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[CITE: 22USC5872]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
  CHAPTER 67--FREEDOM FOR RUSSIA AND EMERGING EURASIAN DEMOCRACIES AND 
                          OPEN MARKETS SUPPORT
 
                SUBCHAPTER V--SPACE TRADE AND COOPERATION
 
Sec. 5872. Office of Space Commerce


(a) Trade missions

    The Office of Space Commerce of the Department of Commerce is 
authorized and encouraged to conduct one or more trade missions to 
appropriate independent states of the former Soviet Union for the 
purpose of familiarizing United States aerospace industry 
representatives with space hardware, space technologies, and space 
services that may be available from the independent states, and with the 
business practices and overall business climate in the independent 
states.

(b) Monitoring negotiations

    The Office of Space Commerce--
        (1) shall monitor the progress of any discussions described in 
    section 5871(c)(1) of this title that are being conducted; and
        (2) shall advise the Administrator of the National Aeronautics 
    and Space Administration as to the impact on United States industry 
    of each potential acquisition of space hardware, space technology, 
    or space services from the independent states of the former Soviet 
    Union, specifically including any anticompetitive issues the Office 
    may observe.

(Pub. L. 102-511, title VI, Sec. 602, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 3347.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 5873 of this title.
