---
kind: "section"
citation: "51 U.S.C. § 70701"
title: "51"
title_heading: "National and Commercial Space Programs"
number: "70701"
heading: "Definitions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/51/70701"
units:
  - "Subtitle VII — Access to Space"
  - "Chapter 707 — Human Space Flight Independent Investigation Commission"
---

# §70701. Definitions


In this chapter:

- (1) **Commission.—** The term “Commission” means a Commission established under this chapter.
- (2) **Incident.—** The term “incident” means either an accident or a deliberate act.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 111–314, § 3, Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3432.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 70701 | 42 U.S.C. 16841. | Pub. L. 109–155, title VIII, § 821, Dec. 30, 2005, 119 Stat. 2941. |