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title: "51 U.S.C. § 30101"
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title_number: 51
title_name: "NATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL SPACE PROGRAMS"
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# 51 U.S.C. § 30101 - Prior authorization of appropriations required

## Text

Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, no appropriation may be made to the Administration unless previously authorized by legislation enacted by Congress.

(Pub. L. 111–314, § 3, Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3357.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 3010142 U.S.C. 2460.Pub. L. 86–45, § 4, June 15, 1959, 73 Stat. 75. The word “hereafter” is omitted as unnecessary.