---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 17731"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "17731"
heading: "Repealed.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status: "repealed"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/42/17731"
units:
  - "Chapter 155 — Aeronautics and Space Activities"
  - "Subchapter III — Exploration Initiative"
---

# [§17731. Repealed. Pub. L. 111–314, § 6, Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3444 — repealed]



## Notes

Section, Pub. L. 110–422, title IV, § 403, Oct. 15, 2008, 122 Stat. 4789, related to stepping stone approach to exploration. See section 70504 of Title 51, National and Commercial Space Programs.