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[CITE: 42USC2483]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                   CHAPTER 26--NATIONAL SPACE PROGRAM
 
                SUBCHAPTER III--UPPER ATMOSPHERE RESEARCH
 
Sec. 2483. Program authorized

    (a) In order to carry out the purposes of this subchapter the 
Administration in cooperation with other Federal agencies, shall 
initiate and carry out a program of research, technology, monitoring, 
and other appropriate activities directed to understand the physics and 
chemistry of the upper atmosphere.
    (b) In carrying out the provisions of this subchapter the 
Administration shall--
        (1) arrange for participation by the scientific and engineering 
    community, of both the Nation's industrial organizations and 
    institutions of higher education, in planning and carrying out 
    appropriate research, in developing necessary technology and in 
    making necessary observations and measurements;
        (2) provide, by way of grant, contract, scholarships or other 
    arrangements, to the maximum extent practicable and consistent with 
    other laws, for the widest practicable and appropriate participation 
    of the scientific and engineering community in the program 
    authorized by this subchapter; and
        (3) make all results of the program authorized by this 
    subchapter available to the appropriate regulatory agencies and 
    provide for the widest practicable dissemination of such results.

(Pub. L. 85-568, title IV, Sec. 403, as added Pub. L. 94-39, Sec. 8, 
June 19, 1975, 89 Stat. 222.)
