51 USC § 60162 - Future considerations

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title: "51 USC § 60162 - Future considerations"
title_number: 51
title_name: "NATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL SPACE PROGRAMS"
section_number: "60162"
section_name: "Future considerations"
chapter_number: 601
chapter_name: "LAND REMOTE SENSING POLICY"
subchapter_number: "VI"
subchapter_name: "PROHIBITION OF COMMERCIALIZATION OF WEATHER SATELLITES"
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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. 3422.)"
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# § 60162. Future considerations

October 28, 1992section 60161 of this title

Regardless of any change in circumstances subsequent to , even if such change makes it appear to be in the national interest to commercialize weather satellites, neither the President nor any official shall take any action prohibited by  unless this subchapter has first been repealed.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 111–314, § 3, Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3422.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 60162 | 15 U.S.C. 5672. | Pub. L. 102–555, title VI, § 602, Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 4180. |

The date “” is substituted for “the enactment of this Act” to reflect the date of enactment of the Land Remote Sensing Policy Act of 1992 (, ).