---
kind: "section"
citation: "51 U.S.C. § 30101"
title: "51"
title_heading: "National and Commercial Space Programs"
number: "30101"
heading: "Prior authorization of appropriations required"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/51/30101"
units:
  - "Subtitle III — Administrative Provisions"
  - "Chapter 301 — Appropriations, Budgets, and Accounting"
---

# §30101. Prior authorization of appropriations required


Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, no appropriation may be made to the [Administration](/usc/51/10101.md?p=1) unless previously authorized by legislation enacted by Congress.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 111–314, § 3, Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3357.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 30101 | 42 U.S.C. 2460. | Pub. L. 86–45, § 4, June 15, 1959, 73 Stat. 75. |

The word “hereafter” is omitted as unnecessary.