---
kind: "section"
citation: "51 U.S.C. § 70710"
title: "51"
title_heading: "National and Commercial Space Programs"
number: "70710"
heading: "Reporting requirements and termination"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/51/70710"
units:
  - "Subtitle VII — Access to Space"
  - "Chapter 707 — Human Space Flight Independent Investigation Commission"
---

# §70710. Reporting requirements and termination

- (a) **Interim Reports.—** A [Commission](/usc/51/70701.md?p=1) may submit to the President and Congress interim reports containing such findings, conclusions, and recommendations for corrective actions as have been agreed to by a majority of [Commission](/usc/51/70701.md?p=1) members.
- (b) **Final Report.—** A [Commission](/usc/51/70701.md?p=1) shall submit to the President and Congress, and make concurrently available to the public, a final report containing such findings, conclusions, and recommendations for corrective actions as have been agreed to by a majority of [Commission](/usc/51/70701.md?p=1) members. Such report shall include any minority views or opinions not reflected in the majority report.
- (c) **Termination.—**
  - (1) **In general.—** A [Commission](/usc/51/70701.md?p=1), and all the authorities of this chapter with respect to that [Commission](/usc/51/70701.md?p=1), shall terminate 60 days after the date on which the final report is submitted under [subsection (b)](#b).
  - (2) **Administrative activities before termination.—** A [Commission](/usc/51/70701.md?p=1) may use the 60-day period referred to in [paragraph (1)](#c-1) for the purpose of concluding its activities, including providing testimony to committees of Congress concerning its reports and disseminating the final report.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 111–314, § 3, Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3436.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 70710 | 42 U.S.C. 16850. | Pub. L. 109–155, title VIII, § 830, Dec. 30, 2005, 119 Stat. 2944. |