42 USC § 18443 - Eligibility for service of individual currently serving as Administrator of NASA

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title: "42 USC § 18443 - Eligibility for service of individual currently serving as Administrator of NASA"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "18443"
section_name: "Eligibility for service of individual currently serving as Administrator of NASA"
chapter_number: 159
chapter_name: "SPACE EXPLORATION, TECHNOLOGY, AND SCIENCE"
subchapter_number: "XI"
subchapter_name: "OTHER MATTERS"
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last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 111–267, title XII, § 1204, Oct. 11, 2010, 124 Stat. 2842.)"
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# § 18443. Eligibility for service of individual currently serving as Administrator of NASA

October 11, 2010section 20111 of title 51

The individual serving in the position of Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration as of , comes from civilian life and is therefore eligible to serve in such position, in conformance with .

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 111–267, title XII, § 1204, Oct. 11, 2010, 124 Stat. 2842.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

In text, “” substituted for “section 202 of the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 ()” on authority of , , , which Act enacted Title 51, National and Commercial Space Programs.