{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42/s18302","title":42,"num":"\u00a7\u202f18302.","heading":"Definitions","text":"\u00a7\u202f18302.\nDefinitions\nIn this chapter:\n(1)\nAdministrator\nThe term \u201cAdministrator\u201d means the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.\n(2)\nAppropriate committees of Congress\nThe term \u201cappropriate committees of Congress\u201d means\u2014\n(A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate; and\n(B) the Committee on Science\n1\n1 So in original. Probably should be followed by \u201cand Technology\u201d.\n(3)\nCis-lunar space\nThe term \u201ccis-lunar space\u201d means the region of space from the Earth out to and including the region around the surface of the Moon.\n(4)\nDeep space\nThe term \u201cdeep space\u201d means the region of space beyond cis-lunar space.\n(5)\nISS\nThe term \u201cISS\u201d means the International Space Station.\n(6)\nNASA\nThe term \u201cNASA\u201d means the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.\n(7)\nNear-Earth space\nThe term \u201cnear-Earth space\u201d means the region of space that includes low-Earth orbit and extends out to and includes geo-synchronous orbit.\n(8)\nNOAA\nThe term \u201cNOAA\u201d means the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.\n(9)\nOSTP\nThe term \u201cOSTP\u201d means the Office of Science and Technology Policy.\n(10)\nSpace Launch System\nThe term \u201cSpace Launch System\u201d means the follow-on government-owned civil launch system developed, managed, and operated by NASA to serve as a key component to expand human presence beyond low-Earth orbit.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t42/s18302.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t42/s18302","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f18302."},{"t":"heading","text":"Definitions","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"In this chapter:"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s18302/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Administrator"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"The term \u201cAdministrator\u201d means the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s18302/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Appropriate committees of Congress"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"The term \u201cappropriate committees of Congress\u201d means\u2014"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t42/s18302/2/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t42/s18302/2/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" the Committee on Science\u202f","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"1"},{"t":"num","text":"1","tail":"\u202fSo in original. 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