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Code · U.S. Code · Title 51 - NATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL SPACE PROGRAMS · CHAPTER 509— COMMERCIAL SPACE LAUNCH ACTIVITIES · § 50907

§ 50907. Monitoring activities

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(a)General Requirements.— A licensee under this chapter must allow the Secretary of Transportation to place an officer or employee of the United States Government or another individual as an observer at a launch site or reentry site the licensee uses, at a production facility or assembly site a contractor of the licensee uses to produce or assemble a launch vehicle or reentry vehicle, at a site not owned or operated by the Federal Government or a foreign government used for crew, government astronaut, or space flight participant training, or at a site at which a payload is integrated with a launch vehicle or reentry vehicle. The observer will monitor the activity of the licensee or contractor at the time and to the extent the Secretary considers reasonable to ensure compliance with the license or to carry out the duties of the Secretary under sections 50904(c), 50905, and 50906 of this title. A licensee must cooperate with an observer carrying out this subsection.
(b)Contracts.— To the extent provided in advance in an appropriation law, the Secretary may make a contract with a person to carry out subsection
(a)of this section.
(Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1334, § 70106 of title 49; Pub. L. 105–303, title I, § 102(a)(7), Oct. 28, 1998, 112 Stat. 2848; Pub. L. 108–492, § 2(c)(17), Dec. 23, 2004, 118 Stat. 3980; renumbered § 70106 then § 50907 of title 51 and amended Pub. L. 111–314, § 4(d)(2), (3)(G), (5)(I), Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3440–3442; Pub. L. 114–90, title I, § 112(m), Nov. 25, 2015, 129 Stat. 713.)
In subsection (a), the word “duties” is substituted for “responsibilities” for consistency in the revised title and with other titles of the United States Code.
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  • Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(e)
  • 108 Stat. 1334
  • § 70106 of title 49
  • Pub. L. 105–303, title I, § 102(a)(7)
  • 112 Stat. 2848
  • Pub. L. 108–492, § 2(c)(17)
  • 118 Stat. 3980
  • Pub. L. 111–314, § 4(d)(2)
  • 124 Stat. 3440–3442
  • 129 Stat. 713
  • section 70106 of title 49
  • section 70106 of this title
  • Pub. L. 111–314, § 4(d)(5)(I)
  • Pub. L. 108–492
  • Pub. L. 105–303
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§ 50907
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Pub. L.Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(e)
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Stat.112 Stat. 2848
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