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title: "42 U.S.C. § 18302"
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description: "Definitions"
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title_number: 42
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title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
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chapter_number: "159"
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chapter_name: "SPACE EXPLORATION, TECHNOLOGY, AND SCIENCE"
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section: "18302"
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# 42 U.S.C. § 18302 - Definitions
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## Text
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In this chapter:
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(1) Administrator The term “Administrator” means the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
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(2) Appropriate committees of Congress The term “appropriate committees of Congress” means—
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(A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate; and
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(B) the Committee on Science 11 So in original. Probably should be followed by “and Technology”. of the House of Representatives.
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(3) Cis-lunar space The term “cis-lunar space” means the region of space from the Earth out to and including the region around the surface of the Moon.
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(4) Deep space The term “deep space” means the region of space beyond cis-lunar space.
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(5) ISS The term “ISS” means the International Space Station.
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(6) NASA The term “NASA” means the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
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(7) Near-Earth space The term “near-Earth space” means the region of space that includes low-Earth orbit and extends out to and includes geo-synchronous orbit.
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(8) NOAA The term “NOAA” means the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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(9) OSTP The term “OSTP” means the Office of Science and Technology Policy.
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(10) Space Launch System The term “Space Launch System” means the follow-on government-owned civil launch system developed, managed, and operated by NASA to serve as a key component to expand human presence beyond low-Earth orbit.
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(Pub. L. 111–267, § 3, Oct. 11, 2010, 124 Stat. 2808.)
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