22 USC § 5873 - Report to Congress

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identifier: "/us/usc/t22/s5873"
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title: "22 USC § 5873 - Report to Congress"
title_number: 22
title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
section_number: "5873"
section_name: "Report to Congress"
chapter_number: 67
chapter_name: "FREEDOM FOR RUSSIA AND EMERGING EURASIAN DEMOCRACIES AND OPEN MARKETS SUPPORT"
subchapter_number: "V"
subchapter_name: "SPACE TRADE AND COOPERATION"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 102–511, title VI, § 603, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 3347.)"
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# § 5873. Report to Congress

Within one year after October 24, 1992, the President shall submit to the designated congressional committees a report describing—

**(1)** the opportunities for increased space-related trade with the independent states of the former Soviet Union;

**(2)** a technology procurement plan for identifying and evaluating all unique space hardware, space technology, and space services available to the United States from the independent states;

**(3)** specific space hardware, space technology, and space services that have been, or could be, the subject of discussions described in section 5871(c) of this title;

**(4)** the trade missions carried out pursuant to section 5872(a) of this title, including the private participation in and the results of such missions;

**(5)** any barriers, regulatory or practical, that inhibit space-related trade between the United States and independent states, including any such barriers in either the United States or the independent states; and

**(6)** any anticompetitive issues raised during the course of negotiations, as observed pursuant to section 5872(b) of this title.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 102–511, title VI, § 603, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 3347.)