51 USC § 70902 - Allocation of International Space Station research budget

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title: "51 USC § 70902 - Allocation of International Space Station research budget"
title_number: 51
title_name: "NATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL SPACE PROGRAMS"
section_number: "70902"
section_name: "Allocation of International Space Station research budget"
chapter_number: 709
chapter_name: "INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION"
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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. 3436.)"
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# § 70902. Allocation of International Space Station research budget

section 40904 of this title

The Administrator shall allocate at least 15 percent of the funds budgeted for International Space Station research to ground-based, free-flyer, and International Space Station life and microgravity science research that is not directly related to supporting the human exploration program, consistent with .

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 111–314, § 3, Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3436.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 70902 | 42 U.S.C. 16633. | Pub. L. 109–155, title II, § 204, Dec. 30, 2005, 119 Stat. 2916. |

The words “Beginning with fiscal year 2006”, which appeared at the beginning of this section, are omitted as obsolete.