51 USC § 50703 - Annual report

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title: "51 USC § 50703 - Annual report"
title_number: 51
title_name: "NATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL SPACE PROGRAMS"
section_number: "50703"
section_name: "Annual report"
chapter_number: 507
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF SPACE COMMERCE"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 111–314, § 3, Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3408.)"
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# § 50703. Annual report

The Secretary of Commerce shall submit an annual report on the activities of the Office, including planned programs and expenditures, to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Science and Technology of the House of Representatives.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 111–314, § 3, Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3408.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 50703 | 15 U.S.C. 1535. | Pub. L. 101–611, title I, § 115(b), Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 3201. |

The words “The Secretary of Commerce shall submit an annual report” are substituted for “Commencing in fiscal year 1992, and every fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary of Commerce shall submit . . . a report” to eliminate unnecessary words.

The word “Office”, meaning the Office of Space Commercialization, is substituted for “Office of Space Commerce” to correct an error in the law.

The words “Committee on Science and Technology” are substituted for “Committee on Science, Space, and Technology” on authority of  (2 U.S.C. note prec. 21), Rule X(1)(n) of the Rules of the House of Representatives, adopted by House Resolution No. 5 (106th Congress, ), and Rule X(1)() of the Rules of the House of Representatives, adopted by House Resolution No. 6 (110th Congress, ).

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Change of Name

Committee on Science and Technology of House of Representatives changed to Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 5, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, .