Notice: The uscode.house.gov website is currently operating in a temporary format. While the United States Code remains available from its authoritative source, some website features and functionality are temporarily unavailable.
The United States Code Online is current through Public Law 119-120 (October 7, 2026).
Search & Browse Currency and Updating Classification Tables Popular Name Tool Positive Law Codification Editorial Reclassification Downloads
51 U.S.C. 71102: Requests for informationText contains those laws in effect through Public Law 119-120 (October 7, 2026).
From Title 51-NATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL SPACE PROGRAMSCHAPTER 711-NEAR-EARTH OBJECTS

§71102. Requests for information

The Administrator shall issue requests for information on⁠—

(1)  a low-cost space mission with the purpose of rendezvousing with, attaching a tracking device,11 So in original. The comma probably should be preceded by “to”. and characterizing the Apophis asteroid; and

(2)  a medium-sized space mission with the purpose of detecting near-Earth objects equal to or greater than 140 meters in diameter.

( Pub. L. 111–314, § 3 , Dec. 18, 2010 , 124 Stat. 3439 .)

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised

Section

Source (U.S. Code)

Source (Statutes at Large)

71102

42 U.S.C. 17793.

Pub. L. 110–422, title VIII, § 803, Oct. 15, 2008, 122 Stat. 4803.