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[CITE: 49USC70108]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
              SUBTITLE IX--COMMERCIAL SPACE TRANSPORTATION
 
             CHAPTER 701--COMMERCIAL SPACE LAUNCH ACTIVITIES
 
Sec. 70108. Prohibition, suspension, and end of launches, 
        operation of launch sites and reentry sites, and reentries
        
    (a) General Authority.--The Secretary of Transportation may 
prohibit, suspend, or end immediately the launch of a launch vehicle or 
the operation of a launch site or reentry site, or reentry of a reentry 
vehicle, licensed under this chapter if the Secretary decides the launch 
or operation or reentry is detrimental to the public health and safety, 
the safety of property, or a national security or foreign policy 
interest of the United States.
    (b) Effective Periods of Orders.--An order under this section takes 
effect immediately and remains in effect during a review under section 
70110 of this title.

(Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1334; Pub. L. 105-
303, title I, Sec. 102(a)(8), Oct. 28, 1998, 112 Stat. 2848.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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70108(a)..............................  49 App.:2610(a).                 Oct. 3
0, 1984, Pub. L. 98-575, Sec.
                                                                          11, 9
8 Stat. 3059.
70108(b)..............................  49 App.:2610(b).
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                               Amendments

    1998--Pub. L. 105-303, Sec. 102(a)(8)(A), substituted ``Prohibition, 
suspension, and end of launches, operation of launch sites and reentry 
sites, and reentries'' for ``Prohibition, suspension, and end of 
launches and operation of launch sites'' in section catchline.
    Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105-303, Sec. 102(a)(8)(B), inserted ``or 
reentry site, or reentry of a reentry vehicle,'' after ``operation of a 
launch site'' and ``or reentry'' after ``launch or operation''.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 70110 of this title.
