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This chapter may be cited as the “National Aeronautics and Space Act”.
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**(a) Devotion of Space Activities to Peaceful Purposes for Benefit of All Humankind.—** Congress declares that it is the policy of the United States that activities in space should be devoted to peaceful purposes for the benefit of all humankind. **(b) Aeronautical and Space Activities for Welfare and Security of United States.—** Congress declares that the general welfare and security of the United States require that adequate provision be made for aeronautical and space activities. Congress further declares that such activities shall be the responsibility of, and shall be directed by, a civilian agency exercising control over aeronautical and space activities sponsored by the United States, except that activities peculiar to or primarily associated with the development of weapons systems, military operations, or the defense of the United States (including the research and development necessary to make effective provision for the defense of the United States) shall be the responsibility of, and shall be directed by, the Department of Defense; and that determination as to which agency has responsibility for and direction of any such activity shall be made by the President. **(c) Commercial Use of Space.—** Congress declares that the general welfare of the United States requires that the Administration seek and encourage, to the maximum extent possible, the fullest commercial use of space. **(d) Objectives of Aeronautical and Space Activities.—** The aeronautical and space activities of the United States shall be conducted so as to contribute materially to one or more of the following objectives: (1) The expansion of human knowledge of the Earth and of phenomena in the atmosphere and space. (2) The improvement of the usefulness, performance, speed, safety, and effi
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The Administration, under the foreign policy guidance of the President, may engage in a program of international cooperation in work done pursuant to this chapter, and in the peaceful application of the results thereof, pursuant to agreements made by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate.
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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.
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Page 6 TITLE 51—NATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL SPACE PROGRAMS § 20101 ‘‘(III) providing adequate and effective protec- tion for the intellectual property rights of com- panies described in subparagraph (A).’’ Subtitle II—General Program and Policy Provisions CHAPTER 201—NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE PROGRAM SUBCHAPTER I—SHORT TITLE, DECLARATION OF POLICY, AND DEFINITIONS Sec. 20101. Short title. 20102. Congressional declaration of policy and pur- pose. 20103. Definitions. SUBCHAPTER II—COORDINATION OF AERONAUTICAL AND SPACE ACTIVITIES 20111. National Aeronautics and Space Administra- tion. 20112. Functions of the Administration. 20113. Powers of the Administration in performance of functions. 20114. Administration and Department of Defense coordination. 20115. International cooperation. 20116. Reports to Congress. 20117. Disposal of excess land. SUBCHAPTER III—GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 20131. Public access to information. 20132. Security requirements. 20133. Permission to carry firearms. 20134. Arrest authority. 20135. Property rights in inventions. 20136. Contributions awards. 20137. Malpractice and negligence suits against United States. 20138. Insurance and indemnification. 20139. Insurance for experimental aerospace vehi- cles. 20140. Appropriations. 20141. Misuse of agency name and initials. 20142. Contracts regarding expendable launch vehi- cles. 20143. Full cost appropriations account structure. 20144. Prize authority. 20145. Lease of non-excess property. 20146. Retrocession of jurisdiction. 20147. Recovery and disposition authority. 20148. Indemnification; NASA launch services and reentry services. 20149. Medical monitoring and research relating to human space flight. SUBCHAPTER IV—UPPER
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