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Code · U.S. Code · Title 51 - NATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL SPACE PROGRAMS · CHAPTER 709— INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION · § 70901

§ 70901. Peaceful uses of space station

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No civil space station authorized under section 103(a)(1) of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1991 (Public Law 101–611, 104 Stat. 3190) may be used to carry or place in orbit any nuclear weapon or any other weapon of mass destruction, to install any such weapon on any celestial body, or to station any such weapon in space in any other manner. This civil space station may be used only for peaceful purposes.
(Pub. L. 111–314, § 3, Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3436.)
The words “the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1991 (Public Law 101–611, 104 Stat. 3190)” are substituted for “this Act” to clarify the reference.
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  • Public Law 101–611
  • 104 Stat. 3190
  • Pub. L. 111–314, § 3
  • 124 Stat. 3436
  • 136 Stat. 1739
  • Pub. L. 110–69, title II, § 2006
  • 121 Stat. 584
  • Pub. L. 106–391, title II
  • 114 Stat. 1586–1590
  • Pub. L. 108–271, § 8(b)
  • 118 Stat. 814
  • Pub. L. 109–155, title II, § 207(b)
  • 119 Stat. 2916
  • section 3 of Pub. L. 106–391
  • Pub. L. 109–155, title VII, § 706(a)(2)
  • 119 Stat. 2937
  • section 201 of Pub. L. 106–391
  • section 201(a) of Pub. L. 106–391
  • Pub. L. 100–147, title I
  • 101 Stat. 863–865
  • Pub. L. 102–195, § 16
  • 105 Stat. 1614
  • Pub. L. 105–362, title XI, § 1101(c)
  • 112 Stat. 3292
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