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title_name: "NATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL SPACE PROGRAMS"
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# 51 U.S.C. § 60124 - Regulatory authority of Secretary

## Text

The Secretary may issue regulations to carry out this subchapter. Such regulations shall be promulgated only after public notice and comment in accordance with the provisions of section 553 of title 5.

(Pub. L. 111–314, § 3, Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3416.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 6012415 U.S.C. 5624.Pub. L. 102–555, title II, § 204, Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 4173.