51 USC § 20101 - Short title

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identifier: "/us/usc/t51/s20101"
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title: "51 USC § 20101 - Short title"
title_number: 51
title_name: "NATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL SPACE PROGRAMS"
section_number: "20101"
section_name: "Short title"
chapter_number: 201
chapter_name: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE PROGRAM"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "SHORT TITLE, DECLARATION OF POLICY, AND DEFINITIONS"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 111–314, § 3, Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3330.)"
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# § 20101. Short title

This chapter may be cited as the “National Aeronautics and Space Act”.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 111–314, § 3, Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3330.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 20101 | (no source) |  |

Chapter 201 of title 51 restates the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958. Although short titles are generally eliminated as unnecessary in positive law titles of the United States Code, in this case it was suggested that the short title “National Aeronautics and Space Act” be provided for convenience.