51 USC § 50923 - Report to Congress

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identifier: "/us/usc/t51/s50923"
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title: "51 USC § 50923 - Report to Congress"
title_number: 51
title_name: "NATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL SPACE PROGRAMS"
section_number: "50923"
section_name: "Report to Congress"
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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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 105–303, title I, § 102(a)(16), Oct. 28, 1998, 112 Stat. 2851, § 70121 of title 49; renumbered § 70121 then § 50923 of title 51, Pub. L. 111–314, § 4(d)(2), (3)(W), Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3440, 3441.)"
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# § 50923. Report to Congress

The Secretary of Transportation shall submit to Congress an annual report to accompany the President’s budget request that—

**(1)** describes all activities undertaken under this chapter, including a description of the process for the application for and approval of licenses under this chapter and recommendations for legislation that may further commercial launches and reentries; and

**(2)** reviews the performance of the regulatory activities and the effectiveness of the Office of Commercial Space Transportation.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 105–303, title I, § 102(a)(16), Oct. 28, 1998, 112 Stat. 2851, § 70121 of title 49; renumbered § 70121 then § 50923 of title 51, Pub. L. 111–314, § 4(d)(2), (3)(W), Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3440, 3441.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2010— successively renumbered  and  as this section.