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title: "51 U.S.C. § 40104"
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title_number: 51
title_name: "NATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL SPACE PROGRAMS"
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# 51 U.S.C. § 40104 - Cooperation among Mission Directorates

## Text

Research and development activities performed by the Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate with the primary objective of assisting in the development of a flight project in another Mission Directorate shall be funded by the Mission Directorate seeking assistance.

(Pub. L. 111–314, § 3, Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3379.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 4010442 U.S.C. 17724.Pub. L. 110–422, title III, § 307, Oct. 15, 2008, 122 Stat. 4788.