This subsection shall not be construed to allow the transfer of a permit.
51 U.S.C. § 50906
EDITORIAL NOTES
AMENDMENTS2015-Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 114-90, §104(1)(A), substituted "or reusable launch vehicles that will be launched into a suborbital trajectory or reentered under that permit" for "that will be launched or reentered" in introductory provisions.Subsec. (d)(1). Pub. L. 114-90, §104(1)(B), amended par. (1) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (1) read as follows: "research and development to test new design concepts, new equipment, or new operating techniques;".Subsec. (d)(3). Pub. L. 114-90, §104(1)(C), struck out "prior to obtaining a license" after "crew training" and inserted "or vehicle" after "design of the rocket". Subsec. (e)(1). Pub. L. 114-90, §104(2)(A), substituted "suborbital rocket or suborbital rocket design, or for a particular reusable launch vehicle or reusable launch vehicle design," for "suborbital rocket design".Subsec. (e)(2). Pub. L. 114-90, §104(2)(B), inserted "or launch vehicle" after "the suborbital rocket". Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 114-90, §104(3), amended subsec. (g) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (g) read as follows: "A permit may not be issued for, and a permit that has already been issued shall cease to be valid for, a particular design for a reusable suborbital rocket after a license has been issued for the launch or reentry of a rocket of that design."Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 114-90, §104(4), inserted "or reusable launch vehicle" after "suborbital rocket". 2010-Pub. L. 111-314, §4(d)(2), (3)(F), successively renumbered section 70105a of title 49 and section 70105a of this title as this section.Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 111-314, §4(d)(5)(G), substituted "section 50905(b)(2)(C)" for "section 70105(b)(2)(C)". Subsec. (i). Pub. L. 111-314, §4(d)(5)(H), substituted "sections 50907, 50908, 50909, 50910, 50912, 50914, 50917, 50918, 50919, and 50923" for "sections 70106, 70107, 70108, 70109, 70110, 70112, 70115, 70116, 70117, and 70121" in introductory provisions.
STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES
CHANGE OF NAMECommittee on Science of House of Representatives changed to Committee on Science and Technology of House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 6, One Hundred Tenth Congress, Jan. 5, 2007. Committee on Science and Technology of House of Representatives changed to Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 5, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, Jan. 5, 2011.
- United States
- "United States" means the States of the United States, the District of Columbia, and the territories and possessions of the United States.
- crew
- "crew" means any employee of a licensee or transferee, or of a contractor or subcontractor of a licensee or transferee, who performs activities in the course of that employment directly relating to the launch, reentry, or other operation of or in a launch vehicle or reentry vehicle that carries human beings.
- launch vehicle
- "launch vehicle" means-(A) a vehicle built to operate in, or place a payload or human beings in, outer space; and(B) a suborbital rocket.
- launch
- "launch" means to place or try to place a launch vehicle or reentry vehicle and any payload or human being from Earth-(A) in a suborbital trajectory;(B) in Earth orbit in outer space; or(C) otherwise in outer space,including activities involved in the preparation of a launch vehicle or payload for launch, when those activities take place at a launch site in the United States.
- person
- "person" means an individual and an entity organized or existing under the laws of a State or country.
- reentry
- "reenter" and "reentry" mean to return or attempt to return, purposefully, a reentry vehicle and its payload or human beings, if any, from Earth orbit or from outer space to Earth.
- suborbital trajectory
- "suborbital trajectory" means the intentional flight path of a launch vehicle, reentry vehicle, or any portion thereof, whose vacuum instantaneous impact point does not leave the surface of the Earth.