---
type: "LegalText"
title: "42 U.S.C. § 18388"
description: "Repealed. Pub. L. 116–181, § 2(c)(2), Oct. 21, 2020, 134 Stat. 892"
jurisdiction: "us"
corpus: "united_states_code"
kind: "code_section"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
chapter_number: "159"
chapter_name: "SPACE EXPLORATION, TECHNOLOGY, AND SCIENCE"
section: "18388"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 18388"
status: "current"
release_point: "119-100"
release_date: "2026-06-26"
source: "official"
source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc42@119-100.zip"
source_identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s18388"
source_file: "data/legal/raw/us/code/title-42/usc42.xml"
source_hash: "0953e77b0f68f068b9e432d07ab5d9c7200a6d22531e6b767dea64655e0aa2c8"
raw_snapshot_hash: "644321055a08eb1f260a6a3e31ac157fa024756abf612a9fd6857e7e400cf24e"
text_hash: "0a8c60398e9a6b18858833d7632452f308f212d4410c3c38f9f8a69997d8224d"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-04"
confidence: "official"
tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
---

# 42 U.S.C. § 18388 - Repealed. Pub. L. 116–181, § 2(c)(2), Oct. 21, 2020, 134 Stat. 892

## Notes

Section, Pub. L. 111–267, title VIII, § 809, Oct. 11, 2010, 124 Stat. 2834, related to space weather. See chapter 606 of Title 51, National and Commercial Space Programs.