49 USC 70108 - Sec. 70108. Prohibition, suspension, and end of launches, operation of launch sites and reentry sites, and reentries

49 USC - US Code - Title 49: Transportation (January 2003)


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  (a) General Authority. - The Secretary of Transportation may prohibit, suspend, or end immediately the launch of a launch vehicle or the operation of a launch site or reentry site, or reentry of a reentry vehicle, licensed under this chapter if the Secretary decides the launch or operation or reentry is detrimental to the public health and safety, the safety of property, or a national security or foreign policy interest of the United States. (b) Effective Periods of Orders. - An order under this section takes effect immediately and remains in effect during a review under section 70110 of this title.


Historical And Revision Notes

Revised Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large) Section

70108(a) 49 App.:2610(a). Oct. 30, 1984, Pub. L. 98-575, Sec. 11, 98 Stat. 3059. 70108(b) 49 App.:2610(b).

AMENDMENTS 1998 - Pub. L. 105-303, Sec. 102(a)(8)(A), substituted "Prohibition, suspension, and end of launches, operation of launch sites and reentry sites, and reentries" for "Prohibition, suspension, and end of launches and operation of launch sites" in section catchline.

Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105-303, Sec. 102(a)(8)(B), inserted "or reentry site, or reentry of a reentry vehicle," after "operation of a launch site" and "or reentry" after "launch or operation".

Section Referred To In Other Sections

This section is referred to in section 70110 of this title.

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