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Title 51 — National and Commercial Space Programs

Chapter 509 — Commercial Space Launch Activities

§ 50907. Monitoring activities

Statutory text

(a)

General Requirements.—

A licensee under this chapter must allow the Secretary of Transportation to place an officer or employee of the United States Government or another individual as an observer at a launch site or reentry site the licensee uses, at a production facility or assembly site a contractor of the licensee uses to produce or assemble a launch vehicle or reentry vehicle, at a site not owned or operated by the Federal Government or a foreign government used for crew, government astronaut, or space flight participant training, or at a site at which a payload is integrated with a launch vehicle or reentry vehicle. The observer will monitor the activity of the licensee or contractor at the time and to the extent the Secretary considers reasonable to ensure compliance with the license or to carry out the duties of the Secretary under sections 50904(c), 50905, and 50906 of this title. A licensee must cooperate with an observer carrying out this subsection.

(b)

Contracts.—

To the extent provided in advance in an appropriation law, the Secretary may make a contract with a person to carry out subsection (a) of this section.

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.

  1. Pub. L. 103–272 § 1(e) · 108 Stat. 745

    Enacted · 51 U.S.C. § 50907

    Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1334, § 70106 of title 49

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1334, § 70106 of title 49

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Section 1. subtitles ii, ii, and v-x of title 49, united states code (a) Certain general and permanent laws of the 49 USC prec. 101 note. United States, related to transportation, are revised, codified, and enacted by subsections (c)–(e) of this section without substantive change as subtitles II, III, and V–X of title 49, United States Code, “Transportation”. Those laws may be cited as “49 U.S.C. ________”. (b) Title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking the table of subtitles at the beginning of the title and substituting the following new table of subtitles: “Subtitle “I. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION “II. OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES “III. GENERAL AND INTERMODAL PROGRAMS “IV. INTERSTATE COMMERCE “V. RAIL PROGRAMS “VI. MOTOR VEHICLE AND DRIVER PROGRAMS “VII. AVIATION PROGRAMS “VIII. PIPELINES “IX. COMMERCIAL SPACE TRANSPORTATION “X. MISCELLANEOUS (c) Title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking subtitle II, except that chapter 31 (comprising sections 3101–3104) of subtitle II is redesignated and restated as chapter 315 (comprising sections 31501–31504) of subtitle VI of title 49, as enacted by subsection (e) of this section. (d) Title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding the following immediately after subtitle I:

  2. Pub. L. 105–303 title I § 102(a)(7) · 112 Stat. 2843

    Inserted · 51 U.S.C. § 50907(a)

    Pub. L. 105–303, in first sentence, inserted “or reentry site” after “observer at a launch site” and “or reentry vehicle” after “assemble a launch vehicle” and after “with a launch vehicle”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105–303, in first sentence, inserted “or reentry site” after “observer at a launch site” and “or reentry vehicle” after “assemble a launch vehicle” and after “with a launch vehicle”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (7) in section 70106(a)— (A) by inserting “or reentry site” after “observer at a launch site”; (B) by inserting “or reentry vehicle” after “assemble a launch vehicle”; and (C) by inserting “or reentry vehicle” after “with a launch vehicle”;

  3. Commercial Space Launch Amendments Act of 2004

    Pub. L. 108–492 § 2(c)(17) · 118 Stat. 3974

    1. Inserted · 51 U.S.C. § 50907(a)

      Pub. L. 108–492 inserted “at a site used for crew or space flight participant training,” after “assemble a launch vehicle or reentry vehicle,”

    2. Substituted · 51 U.S.C. § 50907(a)

      Pub. L. 108–492 substituted “sections 70104(c), 70105, and 70105a” for “section 70104(c)”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 108–492 inserted “at a site used for crew or space flight participant training,” after “assemble a launch vehicle or reentry vehicle,” and substituted “sections 70104(c), 70105, and 70105a” for “section 70104(c)”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (17) Section 70106(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended— (A) by inserting “at a site used for crew or space flight participant training,” after “assemble a launch vehicle or reentry vehicle,”; and (B) by striking “section 70104(c)” and inserting “sections 70104(c), 70105, and 70105a”.

