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Title 51

National and Commercial Space Programs

249 sections in 35 chapters · usc51.xml · release point 119-108

Subtitle I — General

Ch. 101 Definitions§ 10101

Subtitle II — General Program and Policy Provisions

Ch. 201 National Aeronautics and Space Program§§ 20101–20164
Ch. 203 Responsibilities and Vision§§ 20301–20306

Subtitle III — Administrative Provisions

Ch. 301 Appropriations, Budgets, and Accounting§§ 30101–30104
Ch. 303 Contracting and Procurement§§ 30301–30310
Ch. 305 Management and Review§§ 30501–30504
Ch. 307 International Cooperation and Competition§§ 30701–30704
Ch. 309 Awards§§ 30901–30902
Ch. 311 Safety§§ 31101–31102
Ch. 313 Healthcare§§ 31301–31302
Ch. 315 Miscellaneous§§ 31501–31505

Subtitle IV — Aeronautics and Space Research and Education

Ch. 401 Aeronautics§§ 40101–40141
Ch. 403 National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program§§ 40301–40311
Ch. 405 Biomedical Research in Space§§ 40501–40505
Ch. 407 Environmentally Friendly Aircraft§§ 40701–40704
Ch. 409 Miscellaneous§§ 40901–40909

Subtitle V — Programs Targeting Commercial Opportunities

Ch. 501 Space Commerce§§ 50101–50134
Ch. 503 Commercial Reusable in-Space Transportation§§ 50301–50302
Ch. 505 Commercial Space Competitiveness§§ 50501–50506
Ch. 507 Office of Space Commerce§§ 50701–50703
Ch. 509 Commercial Space Launch Activities§§ 50901–50924
Ch. 511 Space Transportation Infrastructure Matching Grants§§ 51101–51105
Ch. 513 Space Resource Commercial Exploration and Utilization§§ 51301–51303
Ch. 515 Office of Spaceports§ 51501

Subtitle VI — Earth Observations

Ch. 601 Land Remote Sensing Policy§§ 60101–60162
Ch. 603 Remote Sensing§§ 60301–60306
Ch. 605 Earth Science§§ 60501–60506
Ch. 606 Space Weather§§ 60601–60608

Subtitle VII — Access to Space

Ch. 701 Use of Space Launch System or Alternatives§§ 70101–70104
Ch. 703 Repealed]§ 70301 to 70304
Ch. 705 Exploration Initiatives§§ 70501–70508
Ch. 707 Human Space Flight Independent Investigation Commission§§ 70701–70710
Ch. 709 International Space Station§§ 70901–70907
Ch. 711 Near-Earth Objects§§ 71101–71104
Ch. 713 Cooperation for Safety Among Spacefaring Nations§§ 71301–71302