51 USC § 31301 - Healthcare program

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identifier: "/us/usc/t51/s31301"
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title: "51 USC § 31301 - Healthcare program"
title_number: 51
title_name: "NATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL SPACE PROGRAMS"
section_number: "31301"
section_name: "Healthcare program"
chapter_number: 313
chapter_name: "HEALTHCARE"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 111–314, § 3, Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3376.)"
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# § 31301. Healthcare program

The Administrator shall develop a plan to better understand the longitudinal health effects of space flight on humans. In the development of the plan, the Administrator shall consider the need for the establishment of a lifetime healthcare program for Administration astronauts and their families or other methods to obtain needed health data from astronauts and retired astronauts.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 111–314, § 3, Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3376.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 31301 | 42 U.S.C. 16822. | Pub. L. 109–155, title VII, § 708, Dec. 30, 2005, 119 Stat. 2938. |