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Code · U.S. Code · Title 10 - ARMED FORCES · CHAPTER 135— SPACE PROGRAMS · § 2273

§ 2273. Policy regarding assured access to space: national security payloads

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(a)Policy.— It is the policy of the United States for the President to undertake actions appropriate to ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, that the United States has the capabilities necessary to launch and insert United States national security payloads into space whenever such payloads are needed in space.
(b)Included Actions.— The appropriate actions referred to in subsection
(a)shall include, at a minimum, providing resources and policy guidance to sustain—
(1)the availability of at least two space launch vehicles (or families of space launch vehicles) capable of delivering into space any payload designated by the Secretary of Defense or the Director of National Intelligence as a national security payload;
(2)a robust space launch infrastructure and industrial base; and
(3)the availability of rapid, responsive, and reliable space launches for national security space programs to—
(A)improve the responsiveness and flexibility of a national security space system;
(B)lower the costs of launching a national security space system; and
(C)maintain risks of mission success at acceptable levels.
(c)Coordination.— The Secretary of Defense shall, to the maximum extent practicable, pursue the attainment of the capabilities described in subsection
(a)in coordination with the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the Director of National Intelligence.
(Added Pub. L. 108–136, div. A, title IX, § 912(a)(1), Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1565; Pub. L. 110–181, div. A, title IX, § 931(a)(12), Jan. 28, 2008, 122 Stat. 285; Pub. L. 110–417, [div. A], title IX, § 932(a)(11), Oct. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 4576; Pub. L. 111–84, div. A, title X, § 1073(c)(10), Oct. 28, 2009, 123 Stat. 2475; Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title XVI, § 1603(a), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 2105; Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title XVII, § 1731(a)(34), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 1814.)
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  • Pub. L. 108–136, div. A, title IX, § 912(a)(1)
  • 117 Stat. 1565
  • Pub. L. 110–181, div. A, title IX, § 931(a)(12)
  • 122 Stat. 285
  • Pub. L. 110–417
  • 122 Stat. 4576
  • Pub. L. 111–84, div. A, title X, § 1073(c)(10)
  • 123 Stat. 2475
  • 132 Stat. 2105
  • 133 Stat. 1814
  • Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041
  • 70A Stat. 125
  • Pub. L. 97–164, title I, § 160(a)(4)
  • 96 Stat. 48
  • Pub. L. 102–572, title IX, § 902(b)(1)
  • 106 Stat. 4516
  • Pub. L. 103–160, div. A, title VIII, § 821(a)(1)
  • 107 Stat. 1704
  • Pub. L. 111–84
  • Pub. L. 110–417, § 932(a)(11)
  • Pub. L. 110–181
  • Pub. L. 111–84, div. A, title X, § 1073(c)
  • 123 Stat. 2474
  • 134 Stat. 4044
  • 134 Stat. 4047
  • 133 Stat. 1727
  • 131 Stat. 1727
  • 133 Stat. 1816
  • 129 Stat. 1100
  • 134 Stat. 4216
  • 128 Stat. 3623
  • 129 Stat. 1099
  • 130 Stat. 2582
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Pub. L.Pub. L. 108–136, div. A, title IX, § 912(a)(1)
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