51-U.S.C.-50907
§50907 – Monitoring Activities
Pathway
Title 51 > Subtitle V > Chapter 509 > Section 50907
Details
- Reference: Section 50907
- Legend: §50907 – Monitoring Activities
- USCode Year: 2012
Provision Content
(a) General Requirements.—A licensee under this chapter must allow the Secretary of Transportation to place an officer or employee of the United States Government or another individual as an observer at a launch site or reentry site the licensee uses, at a production facility or assembly site a contractor of the licensee uses to produce or assemble a launch vehicle or reentry vehicle, at a site used for crew or space flight participant training, or at a site at which a payload is integrated with a launch vehicle or reentry vehicle. The observer will monitor the activity of the licensee or contractor at the time and to the extent the Secretary considers reasonable to ensure compliance with the license or to carry out the duties of the Secretary under sections 50904(c), 50905, and 50906 of this title. A licensee must cooperate with an observer carrying out this subsection.
(b) Contracts.—To the extent provided in advance in an appropriation law, the Secretary may make a contract with a person to carry out subsection (a) of this section.
(Pub. L. 103–272, §1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1334, §70106 of title 49; Pub. L. 105–303, title I, §102(a)(7), Oct. 28, 1998, 112 Stat. 2848; Pub. L. 108–492, §2(c)(17), Dec. 23, 2004, 118 Stat. 3980; renumbered §70106 then §50907 of title 51 and amended Pub. L. 111–314, §4(d)(2), (3)(G), (5)(I), Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3440–3442.)
| Revised Section |
Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
|---|---|---|
| 70106(a) | 49 App.:2613(a). | Oct. 30, 1984, Pub. L. 98–575, §14, 98 Stat. 3060. |
| 70106(b) | 49 App.:2613(b). |
In subsection (a), the word duties” is substituted for responsibilities” for consistency in the revised title and with other titles of the United States Code.
Amendments
2010—Pub. L. 111–314, §4(d)(2), (3)(G), successively renumbered section 70106 of title 49 and section 70106 of this title as this section.
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 111–314, §4(d)(5)(I), substituted sections 50904(c), 50905, and 50906” for sections 70104(c), 70105, and 70105a”.
2004—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 108–492 inserted at a site used for crew or space flight participant training,” after assemble a launch vehicle or reentry vehicle,” and substituted sections 70104(c), 70105, and 70105a” for section 70104(c)”.
1998—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105–303, in first sentence, inserted or reentry site” after observer at a launch site” and or reentry vehicle” after assemble a launch vehicle” and after with a launch vehicle”.
U.S. Encyclopedia of Law Coverage
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