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[CITE: 42USC2466]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                   CHAPTER 26--NATIONAL SPACE PROGRAM
 
                    SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 2466. Shuttle pricing policy; Congressional findings and 
        declaration of purpose
        
    The Congress finds and declares that--
        (1) the Space Transportation System is a vital element of the 
    United States space program, contributing to the United States 
    leadership in space research, technology, and development;
        (2) the Space Transportation System is the primary space launch 
    system for both United States national security and civil government 
    missions;
        (3) the Space Transportation System contributes to the expansion 
    of United States private sector investment and involvement in space 
    and therefore should serve commercial users;
        (4) the availability of the Space Transportation System to 
    foreign users for peaceful purposes is an important means of 
    promoting international cooperative activities in the national 
    interest and in maintaining access to space for activities which 
    enhance the security and welfare of mankind;
        (5) the United States is committed to maintaining world 
    leadership in space transportation;
        (6) making the Space Transportation System fully operational and 
    cost effective in providing routine access to space will maximize 
    the national economic benefits of the system; and
        (7) national goals and the objectives for the Space 
    Transportation System can be furthered by a stable and fair pricing 
    policy for the Space Transportation System.

(Pub. L. 99-170, title II, Sec. 201, Dec. 5, 1985, 99 Stat. 1017.)

                          Codification

    Section was enacted as part of the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration Authorization Act of 1986, and not as part of the 
National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 which is classified 
principally to this chapter.


                             Effective Date

    Section 205 of title II of Pub. L. 99-170 provided that: ``This 
title [enacting this section and sections 2466a to 2466c of this title] 
shall apply to flights of the Space Transportation System beginning on 
and after October 1, 1988.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 2466a, 2466b of this title.
