Commercial Space Act of 1998

Pub. L. 105–303

US Codex doesn’t hold the enacted text of this law — the public-law corpus runs from the 113th Congress (2013) onward. What it changed in the U.S. Code, reconstructed from the credit notes, is listed below.

51 sections of the Code credited to this law, found between Public Law 105-153 and Public Law 105-394.

• 15 U.S.C. § 5621 — General licensing authority
• 15 U.S.C. § 5622 — Conditions for operation
• 15 U.S.C. § 5803 — Launch voucher demonstration program
• 42 U.S.C. § 2465c — Definitions
• 42 U.S.C. § 2465f — Other activities of National Aeronautics and Space Administration
• 42 U.S.C. § 14701 — Definitions
• 42 U.S.C. § 14711 — Commercialization of Space Station
• 42 U.S.C. § 14712 — Promotion of United States Global Positioning System standards
• 42 U.S.C. § 14713 — Acquisition of space science data
• 42 U.S.C. § 14714 — Administration of commercial space centers
• 42 U.S.C. § 14715 — Sources of Earth Science data
• 42 U.S.C. § 14731 — Requirement to procure commercial space transportation services
• 42 U.S.C. § 14732 — Acquisition of commercial space transportation services
• 42 U.S.C. § 14733 — Shuttle privatization
• 42 U.S.C. § 14734 — Use of excess intercontinental ballistic missiles
• 42 U.S.C. § 14735 — National launch capability study
• 49 U.S.C. § 70101 — Findings and purposes
• 49 U.S.C. § 70102 — Definitions
• 49 U.S.C. § 70103 — General authority
• 49 U.S.C. § 70104 — Restrictions on launches, operations, and reentries
• 49 U.S.C. § 70105 — License applications and requirements
• 49 U.S.C. § 70106 — Monitoring activities
• 49 U.S.C. § 70108 — Prohibition, suspension, and end of launches, operation of launch sites and reentry sites, and reentries
• 49 U.S.C. § 70109 — Preemption of scheduled launches or reentries
• 49 U.S.C. § 70110 — Administrative hearings and judicial review
• 49 U.S.C. § 70111 — Acquiring United States Government property and services
• 49 U.S.C. § 70112 — Liability insurance and financial responsibility requirements
• 49 U.S.C. § 70113 — Paying claims exceeding liability insurance and financial responsibility requirements
• 49 U.S.C. § 70115 — Enforcement and penalty
• 49 U.S.C. § 70117 — Relationship to other executive agencies, laws, and international obligations
• 49 U.S.C. § 70119 — Authorization of appropriations
• 49 U.S.C. § 70120 — Regulations
• 49 U.S.C. § 70121 — Report to Congress
• 42 U.S.C. §§ 14713 to 14715 — Repealed.
• 42 U.S.C. §§ 14731 to 14735 — Repealed.
• 51 U.S.C. § 50901 — Findings and purposes
• 51 U.S.C. § 50902 — Definitions
• 51 U.S.C. § 50903 — General authority
• 51 U.S.C. § 50904 — Restrictions on launches, operations, and reentries
• 51 U.S.C. § 50905 — License applications and requirements
• 51 U.S.C. § 50907 — Monitoring activities
• 51 U.S.C. § 50909 — Prohibition, suspension, and end of launches, operation of launch sites and reentry sites, and reentries
• 51 U.S.C. § 50910 — Preemption of scheduled launches or reentries
• 51 U.S.C. § 50912 — Administrative hearings and judicial review
• 51 U.S.C. § 50913 — Acquiring United States Government property and services
• 51 U.S.C. § 50914 — Liability insurance and financial responsibility requirements
• 51 U.S.C. § 50915 — Paying claims exceeding liability insurance and financial responsibility requirements
• 51 U.S.C. § 50917 — Enforcement and penalty
• 51 U.S.C. § 50919 — Relationship to other executive agencies, laws, and international obligations
• 51 U.S.C. § 50922 — Regulations
• 51 U.S.C. § 50923 — Report to Congress