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title_name: "NATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL SPACE PROGRAMS"
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# 51 U.S.C. § 70101 - Recovery of fair value of placing Department of Defense payloads in orbit with space launch system

## Text

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, or any interagency agreement, the Administrator shall charge such prices as are necessary to recover the fair value of placing Department of Defense payloads into orbit by means of the space launch system.

(Pub. L. 111–314, § 3, Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3427; Pub. L. 114–90, title I, § 117(a)(2), Nov. 25, 2015, 129 Stat. 717.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 7010142 U.S.C. 2464.Pub. L. 97–324, title I, § 106(a), Oct. 15, 1982, 96 Stat. 1600.

Editorial Notes

Amendments2015—Pub. L. 114–90 substituted “space launch system” for “space shuttle” in section catchline and text.