Title 51 — National and Commercial Space Programs
247 sections across 35 chapters.
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Ch. 101 — Definitions 1 section
Ch. 201 — National Aeronautics and Space Administration 33 sections
- § 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
Ch. 203 — General responsibilities 5 sections
Ch. 301 — Prior authorization of appropriations required 4 sections
Ch. 303 — Guaranteed customer base 10 sections
- § 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
Ch. 305 — Lessons learned and best practices 4 sections
Ch. 307 — Competitiveness and international cooperation 4 sections
Ch. 309 — Charles “Pete” Conrad Astronomy Awards 2 sections
Ch. 311 — Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel 2 sections
Ch. 313 — Healthcare program 2 sections
Ch. 315 — Orbital debris 5 sections
Ch. 401 — Definition of institution of higher education 12 sections
- § 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
Ch. 403 — National space grant college and fellowship program 11 sections
- § 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
Ch. 405 — Biomedical research joint working group 5 sections
Ch. 407 — Research and development initiative 4 sections
Ch. 409 — Science 9 sections
- § 40901 Science, Space, and Technology Education Trust Fund
- § 40902 National Aeronautics and Space Administration Endeavor Teacher Fellowship Trust Fund
- § 40903 Experimental 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
Ch. 501 — Commercialization of Space Station 1 inactive 10 sections
- § 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
- § 50133 Repealed. Pub. L. 115–10, title IV, § 416(c) , Mar. 21, 2017 , 131 Stat. 35 ] Repealed
- § 50134 Use of excess intercontinental ballistic missiles
Ch. 503 — Loan guarantees for production of commercial reusable in-spa 2 sections
Ch. 505 — Launch voucher demonstration program 6 sections
Ch. 507 — Definition of Office 3 sections
Ch. 509 — General authority 23 sections
- § 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
Ch. 511 — Grant authority 5 sections
Ch. 513 — Commercial exploration and commercial recovery 3 sections
Ch. 515 — Establishment of Office of Spaceports 1 section
Ch. 601 — Landsat Program Management 24 sections
- § 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
Ch. 603 — General responsibilities 6 sections
Ch. 605 — Goal 6 sections
Ch. 606 — Space weather 8 sections
- § 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
Ch. 701 — Recovery of fair value of placing Department of Defense payl 4 sections
Ch. 703 1 inactive 0 sections
Ch. 705 — Space shuttle follow-on 8 sections
Ch. 707 — Tasks of Commission 10 sections
- § 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
Ch. 709 — Peaceful uses of space station 7 sections
- § 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 2024