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    51 USC CHAPTER 713 - COOPERATION FOR SAFETY AMONG
           SPACEFARING NATIONS                             01/03/2012 (112-90)

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    TITLE 51 - NATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL SPACE PROGRAMS
    Subtitle VII - Access to Space
    CHAPTER 713 - COOPERATION FOR SAFETY AMONG SPACEFARING NATIONS

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      CHAPTER 713 - COOPERATION FOR SAFETY AMONG SPACEFARING NATIONS  

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    Sec.                                                     
    71301.      Common docking system standard to enable rescue.      
    71302.      Information sharing to avoid physical or
                 radio-frequency interference.                        

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    51 USC Sec. 71301                                           01/03/2012 (112-90)

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    TITLE 51 - NATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL SPACE PROGRAMS
    Subtitle VII - Access to Space
    CHAPTER 713 - COOPERATION FOR SAFETY AMONG SPACEFARING NATIONS

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    Sec. 71301. Common docking system standard to enable rescue

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      In order to maximize the ability to rescue astronauts whose space
    vehicles have become disabled, the Administrator shall enter into
    discussions with the appropriate representatives of spacefaring
    nations who have or plan to have crew transportation systems
    capable of orbital flight or flight beyond low Earth orbit for the
    purpose of agreeing on a common docking system standard.

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    (Pub. L. 111-314, Sec. 3, Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3439.)

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      Revised       Source (U.S. Code)       Source (Statutes at Large) 
      Section                                                           
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    71301          42 U.S.C. 17734.        Pub. L. 110-422, title IV,   
                                            Sec. 407, Oct. 15, 2008, 122
                                            Stat. 4790.                 
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    51 USC Sec. 71302                                           01/03/2012 (112-90)

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    TITLE 51 - NATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL SPACE PROGRAMS
    Subtitle VII - Access to Space
    CHAPTER 713 - COOPERATION FOR SAFETY AMONG SPACEFARING NATIONS

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    Sec. 71302. Information sharing to avoid physical or radio-
      frequency interference

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      The Administrator shall, in consultation with other agencies of
    the Federal Government as the Administrator considers appropriate,
    initiate discussions with the appropriate representatives of
    spacefaring nations to determine an appropriate frame-work under
    which information intended to promote safe access into outer space,
    operations in outer space, and return from outer space to Earth
    free from physical or radio-frequency interference can be shared
    among the nations.

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    (Pub. L. 111-314, Sec. 3, Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3440.)

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                       HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES                   
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      Revised       Source (U.S. Code)       Source (Statutes at Large) 
      Section                                                           
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    71302          42 U.S.C. 17821(b).     Pub. L. 110-422, title XI,   
                                            Sec. 1102(b), Oct. 15, 2008,
                                            122 Stat. 4808.             
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                                  FINDING                              
      Pub. L. 110-422, title XI, Sec. 1102(a), Oct. 15, 2008, 122 Stat.
    4808, provided that: "Congress finds that as more countries acquire
    the capability for launching payloads into outer space, there is an
    increasing need for a framework under which information intended to
    promote safe access into outer space, operations in outer space,
    and return from outer space to Earth free from physical or radio-
    frequency interference can be shared among those countries."

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