51 U.S.C. § 50921

Current through P.L. 118-106 (published on www.congress.gov on 10/04/2024)

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.