§ 50910. Preemption of scheduled launches or reentries

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(a)General.— With the cooperation of the Secretary of Defense and the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Secretary of Transportation shall act to ensure that a launch or reentry of a payload is not preempted from access to a United States Government launch site, reentry site, or launch property, except for imperative national need, when a launch date commitment or reentry date commitment from the Government has been obtained for a launch or reentry licensed under this chapter. A licensee or transferee preempted from access to a launch site, reentry site, or launch property does not have to pay the Government any amount for launch services, or services related to a reentry, attributable only to the scheduled launch or reentry prevented by the preemption.

(b)Imperative National Need Decisions.— In consultation with the Secretary of Transportation, the Secretary of Defense or the Administrator shall decide when an imperative national need requires preemption under subsection

(a)of this section. That decision may not be delegated.

(c)Reports.— In cooperation with the Secretary of Transportation, the Secretary of Defense or the Administrator, as appropriate, shall submit to Congress not later than 7 days after a decision to preempt under subsection

(a)of this section, a report that includes an explanation of the circumstances justifying the decision and a schedule for ensuring the prompt launching or reentry of a preempted payload.

(Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1335, § 70109 of title 49; Pub. L. 105–303, title I, § 102(a)(9), Oct. 28, 1998, 112 Stat. 2849; renumbered § 70109 then § 50910 of title 51, Pub. L. 111–314, § 4(d)(2), (3)(J), Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3440, 3441.)

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Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(e)
108 Stat. 1335
§ 70109 of title 49
Pub. L. 105–303, title I, § 102(a)(9)
112 Stat. 2849
Pub. L. 111–314, § 4(d)(2)
124 Stat. 3440
Pub. L. 111–314
section 70109 of title 49
section 70109 of this title
Pub. L. 105–303, § 102(a)(9)(A)
Pub. L. 105–303, § 102(a)(9)(B)
Pub. L. 105–303, § 102(a)(9)(C)

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Pub. L.Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(e)

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Pub. L.Pub. L. 105–303, title I, § 102(a)(9)

Stat.112 Stat. 2849

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