51 USC § 51102 - Grant authority

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identifier: "/us/usc/t51/s51102"
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legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "51 USC § 51102 - Grant authority"
title_number: 51
title_name: "NATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL SPACE PROGRAMS"
section_number: "51102"
section_name: "Grant authority"
chapter_number: 511
chapter_name: "SPACE TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE MATCHING GRANTS"
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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, § 70302 of title 49; renumbered § 70302 then § 51102 of title 51, Pub. L. 111–314, § 4(d)(2), (4)(B), Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3440, 3441.)"
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# § 51102. Grant authority

**(a)** **General Authority.—** To ensure the resiliency of the space transportation infrastructure of the United States, the Secretary of Transportation may make project grants to sponsors as provided in this chapter.

**(b)** **Limitations.—** The Secretary may make a project grant under this chapter only if—

**(1)** at least 10 percent of the total cost of the project will be paid by the private sector; and

**(2)** the grant will not be for more than 50 percent of the total cost of the project.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1343, § 70302 of title 49; renumbered § 70302 then § 51102 of title 51, Pub. L. 111–314, § 4(d)(2), (4)(B), Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3440, 3441.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 70302(a) | 15:5804(b) (1st sentence). | Nov. 4, 1992, Pub. L. 102–588, § 505(b) (1st sentence), (f), 106 Stat. 5125, 5127. |
| 70302(b) | 15:5804(f). |  |

In subsection (a), the words “of the United States” are substituted for “Nation’s” for consistency.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2010— successively renumbered  and  as this section.