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[CITE: 42USC2481]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                   CHAPTER 26--NATIONAL SPACE PROGRAM
 
                SUBCHAPTER III--UPPER ATMOSPHERE RESEARCH
 
Sec. 2481. Congressional declaration of purpose and policy

    (a) The purpose of this subchapter is to authorize and direct the 
Administration to develop and carry out a comprehensive program of 
research, technology, and monitoring of the phenomena of the upper 
atmosphere so as to provide for an understanding of and to maintain the 
chemical and physical integrity of the Earth's upper atmosphere.
    (b) The Congress declares that it is the policy of the United States 
to undertake an immediate and appropriate research, technology, and 
monitoring program that will provide for understanding the physics and 
chemistry of the Earth's upper atmosphere.

(Pub. L. 85-568, title IV, Sec. 401, as added Pub. L. 94-39, Sec. 8, 
June 19, 1975, 89 Stat. 222.)
