---
kind: "section"
citation: "51 U.S.C. § 51105"
title: "51"
title_heading: "National and Commercial Space Programs"
number: "51105"
heading: "Authorization of appropriations"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/51/51105"
units:
  - "Subtitle V — Programs Targeting Commercial Opportunities"
  - "Chapter 511 — Space Transportation Infrastructure Matching Grants"
---

# §51105. Authorization of appropriations


Not more than $10,000,000 may be appropriated to the [Secretary](/usc/51/50301.md?p=5) of Transportation to make grants under this chapter. Amounts appropriated under this section remain available until expended.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1345, § 70305 of title 49; renumbered § 70305 then § 51105 of title 51, Pub. L. 111–314, § 4(d)(2), (4)(E), Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3440, 3441.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 70305 | 15:5804(b) (2d, last sentences). | Nov. 4, 1992, Pub. L. 102–588, § 505(b) (2d, last sentences), 106 Stat. 5125. |

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2010—Pub. L. 111–314 successively renumbered section 70305 of title 49 and section 70305 of this title as this section.
