14 CFR § 401.3 - The Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation.

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# 401.3 The Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation.

The Office is headed by an Associate Administrator to exercise the Secretary's authority to license or permit and otherwise regulate commercial space transportation and to discharge the Secretary's responsibility to encourage, facilitate, and promote commercial space transportation by the United States private sector.

[Doc. No. FAA-2006-24197, 72 FR 17016, Apr. 6, 2007]