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Code · U.S. Code · Title 51 - NATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL SPACE PROGRAMS · CHAPTER 201— NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE PROGRAM · SUBCHAPTER IV— UPPER ATMOSPHERE RESEARCH · § 20163

§ 20163. Program authorized

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(a)In General.— In order to carry out the purposes of this subchapter, the Administration, in cooperation with other Federal agencies, shall initiate and carry out a program of research, technology, monitoring, and other appropriate activities directed to understand the physics and chemistry of the upper atmosphere.
(b)Activities.— In carrying out the provisions of this subchapter, the Administration shall—
(1)arrange for participation by the scientific and engineering community, of both the Nation’s industrial organizations and institutions of higher education, in planning and carrying out appropriate research, in developing necessary technology, and in making necessary observations and measurements;
(2)provide, by way of grant, contract, scholarships, or other arrangements, to the maximum extent practicable and consistent with other laws, for the widest practicable and appropriate participation of the scientific and engineering community in the program authorized by this subchapter; and
(3)make all results of the program authorized by this subchapter available to the appropriate regulatory agencies and provide for the widest practicable dissemination of such results.
(Pub. L. 111–314, § 3, Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3354.)
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§ 20163
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