{"identifier":"/us/usc/t51/s70702","title":51,"num":"\u00a7\u202f70702.","heading":"Establishment of Commission","text":"\u00a7\u202f70702.\nEstablishment of Commission\n(a)\nEstablishment.\u2014\nThe President shall establish an independent, nonpartisan Commission within the executive branch to investigate any incident that results in the loss of\u2014\n(1) a space shuttle;\n(2) the International Space Station or its operational viability;\n(3) any other orbital or suborbital space vehicle carrying humans that is\u2014\n(A) owned by the Federal Government; or\n(B) being used pursuant to a contract or Space Act Agreement with the Federal Government for carrying a government astronaut or a researcher funded by the Federal Government; or\n(4) a crew member or passenger of any space vehicle described in this subsection.\n(b)\nDeadline for Establishment.\u2014\nThe President shall establish a Commission within 7 days after an incident specified in subsection (a).\n(c)\nDefinitions.\u2014\nIn this section:\n(1)\nGovernment astronaut.\u2014\nThe term \u201cgovernment astronaut\u201d has the meaning given the term in section 50902.\n(2)\nSpace act agreement.\u2014\nThe term \u201cSpace Act Agreement\u201d means an agreement entered into by the Administration pursuant to its other transactions authority under section 20113(e).","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t51/s70702.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t51/s70702","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f70702."},{"t":"heading","text":"Establishment of Commission"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t51/s70702/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Establishment.\u2014"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"The President shall establish an independent, nonpartisan Commission within the executive branch to investigate any incident that results in the loss of\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t51/s70702/a/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" a space shuttle;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t51/s70702/a/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" the International Space Station or its operational viability;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t51/s70702/a/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" any other orbital or suborbital space vehicle carrying humans that is\u2014"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t51/s70702/a/3/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" owned by the Federal Government; or","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t51/s70702/a/3/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" being used pursuant to a contract or Space Act Agreement with the Federal Government for carrying a government astronaut or a researcher funded by the Federal Government; or","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t51/s70702/a/4","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(4)"},{"t":"content","text":" a crew member or passenger of any space vehicle described in this subsection.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t51/s70702/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Deadline for Establishment.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"The President shall establish a Commission within 7 days after an incident specified in subsection (a).","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t51/s70702/c","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(c)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Definitions.\u2014"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"In this section:"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t51/s70702/c/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Government astronaut.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"The term \u201cgovernment astronaut\u201d has the meaning given the term in section 50902.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t51/s70702/c/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Space act agreement.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"The term \u201cSpace Act Agreement\u201d means an agreement entered into by the Administration pursuant to its other transactions authority under section 20113(e).","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}