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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · National Aeronautics and Space Administration Transition Authorization Act of 2017 · Sec. 2

Sec. 2. DEFINITIONS

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## SEC. 2 DEFINITIONS **[**[51 U.S.C. 10101 note](/us/usc/t51/s10101)**]** In this Act: ####
(1)Administration The term “**Administration**” means the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. ####
(2)Administrator The term “**Administrator**” means the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. ####
(3)Appropriate committees of congress The term “**appropriate committees of Congress**” means— #####
(A)the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate; and #####
(B)the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives. ####
(4)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. ####
(5)Deep space The term “**deep space**” means the region of space beyond low-Earth orbit, to include cis-lunar space. ####
(6)Government astronaut The term “**government astronaut**” has the meaning given the term in section 50902 of title 51, United States Code. ####
(7)ISS The term “**ISS**” means the International Space Station. ####
(8)ISS management entity The term “**ISS management entity**” means the organization with which the Administrator has a cooperative agreement under section 504(a) of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2010 (42 U.S.C. 18354(a)). ####
(9)NASA The term “**NASA**” means the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. ####
(10)Orion The term “**Orion**” means the multipurpose crew vehicle described under section 303 of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2010 (42 U.S.C. 18323). ####
(11)Space Launch System The term “**Space Launch System**” has the meaning given the term in section 3 of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2010 (42 U.S.C. 18302). ####
(12)United states government astronaut The term “**United States government astronaut**” has the meaning given the term “**government astronaut**” in section 50902 of title 51, United States Code, except it does not include an individual who is an international partner astronaut. # TITLE I AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS
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