  4. Pub. L. 111–314 § 4(d)(2) · 124 Stat. 3328

    Changed · 51 U.S.C. § 50907

    Pub. L. 111–314, § 4(d)(2), (3)(G), successively renumbered section 70106 of title 49 and section 70106 of this title as this section

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 111–314, § 4(d)(2), (3)(G), successively renumbered section 70106 of title 49 and section 70106 of this title as this section.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (2) Renumbering and transfer of chapters.— Chapters 701 and 703 of title 49, United States Code, are renumbered as chapters 509 and 511, respectively, of title 51, United States Code, and 51 USC 70101–70121, 70301–70305. transferred so as to appear after chapter 507 of title 51, United States Code, as enacted by section 3 of this Act.

  5. Pub. L. 111–314 § 4(d)(5)(I) · 124 Stat. 3328

    Substituted · 51 U.S.C. § 50907(a)

    Pub. L. 111–314, § 4(d)(5)(I), substituted “sections 50904(c), 50905, and 50906” for “sections 70104(c), 70105, and 70105a”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 111–314, § 4(d)(5)(I), substituted “sections 50904(c), 50905, and 50906” for “sections 70104(c), 70105, and 70105a”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (I) Section 50907(a) of title 51, United States Code, as renumbered by paragraph (3), is amended by striking “sections 70104(c), 70105, and 70105a” and substituting “sections 50904(c), 50905, and 50906”.

  6. Spurring Private Aerospace Competitiveness and Entrepreneurship Act of 2015

    Pub. L. 114–90 title I § 112(m) · 129 Stat. 704

    Substituted · 51 U.S.C. § 50907(a)

    Pub. L. 114–90 substituted “at a site not owned or operated by the Federal Government or a foreign government used for crew, government astronaut, or space flight participant training” for “at a site used for crew or space flight participant training”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 114–90 substituted “at a site not owned or operated by the Federal Government or a foreign government used for crew, government astronaut, or space flight participant training” for “at a site used for crew or space flight participant training”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (m) Monitoring Activities.— Section 50907(a) is amended by striking “at a site used for crew or space flight participant training” and inserting “at a site not owned or operated by the Federal Government or a foreign government used for crew, government astronaut, or space flight participant training”.

7 of 7 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Notes

historicalAndRevision
Historical and Revision Notes
RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
70106(a)49 App.:2613(a).Oct. 30, 1984, Pub. L. 98–575, § 14, 98 Stat. 3060.
70106(b)49 App.:2613(b).

In subsection (a), the word “duties” is substituted for “responsibilities” for consistency in the revised title and with other titles of the United States Code.

Editorial Notes

Amendments1998–2015 · 4 rounds

2015

Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 114–90 substituted “at a site not owned or operated by the Federal Government or a foreign government used for crew, government astronaut, or space flight participant training” for “at a site used for crew or space flight participant training”.

2010

Pub. L. 111–314, § 4(d)(2), (3)(G), successively renumbered section 70106 of title 49 and section 70106 of this title as this section.

Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 111–314, § 4(d)(5)(I), substituted “sections 50904(c), 50905, and 50906” for “sections 70104(c), 70105, and 70105a”.

2004

Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 108–492 inserted “at a site used for crew or space flight participant training,” after “assemble a launch vehicle or reentry vehicle,” and substituted “sections 70104(c), 70105, and 70105a” for “section 70104(c)”.

1998

Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105–303, in first sentence, inserted “or reentry site” after “observer at a launch site” and “or reentry vehicle” after “assemble a launch vehicle” and after “with a launch vehicle”.

Credits

1994–2015 · 5 acts
  1. 1994Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(e), , 108 Stat. 1334, § 70106 of title 49
  2. 1998Pub. L. 105–303, title I, § 102(a)(7), , 112 Stat. 2848
  3. 2004Pub. L. 108–492, § 2(c)(17), , 118 Stat. 3980
  4. 2010renumbered § 70106 then § 50907 of title 51 and amended Pub. L. 111–314, § 4(d)(2), (3)(G), (5)(I), , 124 Stat. 3440–3442
  5. 2015Pub. L. 114–90, title I, § 112(m), , 129 Stat. 713.
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(Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(e), , 108 Stat. 1334, § 70106 of title 49; Pub. L. 105–303, title I, § 102(a)(7), , 112 Stat. 2848; Pub. L. 108–492, § 2(c)(17), , 118 Stat. 3980; renumbered § 70106 then § 50907 of title 51 and amended Pub. L. 111–314, § 4(d)(2), (3)(G), (5)(I), , 124 Stat. 3440–3442; Pub. L. 114–90, title I, § 112(m), , 129 Stat. 713.)

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