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Title 51 - NATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL SPACE PROGRAMSSubtitle V - PROGRAMS TARGETING COMMERCIAL OPPORTUNITIES
Chapter 511 - SPACE TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE MATCHING GRANTS
Section 51102 - Grant authority

51 U.S.C. § 51102

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Current through P.L. 118-106 (published on www.congress.gov on 10/04/2024)
Section 51102 - Grant authority
(a) GENERAL AUTHORITY.-To ensure the resiliency of the space transportation infrastructure of the United States, the Secretary of Transportation may make project grants to sponsors as provided in this chapter.
(b) LIMITATIONS.-The Secretary may make a project grant under this chapter only if-
(1) at least 10 percent of the total cost of the project will be paid by the private sector; and
(2) the grant will not be for more than 50 percent of the total cost of the project.

51 U.S.C. § 51102

Pub. L. 103-272, §1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1343, §70302 of title 49; renumbered §70302 then §51102 of title 51, Pub. L. 111-314, §4(d)(2), (4)(B), Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3440, 3441.

HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
70302(a)15:5804(b) (1st sentence).Nov. 4, 1992, Pub. L. 102-588, §505(b) (1st sentence), (f), 106 Stat. 5125, 5127.
70302(b)15:5804(f).
In subsection (a), the words "of the United States" are substituted for "Nation's" for consistency.

EDITORIAL NOTES

AMENDMENTS2010-Pub. L. 111-314 successively renumbered section 70302 of title 49 and section 70302 of this title as this section.

project grant
"project grant" means a grant of an amount by the Secretary of Transportation to a sponsor for one or more projects.
project
"project" means a project (or separate projects submitted together) to carry out commercial space transportation infrastructure development, including the combined submission of all projects to be undertaken at a particular site in a fiscal year.