42 USC § 18387 - Near-Earth object survey and policy with respect to threats posed

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title: "42 USC § 18387 - Near-Earth object survey and policy with respect to threats posed"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "18387"
section_name: "Near-Earth object survey and policy with respect to threats posed"
chapter_number: 159
chapter_name: "SPACE EXPLORATION, TECHNOLOGY, AND SCIENCE"
subchapter_number: "VII"
subchapter_name: "SPACE SCIENCE"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 111–267, title VIII, § 808, Oct. 11, 2010, 124 Stat. 2834.)"
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# § 18387. Near-Earth object survey and policy with respect to threats posed

**(a)** **Policy reaffirmation** section 20102(g) of title 51

Congress reaffirms the policy set forth in  relating to surveying near-Earth asteroids and comets.

**(b)** **Implementation** September 30, 2012

The Director of the OSTP shall implement, before , a policy for notifying Federal agencies and relevant emergency response institutions of an impending near-Earth object threat if near-term public safety is at risk, and assign a Federal agency or agencies to be responsible for protecting the United States and working with the international community on such threats.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 111–267, title VIII, § 808, Oct. 11, 2010, 124 Stat. 2834.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

In subsec. (a), “” substituted for “section 102(g) of the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 ()” on authority of , , , which Act enacted Title 51, National and Commercial Space Programs.