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[CITE: 15USC5802]

 
                      TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
 
              CHAPTER 84--COMMERCIAL SPACE COMPETITIVENESS
 
Sec. 5802. Definitions

    For the purpose of this chapter--
        (1) the term ``agency'' means an executive agency as defined by 
    section 105 of title 5;
        (2) the term ``anchor tenancy'' means an arrangement in which 
    the United States Government agrees to procure sufficient quantities 
    of a commercial space product or service needed to meet Government 
    mission requirements so that a commercial venture is made viable;
        (3) the term ``commercial'' means having--
            (A) private capital at risk, and
            (B) primary financial and management responsibility for the 
        activity reside with the private sector;

        (4) the term ``cost effective'' means costing no more than the 
    available alternatives, determined by a comparison of all related 
    direct and indirect costs including, in the case of Government 
    costs, applicable Government labor and overhead costs as well as 
    contractor charges, and taking into account the ability of each 
    alternative to accommodate mission requirements as well as the 
    related factors of risk, reliability, schedule, and technical 
    performance;
        (5) the term ``launch'' means to place, or attempt to place, a 
    launch vehicle and its payload, if any, in a suborbital trajectory, 
    in Earth orbit in outer space, or otherwise in outer space;
        (6) the term ``launch services'' means activities involved in 
    the preparation of a launch vehicle and its payload for launch and 
    the conduct of a launch;
        (7) the term ``launch support facilities'' means facilities 
    located at launch sites or launch ranges that are required to 
    support launch activities, including launch vehicle assembly, launch 
    vehicle operations and control, communications, flight safety 
    functions, and payload operations, control, and processing.\1\
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        (8) the term ``launch vehicle'' means any vehicle constructed 
    for the purpose of operating in or placing a payload in, outer space 
    or in suborbital trajectories, and includes components of that 
    vehicle;
        (9) the term ``payload'' means an object which a person 
    undertakes to launch, and includes subcomponents of the launch 
    vehicle specifically designed or adapted for that object;
        (10) the term ``payload integration services'' means activities 
    involved in integrating multiple payloads into a single payload for 
    launch or integrating a payload with a launch vehicle;
        (11) the term ``space recovery support facilities'' means 
    facilities required to support activities related to the recovery of 
    payloads returned from space to a space recovery site, including 
    operations and control, communications, flight safety functions, and 
    payload processing;
        (12) the term ``space transportation infrastructure'' means 
    facilities, associated equipment, and real property, including 
    launch sites, launch support facilities, space recovery sites, and 
    space recovery support facilities, required to perform launch or 
    space recovery activities;
        (13) the term ``State'' means the several States, the District 
    of Columbia, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, the United States Virgin 
    Islands, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and any other 
    commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States; and
        (14) the term ``United States'' means the States, collectively.

(Pub. L. 102-588, title V, Sec. 502, Nov. 4, 1992, 106 Stat. 5123.)

                       References in Text

    This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original ``this 
title'', meaning title V of Pub. L. 102-588, Nov. 4, 1992, 106 Stat. 
5122, which enacted this chapter and amended section 2454 of Title 42, 
The Public Health and Welfare, and section 2615 of former Title 49, 
Transportation. For complete classification of title V to the Code, see 
Tables.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in title 49 section 70301.
