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title: "51 U.S.C. § 50923"
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title_number: 51
title_name: "NATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL SPACE PROGRAMS"
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# 51 U.S.C. § 50923 - Report to Congress

## Text

The Secretary of Transportation shall submit to Congress an annual report to accompany the President’s budget request that—

(1) describes all activities undertaken under this chapter, including a description of the process for the application for and approval of licenses under this chapter and recommendations for legislation that may further commercial launches and reentries; and

(2) reviews the performance of the regulatory activities and the effectiveness of the Office of Commercial Space Transportation.

(Added Pub. L. 105–303, title I, § 102(a)(16), Oct. 28, 1998, 112 Stat. 2851, § 70121 of title 49; renumbered § 70121 then § 50923 of title 51, Pub. L. 111–314, § 4(d)(2), (3)(W), Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3440, 3441.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Amendments2010—Pub. L. 111–314 successively renumbered section 70121 of title 49 and section 70121 of this title as this section.