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title_name: "NATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL SPACE PROGRAMS"
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# 51 U.S.C. § 20101 - Short title

## Text

This chapter may be cited as the “National Aeronautics and Space Act”.

(Pub. L. 111–314, § 3, Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3330.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 20101(no source)  Chapter 201 of title 51 restates the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958. Although short titles are generally eliminated as unnecessary in positive law titles of the United States Code, in this case it was suggested that the short title “National Aeronautics and Space Act” be provided for convenience.