§ 5803. — Launch voucher demonstration program.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC5803]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 84--COMMERCIAL SPACE COMPETITIVENESS
Sec. 5803. Launch voucher demonstration program
(a) Commercial space voucher demonstration program; effective period
The Administrator shall establish a demonstration program to award
vouchers for the payment of commercial launch services and payload
integration services for the purpose of launching payloads funded by the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration to become effective
October 1, 1993.
(b) Award of vouchers
The Administrator shall award vouchers under subsection (a) of this
section to appropriate individuals as a part of grants administered by
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for the launch of--
(1) payloads to be placed in suborbital trajectories; and
(2) small payloads to be placed in orbit.
(c) Assistance
The Administrator may provide voucher award recipients with such
assistance, including contract formulation and technical support during
the proposal evaluation, as may be necessary, to ensure the purchase of
cost effective and reasonably reliable commercial launch services and
payload integration services.
(d) Report
The Administrator shall conduct an ongoing review of the program
established under this section, and shall, not later than January 31,
1995, report to Congress the results of such a review, together with
recommendations for further action relating to the program.
(Pub. L. 102-588, title V, Sec. 504, Nov. 4, 1992, 106 Stat. 5124; Pub.
L. 105-303, title I, Sec. 103, Oct. 28, 1998, 112 Stat. 2851.)
Amendments
1998--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105-303, Sec. 103(1), struck out ``the
Office of Commercial Programs within'' after ``payloads funded by'' and
struck out at end ``Such program shall not be effective after September
30, 1995.''
Subsecs. (c) to (e). Pub. L. 105-303, Sec. 103(2), (3), redesignated
subsecs. (d) and (e) as (c) and (d), respectively, and struck out
heading and text of former subsec. (c). Text read as follows: ``In
carrying out the demonstration program established under subsection (a)
of this section, the Administrator, in awarding vouchers, is limited to
the launch of payloads funded by the Office of Commercial Programs
within the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.''
``Administrator'' Defined
Administrator means Administrator of the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration, see section 102(f) of Pub. L. 102-588, 106 Stat.
5110.
