50912— Administrative hearings and judicial review
• § 50913— Acquiring United States Government property and services
• § 50914— Liability insurance and financial responsibility requirements
• § 50915— Paying claims exceeding liability insurance and financial responsibility requirements
• § 50916— Disclosing information
• § 50917— Enforcement and penalty
• § 50918— Consultation
• § 50919— Relationship to other executive agencies, laws, and international obligations
• § 50920— User fees
• § 50921— Office of Commercial Space Transportation
• § 50922— Regulations
• § 50923— Report to Congress
• § 50924— Space launch and reentry licensing and permitting user fees
• § 51101— Definitions
• § 51102— Grant authority
• § 51103— Grant applications
• § 51104— Environmental requirements
• § 51105— Authorization of appropriations
• § 51301— Definitions
• § 51302— Commercial exploration and commercial recovery
• § 51303— Asteroid resource and space resource rights
• § 51501— Establishment of Office of Spaceports
• § 60101— Definitions
• § 60111— Landsat Program Management
• § 60112— Transfer of Landsat 6 program responsibilities
• § 60113— Data policy for Landsat 7
• § 60121— General licensing authority
• § 60122— Conditions for operation
• § 60123— Administrative authority of Secretary
• § 60124— Regulatory authority of Secretary
• § 60125— Agency activities
• § 60126— Annual reports
• § 60131— Continued Federal research and development
• § 60132— Availability of federally gathered unenhanced data
• § 60133— Technology demonstration program
• § 60134— Preference for private sector land remote sensing system
• § 60141— Nondiscriminatory data availability
• § 60142— Archiving of data
• § 60143— Nonreproduction
• § 60144— Reimbursement for assistance
• § 60145— Acquisition of equipment
• § 60146— Radio frequency allocation
• § 60147— Consultation
• § 60148— Enforcement
• § 60161— Prohibition
• § 60162— Future considerations
• § 60301— Definitions
• § 60302— General responsibilities
• § 60303— Pilot projects to encourage public sector applications
• § 60304— Program evaluation
• § 60305— Data availability
• § 60306— Education
• § 60501— Goal
• § 60502— Transitioning experimental research into operational services
• § 60503— Reauthorization of Glory Mission
• § 60504— Tornadoes and other severe storms
• § 60505— Coordination with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
• § 60506— Sharing of climate related data
• § 60601— Space weather
• § 60602— Integrated strategy
• § 60603— Sustaining and advancing critical space weather observations
• § 60604— Research activities
• § 60605— Space weather data
• § 60606— Space weather knowledge transfer and information exchange
• § 60607— Pilot program for obtaining commercial sector space weather data
• § 60608— Space weather benchmarks
• § 70101— Recovery of fair value of placing Department of Defense payloads in orbit with space launch system
• § 70102— Space launch system use policy
• § 70103— Commercial payloads on space launch system
• § 70104— Definition of Space Launch System
• § 70501— Space shuttle follow-on
• § 70502— Exploration plan and programs
• § 70503— Ground-based analog capabilities
• § 70504— Stepping stone approach to exploration
• § 70505— Lunar outpost
• § 70506— Exploration technology research
• § 70507— Technology development
• § 70508— Robotic or human servicing of spacecraft
• § 70701— Definitions
• § 70702— Establishment of Commission
• § 70703— Tasks of Commission
• § 70704— Composition of Commission
• § 70705— Powers of Commission
• § 70706— Public meetings, information, and hearings
• § 70707— Staff of Commission
• § 70708— Compensation and travel expenses
• § 70709— Security clearances for Commission members and staff
• § 70710— Reporting requirements and termination
• § 70901— Peaceful uses of space station
• § 70902— Allocation of International Space Station research budget
• § 70903— International Space Station research
• § 70904— International Space Station completion
• § 70905— National laboratory designation
• § 70906— International Space Station National Laboratory Advisory Committee
• § 70907— Maintaining use through at least 2030
• § 71101— Reaffirmation of policy
• § 71102— Requests for information
• § 71103— Developing policy and recommending responsible Federal agency
• § 71104— Planetary radar
• § 71301— Common docking system standard to enable rescue
• § 71302— Information sharing to avoid physical or radio-frequency interference