---
kind: "section"
citation: "51 U.S.C. § 50920"
title: "51"
title_heading: "National and Commercial Space Programs"
number: "50920"
heading: "User fees"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/51/50920"
units:
  - "Subtitle V — Programs Targeting Commercial Opportunities"
  - "Chapter 509 — Commercial Space Launch Activities"
---

# §50920. User fees


The [Secretary](/usc/51/50301.md?p=5) of Transportation may collect a user fee for a regulatory or other service conducted under this chapter only if specifically authorized by this chapter.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1342, § 70118 of title 49; renumbered § 70118 then § 50920 of title 51, Pub. L. 111–314, § 4(d)(2), (3)(T), Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3440, 3441.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 70118 | 49 App.:2623 (last sentence). | Oct. 30, 1984, Pub. L. 98–575, § 24 (last sentence), 98 Stat. 3064; Dec. 5, 1985, Pub. L. 99–170, § 301, 99 Stat. 1018; Oct. 30, 1987, Pub. L. 100–147, § 120, 101 Stat. 868; Nov. 17, 1988, Pub. L. 100–685, § 213, 102 Stat. 4093; Nov. 16, 1990, Pub. L. 101–611, § 117(a), 104 Stat. 3202; restated Dec. 9, 1991, Pub. L. 102–195, § 13, 105 Stat. 1613; Nov. 4, 1992, Pub. L. 102–588, § 211, 106 Stat. 5115. |

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2010—Pub. L. 111–314 successively renumbered section 70118 of title 49 and section 70118 of this title as this section.