51 USC § 50921 - Office of Commercial Space Transportation

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title: "51 USC § 50921 - Office of Commercial Space Transportation"
title_number: 51
title_name: "NATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL SPACE PROGRAMS"
section_number: "50921"
section_name: "Office of Commercial Space Transportation"
chapter_number: 509
chapter_name: "COMMERCIAL SPACE LAUNCH ACTIVITIES"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1343, § 70119 of title 49, Pub. L. 105–303, title I, § 102(b), Oct. 28, 1998, 112 Stat. 2851; Pub. L. 106–405, § 3(a), Nov. 1, 2000, 114 Stat. 1752; Pub. L. 108–360, title III, § 301, Oct. 25, 2004, 118 Stat. 1680; renumbered § 70119 then § 50921 of title 51, Pub. L. 111–314, § 4(d)(2), (3)(U), Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3440, 3441.)"
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# § 50921. Office of Commercial Space Transportation

There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Transportation for the activities of the Office of the Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation—

**(1)** $11,941,000 for fiscal year 2005;

**(2)** $12,299,000 for fiscal year 2006;

**(3)** $12,668,000 for fiscal year 2007;

**(4)** $13,048,000 for fiscal year 2008; and

**(5)** $13,440,000 for fiscal year 2009.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1343, § 70119 of title 49, Pub. L. 105–303, title I, § 102(b), Oct. 28, 1998, 112 Stat. 2851; Pub. L. 106–405, § 3(a), Nov. 1, 2000, 114 Stat. 1752; Pub. L. 108–360, title III, § 301, Oct. 25, 2004, 118 Stat. 1680; renumbered § 70119 then § 50921 of title 51, Pub. L. 111–314, § 4(d)(2), (3)(U), Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3440, 3441.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 70119 | 49 App.:2623 (less last sentence). | Oct. 30, 1984, Pub. L. 98–575, § 24 (less last sentence), 98 Stat. 3064; Dec. 5, 1985, Pub. L. 99–170, § 301, 99 Stat. 1018; Oct. 30, 1987, Pub. L. 100–147, § 120, 101 Stat. 868; Nov. 17, 1988, Pub. L. 100–685, § 213, 102 Stat. 4093; Nov. 16, 1990, Pub. L. 101–611, § 117(a), 104 Stat. 3202; restated Dec. 9, 1991, Pub. L. 102–195, § 13, 105 Stat. 1613; Nov. 4, 1992, Pub. L. 102–588, § 211, 106 Stat. 5115. |

In this section, the amendment by section 211 of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1993 (, ) was executed to carry out the probable intent of Congress by omitting the period after “1993”.

As to the applicability of section 219 of the Act (, ) to amounts authorized by this section for fiscal year 1993, see section 6(b) of the bill.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2010— successively renumbered  and  as this section.

2004—Pars. (1) to (5).  added pars. (1) to (5) and struck out former pars. (1) and (2) which read as follows:

“(1) $12,607,000 for fiscal year 2001; and

“(2) $16,478,000 for fiscal year 2002.”

2000— amended section catchline and text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Transportation for the activities of the Office of the Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation—

“(1) $6,275,000 for the fiscal year ending ; and

“(2) $6,600,000 for the fiscal year ending .”

1998— reenacted section catchline without change and amended text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “The following amounts may be appropriated to the Secretary of Transportation for the fiscal year ending :

“(1) $4,900,000 to carry out this chapter.

“(2) $20,000,000 for a program to ensure the resiliency of the space launch infrastructure of the United States if a law is enacted to establish that program in the Department of Transportation.”