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# 42 U.S.C. § 2487 - Transferred

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Codification Section, Pub. L. 102–588, title VI, § 601, Nov. 4, 1992, 106 Stat. 5130, which related to congressional findings, was transferred and is set out as a note under section 40501 of Title 51, National and Commercial Space Programs.