Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter 67 — Freedom for Russia and Emerging Eurasian Democracies and Open Markets Support
§ 5872. Office of Space Commerce
Statutory text
Trade missions
The Office of Space Commerce of the Department of Commerce is authorized and encouraged to conduct one or more trade missions to appropriate independent states of the former Soviet Union for the purpose of familiarizing United States aerospace industry representatives with space hardware, space technologies, and space services that may be available from the independent states, and with the business practices and overall business climate in the independent states.
Monitoring negotiations
The Office of Space Commerce—
shall monitor the progress of any discussions described in section 5871(c)(1) of this title that are being conducted; and
shall advise the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration as to the impact on United States industry of each potential acquisition of space hardware, space technology, or space services from the independent states of the former Soviet Union, specifically including any anticompetitive issues the Office may observe.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Freedom for Russia and Emerging Eurasian Democracies and Open Markets Support Act of 1992
Pub. L. 102–511 title VI § 602 · 106 Stat. 3320
Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 5872
(Pub. L. 102–511, title VI, § 602, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 3347.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 102–511, title VI, § 602, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 3347.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 602. OFFICE OF SPACE COMMERCE. (a) Trade Missions.— The Office of Space Commerce of the Department of Commerce is authorized and encouraged to conduct one or more trade missions to appropriate independent states of the former Soviet Union for the purpose of familiarizing United States aerospace industry representatives with space hardware, space technologies, and space services that may be available from the independent states, and with the business practices and overall business climate in the independent states. (b) Monitoring Negotiations.— The Office of Space Commerce— (1) shall monitor the progress of any discussions described in section 601(c)(1) that are being conducted; and (2) shall advise the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration as to the impact on United States industry of each potential acquisition of space hardware, space technology, or space services from the independent states of the former Soviet Union, specifically including any anti-competitive issues the Office may observe.
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