Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 159— - SPACE EXPLORATION, TECHNOLOGY, AND SCIENCE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER X— - RE-SCOPING AND REVITALIZING INSTITUTIONAL CAPABILITIES › § 18431
No funds under this Act may be used to move NASA functions, missions, activities, or related civil service or contractor positions from any NASA facility until Congress receives the study, recommendations, and implementation strategy under section 1103 and authorizes such transfers. The Administrator must preserve the critical skills at NASA centers as of October 11, 2010, and may not carry out reductions-in-force or other involuntary separations of permanent, non‑Senior‑Executive‑Service civil servants before September 30, 2013, except for cause (misconduct, delinquency, or inefficiency).
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42 U.S.C. § 18431
Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
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Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73