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51 U.S.C. § 31503 — Laboratory productivity

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51 U.S.C. § 31503 — Laboratory productivity

The Administration’s laboratories are a critical component of the Administration’s research capabilities, and the Administrator shall ensure that those laboratories remain productive.

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42 U.S.C. § 17821 — Repealed or Omitted

### Statutory Notes #### Codification Section 17811, Pub. L. 110–422, title X, § 1002, Oct. 15, 2008, 122 Stat. 4806, which related to maintenance and upgrade of NASA Center facilities, was repealed in part and omitted in part. Subsec. (a) was repealed and reenacted as [section 31502 of Title 51](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title51-section31502&num=0&edition=prelim), National and Commercial Space Programs, by Pub. L. 111–314, §§ 3, 6, Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3328, 3444, which Act enacted Title 51. Subsec. (b), which required determination of maintenance and upgrade backlog at NASA Centers and facilities, and subsec. (c), which required report to Congress to be delivered concurrently with fiscal 2011 budget request, were omitted from the Code following the enactment of Title 51. Section 17812, Pub. L. 110–422, title X, § 1003, Oct. 15, 2008, 122 Stat. 4807, which related to assessment of NASA laboratory capabilities, was repealed in part and omitted in part. Subsec. (a) was repealed and reenacted as [section 31503 of Title 51](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title51-section31503&num=0&edition=prelim), National and Commercial Space Programs, by Pub. L. 111–314, §§ 3, 6, Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3328, 3444, which Act enacted Title 51. Subsec. (b), which required independent external review of NASA laboratories and report to congressional committees no later than 18 months after Oct. 15, 2008, was omitted from the Code following the enactment of Title 51.

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51 U.S.C. § 31503 — Laboratory productivity

Page 81 TITLE 51—NATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL SPACE PROGRAMS § 31505 ministration should establish strategic partnerships with other Federal agencies, State agencies, FAA-li- censed spaceports, institutions of higher education, and industry, as appropriate; and ‘‘(4) decisions on whether to dispose of, maintain, or modernize existing facilities must be made in the context of meeting Administration and other needs, including those required to meet the activities sup- porting the human exploration roadmap under sec- tion 432 of this Act [set out in a note under section 20302 of this title], considering other national labora- tory needs as the Administrator [of the National Aer- onautics and Space Administration] deems appro- priate. ‘‘(b) POLICY.—It is the policy of the United States that the Administration maintain reliable and efficient facilities and infrastructure and that decisions on whether to dispose of, maintain, or modernize existing facilities or infrastructure be made in the context of meeting future Administration needs. ‘‘(c) PLAN.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall develop a facilities and infrastructure plan. ‘‘(2) GOAL.—The goal of the plan is to position the Administration to have the facilities and infrastruc- ture, including laboratories, tools, and approaches, necessary to meet future Administration and other Federal agencies’ laboratory needs. ‘‘(3) CONTENTS.—The plan shall identify— ‘‘(A) current Administration and other Federal agency laboratory needs; ‘‘(B) future Administration research and develop- ment and testing needs; ‘‘(C) a strategy for identifying facilities and infra- structure that are candidates for disposal, that is consistent with the national strategic direction set forth in— ‘‘(i) the National Space Poli

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