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# 51 U.S.C. § 70902 - Allocation of International Space Station research budget

## Text

The Administrator shall allocate at least 15 percent of the funds budgeted for International Space Station research to ground-based, free-flyer, and International Space Station life and microgravity science research that is not directly related to supporting the human exploration program, consistent with section 40904 of this title.

(Pub. L. 111–314, § 3, Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3436.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 7090242 U.S.C. 16633.Pub. L. 109–155, title II, § 204, Dec. 30, 2005, 119 Stat. 2916. The words “Beginning with fiscal year 2006”, which appeared at the beginning of this section, are omitted as obsolete.