Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73

§5873 Report to Congress

Title 22 › Chapter CHAPTER 67— - FREEDOM FOR RUSSIA AND EMERGING EURASIAN DEMOCRACIES AND OPEN MARKETS SUPPORT › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER V— - SPACE TRADE AND COOPERATION › § 5873

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Summary

The President must send a report to certain congressional committees within one year after October 24, 1992. The report must cover six things: opportunities to expand space-related trade with the independent states that used to be part of the Soviet Union; a plan to find and assess unique space hardware, technology, and services from those states; specific items already or possibly discussed; the trade missions carried out, who from the private sector joined and their results; any regulatory or practical barriers in the United States or those states that block trade; and any anticompetitive problems that came up during negotiations.

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Title 22, §5873

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Within one year after October 24, 1992, the President shall submit to the designated congressional committees a report describing—

(1)the opportunities for increased space-related trade with the independent states of the former Soviet Union;

(2)a technology procurement plan for identifying and evaluating all unique space hardware, space technology, and space services available to the United States from the independent states;

(3)specific space hardware, space technology, and space services that have been, or could be, the subject of discussions described in section 5871(c) of this title;

(4)the trade missions carried out pursuant to section 5872(a) of this title, including the private participation in and the results of such missions;

(5)any barriers, regulatory or practical, that inhibit space-related trade between the United States and independent states, including any such barriers in either the United States or the independent states; and

(6)any anticompetitive issues raised during the course of negotiations, as observed pursuant to section 5872(b) of this title.

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22 U.S.C. § 5873

Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73