§ 50908. Effective periods, and modifications, suspensions, and revocations, of licenses

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. 1994

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

   Enacted · 51 U.S.C. § 50908

   Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1334, § 70107 of title 49

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1334, § 70107 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. 2004

   Commercial Space Launch Amendments Act of 2004

   Pub. L. 108–492 § 2(c)(18) · 118 Stat. 3974

   1. Amended · 51 U.S.C. § 50908(b)

      Pub. L. 108–492, § 2(c)(18), designated existing text as par. (1)

   2. Added · 51 U.S.C. § 50908(b)

      Pub. L. 108–492, § 2(c)(18), added par. (2)

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 108–492, § 2(c)(18), designated existing text as par. (1) and added par. (2).

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (18) Section 70107(b) of title 49, United States Code, is amended— (A) by inserting “(1)” before “On the initiative”; and (B) by adding the following new paragraph at the end: “(2) The Secretary shall modify a license issued or transferred under this chapter whenever a modification is needed for the license to be in conformity with a regulation that was issued pursuant to section 70105(c) after the issuance of the license. This paragraph shall not apply to permits.” .

3. 2004

   Commercial Space Launch Amendments Act of 2004

   Pub. L. 108–492 § 2(c)(19) · 118 Stat. 3974

   1. Added · 51 U.S.C. § 50908(d)(f)

      Pub. L. 108–492, § 2(c)(19), added subsec. (d)

   2. Redesignated · 51 U.S.C. § 50908(d)(f)

      Pub. L. 108–492, § 2(c)(19), redesignated former subsecs. (d) and (e) as (e) and (f), respectively

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsecs. (d) to (f). Pub. L. 108–492, § 2(c)(19), added subsec. (d) and redesignated former subsecs. (d) and (e) as (e) and (f), respectively.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (19) Section 70107 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as subsections (e) and (f), respectively, and by inserting after subsection (c) the following new subsection: “(d) Additional Suspensions.— (1) The Secretary may suspend a license when a previous launch or reentry under the license has resulted in a serious or fatal injury (as defined in 49 CFR 830, as in effect on November 10, 2004) to crew or space flight participants and the Secretary has determined that continued operations under the license are likely to cause additional serious or fatal injury (as defined in 49 CFR 830, as in effect on November 10, 2004) to crew or space flight participants. “(2) Any suspension imposed under this subsection shall be for as brief a period as possible and, in any event, shall cease when the Secretary— “(A) has determined that the licensee has taken sufficient steps to reduce the likelihood of a recurrence of the serious or fatal injury; or “(B) has modified the license pursuant to subsection (b) to sufficiently reduce the likelihood of a recurrence of the serious or fatal injury. “(3) This subsection shall not apply to permits.” .

4. 2010

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

   Changed · 51 U.S.C. § 50908

   Pub. L. 111–314, § 4(d)(2), (3)(H), successively renumbered section 70107 of title 49 and section 70107 of this title as this section

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 111–314, § 4(d)(2), (3)(H), successively renumbered section 70107 of title 49 and section 70107 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. 2010

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

   Substituted · 51 U.S.C. § 50908(b)(2)

   Pub. L. 111–314, § 4(d)(5)(J), substituted “section 50905(c)” for “section 70105(c)”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 111–314, § 4(d)(5)(J), substituted “section 50905(c)” for “section 70105(c)”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (J) Section 50908(b)(2) of title 51, United States Code, as renumbered by paragraph (3), is amended by striking “section 70105(c)” and substituting “section 50905(c)”.

6. 2010

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

   Substituted · 51 U.S.C. § 50908(e)

   Pub. L. 111–314, § 4(d)(5)(K), substituted “section 50912” for “section 70110”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 111–314, § 4(d)(5)(K), substituted “section 50912” for “section 70110”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (K) Section 50908(e) of title 51, United States Code, as renumbered by paragraph (3), is amended by striking “section 70110” and substituting “section 50912”.

7. 2015

   Spurring Private Aerospace Competitiveness and Entrepreneurship Act of 2015

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

   Substituted · 51 U.S.C. § 50908(d)(1)

   Pub. L. 114–90 substituted “to any human being” for “to crew or space flight participants” in two places

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (d)(1). Pub. L. 114–90 substituted “to any human being” for “to crew or space flight participants” in two places.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (n) Additional Suspensions.— Section 50908(d)(1) is amended by striking “to crew or space flight participants” each place it appears and inserting “to any human being”.

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