51 U.S.C. § 50921

Current through P.L. 118-64 (published on www.congress.gov on 05/24/2024), except for [P. L. 118-63]

Section 50921 - Office of Commercial Space Transportation

There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Transportation for the activities of the Office of the Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation-

(1) $11,941,000 for fiscal year 2005;

(2) $12,299,000 for fiscal year 2006;

(3) $12,668,000 for fiscal year 2007;

(4) $13,048,000 for fiscal year 2008; and

(5) $13,440,000 for fiscal year 2009.

51 U.S.C. § 50921

Pub. L. 103-272, §1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1343, §70119 of title 49, Pub. L. 105-303, title I, §102(b), Oct. 28, 1998, 112 Stat. 2851; Pub. L. 106-405, §3(a), Nov. 1, 2000, 114 Stat. 1752; Pub. L. 108-360, title III, §301, Oct. 25, 2004, 118 Stat. 1680; renumbered §70119 then §50921 of title 51, Pub. L. 111-314, §4(d)(2), (3) (U), Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3440, 3441.

HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Revised Section	Source (U.S. Code)	Source (Statutes at Large)
70119	49 App.:2623 (less last sentence).	Oct. 30, 1984, Pub. L. 98-575, §24 (less last sentence), 98 Stat. 3064; Dec. 5, 1985, Pub. L. 99-170, §301, 99 Stat. 1018; Oct. 30, 1987, Pub. L. 100-147, §120, 101 Stat. 868; Nov. 17, 1988, Pub. L. 100-685, §213, 102 Stat. 4093; Nov. 16, 1990, Pub. L. 101-611, §117(a), 104 Stat. 3202; restated Dec. 9, 1991, Pub. L. 102-195, §13, 105 Stat. 1613; Nov. 4, 1992, Pub. L. 102-588, §211, 106 Stat. 5115.

In this section, the amendment by section 211 of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1993 ( Pub. L. 102-588 106 Stat. 5115) was executed to carry out the probable intent of Congress by omitting the period after "1993". As to the applicability of section 219 of the Act ( Pub. L. 102-588 106 Stat. 5118) to amounts authorized by this section for fiscal year 1993, see section 6(b) of the bill.

EDITORIAL NOTES

AMENDMENTS2010- Pub. L. 111-314 successively renumbered section 70119 of title 49 and section 70119 of this title as this section.2004-Pars. (1) to (5). Pub. L. 108-360 added pars. (1) to (5) and struck out former pars. (1) and (2) which read as follows:"(1) $12,607,000 for fiscal year 2001; and"(2) $16,478,000 for fiscal year 2002." 2000- Pub. L. 106-405 amended section catchline and text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: "There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Transportation for the activities of the Office of the Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation-"(1) $6,275,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999; and"(2) $6,600,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000."1998- Pub. L. 105-303 reenacted section catchline without change and amended text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: "The following amounts may be appropriated to the Secretary of Transportation for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1993:"(1) $4,900,000 to carry out this chapter. "(2) $20,000,000 for a program to ensure the resiliency of the space launch infrastructure of the United States if a law is enacted to establish that program in the Department of Transportation."

United States: "United States" means the States of the United States, the District of Columbia, and the territories and possessions of the United States.
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.