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type: "LegalText"
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title: "51 U.S.C. § 20147"
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description: "Recovery and disposition authority"
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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: "201"
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chapter_name: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE PROGRAM"
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section: "20147"
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citation: "51 U.S.C. § 20147"
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# 51 U.S.C. § 20147 - Recovery and disposition authority
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## Text
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(a) Definitions.— In this section:
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(1) Administration human space flight vehicle.— The term “Administration human space flight vehicle” means a space vehicle, as defined in section 20138(a) of this title, that—
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(A) is intended to transport one or more persons;
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(B) is designed to operate in outer space; and
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(C) is either—
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(i) owned by the Administration; or
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(ii) owned by an Administration contractor or cooperating party and operated as part of an Administration mission or a joint mission with the Administration.
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(2) Crewmember.— The term “crewmember” means an astronaut or other person assigned to an Administration human space flight vehicle.
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(b) Control of Remains.— (1) In general.— Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), when there is an accident or mishap resulting in the death of a crewmember of an Administration human space flight vehicle, the Administrator may take control over the remains of the crewmember and order autopsies and other scientific or medical tests.
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(2) Treatment.— Each crewmember shall provide the Administrator with the crewmember’s preferences regarding the treatment accorded to the crewmember’s remains and the Administrator shall, to the extent possible, respect those stated preferences.
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(3) Construction.— This section shall not be construed to permit the Administrator to interfere with any Federal investigation of a mishap or accident.
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(Pub. L. 111–314, § 3, Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3353.)
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## Notes
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Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 2014742 U.S.C. 2459l.Pub. L. 85–568, title III, § 317, as added Pub. L. 109–155, title VII, § 705, Dec. 30, 2005, 119 Stat. 2936.
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