---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 16781"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "16781"
heading: "Repealed. Pub. L. 111–314, § 6, Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3444"
status: "repealed"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/16781"
units:
  - "Chapter 150 — National Aeronautics and Space Programs, 2005"
  - "Subchapter VI — Other Program Areas"
  - "Part A — Space and Flight Support"
---

# [§16781. Repealed. Pub. L. 111–314, § 6, Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3444 — repealed]



## Notes

Section, Pub. L. 109–155, title VI, § 601, Dec. 30, 2005, 119 Stat. 2931, related to decreasing the risks associated with orbital debris. See section 31501 of Title 51, National and Commercial Space Programs.