51 USC § 70101 - Recovery of fair value of placing Department of Defense payloads in orbit with space launch system
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identifier: "/us/usc/t51/s70101"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "51 USC § 70101 - Recovery of fair value of placing Department of Defense payloads in orbit with space launch system"
title_number: 51
title_name: "NATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL SPACE PROGRAMS"
section_number: "70101"
section_name: "Recovery of fair value of placing Department of Defense payloads in orbit with space launch system"
chapter_number: 701
chapter_name: "USE OF SPACE LAUNCH SYSTEM OR ALTERNATIVES"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 111–314, § 3, Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3427; Pub. L. 114–90, title I, § 117(a)(2), Nov. 25, 2015, 129 Stat. 717.)"
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# § 70101. Recovery of fair value of placing Department of Defense payloads in orbit with space launch system
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, or any interagency agreement, the Administrator shall charge such prices as are necessary to recover the fair value of placing Department of Defense payloads into orbit by means of the space launch system.
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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 111–314, § 3, Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3427; Pub. L. 114–90, title I, § 117(a)(2), Nov. 25, 2015, 129 Stat. 717.)
| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 70101 | 42 U.S.C. 2464. | Pub. L. 97–324, title I, § 106(a), Oct. 15, 1982, 96 Stat. 1600. |
## Editorial Notes
### Amendments
2015— substituted “space launch system” for “space shuttle” in section catchline and text.