51-U.S.C.-50910
§50910 – Preemption of Scheduled Launches Or Reentries
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Title 51 > Subtitle V > Chapter 509 > Section 50910
Details
- Reference: Section 50910
- Legend: §50910 – Preemption of Scheduled Launches Or Reentries
- USCode Year: 2012
Provision Content
(a) General.—With the cooperation of the Secretary of Defense and the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Secretary of Transportation shall act to ensure that a launch or reentry of a payload is not preempted from access to a United States Government launch site, reentry site, or launch property, except for imperative national need, when a launch date commitment or reentry date commitment from the Government has been obtained for a launch or reentry licensed under this chapter. A licensee or transferee preempted from access to a launch site, reentry site, or launch property does not have to pay the Government any amount for launch services, or services related to a reentry, attributable only to the scheduled launch or reentry prevented by the preemption.
(b) Imperative National Need Decisions.—In consultation with the Secretary of Transportation, the Secretary of Defense or the Administrator shall decide when an imperative national need requires preemption under subsection (a) of this section. That decision may not be delegated.
(c) Reports.—In cooperation with the Secretary of Transportation, the Secretary of Defense or the Administrator, as appropriate, shall submit to Congress not later than 7 days after a decision to preempt under subsection (a) of this section, a report that includes an explanation of the circumstances justifying the decision and a schedule for ensuring the prompt launching or reentry of a preempted payload.
(Pub. L. 103–272, §1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1335, §70109 of title 49; Pub. L. 105–303, title I, §102(a)(9), Oct. 28, 1998, 112 Stat. 2849; renumbered §70109 then §50910 of title 51, Pub. L. 111–314, §4(d)(2), (3)(J), Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3440, 3441.)
| Revised Section |
Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
|---|---|---|
| 70109(a) | 49 App.:2614(b)(4)(A) (1st, last sentences). | Oct. 30, 1984, Pub. L. 98–575, 98 Stat. 3055, §15(b)(4); added Nov. 15, 1988, Pub. L. 100–657, §7, 102 Stat. 3906. |
| 70109(b) | 49 App.:2614(b)(4)(A) (2d sentence). | |
| 70109(c) | 49 App.:2614(b)(4)(B). |
Amendments
2010—Pub. L. 111–314 successively renumbered section 70109 of title 49 and section 70109 of this title as this section.
1998—Pub. L. 105–303, §102(a)(9)(A), substituted Preemption of scheduled launches or reentries” for Preemption of scheduled launches” in section catchline.
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105–303, §102(a)(9)(B), inserted or reentry” after ensure that a launch”, , reentry site,” after United States Government launch site”, or reentry date commitment” after launch date commitment”, or reentry” after obtained for a launch”, , reentry site,” after access to a launch site”, , or services related to a reentry,” after amount for launch services”, and or reentry” after the scheduled launch”.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 105–303, §102(a)(9)(C), inserted or reentry” after prompt launching”.
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