Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 159 — Space Exploration, Technology, and Science
§ 18302. Definitions
Statutory text
In this chapter:
Administrator
The term “Administrator” means the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Appropriate committees of Congress
The term “appropriate committees of Congress” means—
the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate; and
the Committee on Science 1 of the House of Representatives.
Cis-lunar space
The term “cis-lunar space” means the region of space from the Earth out to and including the region around the surface of the Moon.
Deep space
The term “deep space” means the region of space beyond cis-lunar space.
ISS
The term “ISS” means the International Space Station.
NASA
The term “NASA” means the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Near-Earth space
The term “near-Earth space” means the region of space that includes low-Earth orbit and extends out to and includes geo-synchronous orbit.
NOAA
The term “NOAA” means the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
OSTP
The term “OSTP” means the Office of Science and Technology Policy.
Space Launch System
The term “Space Launch System” means the follow-on government-owned civil launch system developed, managed, and operated by NASA to serve as a key component to expand human presence beyond low-Earth orbit.
Footnotes
- 1 So in original. Probably should be followed by “and Technology”.
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.
Pub. L. 111–267 § 3 · 124 Stat. 2805
Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 18302
(Pub. L. 111–267, § 3, Oct. 11, 2010, 124 Stat. 2808.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 111–267, § 3, Oct. 11, 2010, 124 Stat. 2808.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: (1) Administrator.— The term “Administrator” means the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. (2) Appropriate committees of congress.— The term “appropriate committees of Congress” means— (A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate; and (B) the Committee on Science of the House of Representatives. (3) Cis-lunar space.— The term “cis-lunar space” means the region of space from the Earth out to and including the region around the surface of the Moon. (4) Deep space.— The term “deep space” means the region of space beyond cis-lunar space. (5) ISS.— The term “ISS” means the International Space Station. (6) NASA.— The term “NASA” means the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. (7) Near-earth space.— The term “near-Earth space” means the region of space that includes low-Earth orbit and extends out to and includes geo-synchronous orbit. (8) NOAA.— The term “NOAA” means the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (9) OSTP.— The term “OSTP” means the Office of Science and Technology Policy. (10) Space launch system.— The term “Space Launch System” means the follow-on government-owned civil launch system developed, managed, and operated by NASA to serve as a key component to expand human presence beyond low-Earth orbit.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision