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title: "51 U.S.C. § 70702"
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description: "Establishment of Commission"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 51
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title_name: "NATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL SPACE PROGRAMS"
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chapter_number: "707"
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chapter_name: "HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION COMMISSION"
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section: "70702"
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# 51 U.S.C. § 70702 - Establishment of Commission
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## Text
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(a) Establishment.— The President shall establish an independent, nonpartisan Commission within the executive branch to investigate any incident that results in the loss of—
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(1) a space shuttle;
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(2) the International Space Station or its operational viability;
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(3) any other orbital or suborbital space vehicle carrying humans that is—
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(A) owned by the Federal Government; or
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(B) being used pursuant to a contract or Space Act Agreement with the Federal Government for carrying a government astronaut or a researcher funded by the Federal Government; or
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(4) a crew member or passenger of any space vehicle described in this subsection.
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(b) Deadline for Establishment.— The President shall establish a Commission within 7 days after an incident specified in subsection (a).
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(c) Definitions.— In this section:
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(1) Government astronaut.— The term “government astronaut” has the meaning given the term in section 50902.
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(2) Space act agreement.— The term “Space Act Agreement” means an agreement entered into by the Administration pursuant to its other transactions authority under section 20113(e).
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(Pub. L. 111–314, § 3, Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3432; Pub. L. 115–10, title VIII, § 838, Mar. 21, 2017, 131 Stat. 71.)
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## Notes
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Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 7070242 U.S.C. 16842.Pub. L. 109–155, title VIII, § 822, Dec. 30, 2005, 119 Stat. 2941.
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Editorial Notes
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Amendments2017—Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 115–10, § 838(1), amended par. (3) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (3) read as follows: “any other United States space vehicle carrying humans that is owned by the Federal Government or that is being used pursuant to a contract with the Federal Government; or”. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 115–10, § 838(2), added subsec. (c).
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