Title 51National and Commercial Space ProgramsRelease 119-73

§20115 International cooperation

Title 51 › Subtitle Subtitle II— - General Program and Policy Provisions › Chapter CHAPTER 201— - NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE PROGRAM › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - COORDINATION OF AERONAUTICAL AND SPACE ACTIVITIES › § 20115

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Administration can take part in international cooperation for work done under this chapter and for peaceful use of its results, following the President’s foreign policy guidance. Such cooperation happens through agreements the President makes with the Senate’s approval.

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Title 51, §20115

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The Administration, under the foreign policy guidance of the President, may engage in a program of international cooperation in work done pursuant to this chapter, and in the peaceful application of the results thereof, pursuant to agreements made by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate.

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Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 2011542 U.S.C. 2475.Pub. L. 85–568, title II, § 205, July 29, 1958, 72 Stat. 432.

Executive Documents

Delegation of Authority Memorandum of President of the United States, Oct. 10, 1995, 60 F.R. 53251, provided: Memorandum for the Administrator of the National and Aeronautics and Space Administration By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in order to facilitate the efficient operations of the aeronautical and space programs of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), it is hereby ordered as follows: The authority conferred upon the President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America to executive mutual waivers of claims of liability on behalf of the United States for damages arising out of cooperative activities is hereby delegated to the Administrator of NASA for agreements with foreign governments and their agents regarding aeronautical, science, and space activities that are executed pursuant to the authority granted NASA by the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958, Public Law 85–568, as amended [see 51 U.S.C. 20101 et seq.]. All such agreements shall be subject to coordination with and the concurrence of the Department of State to the extent provided by applicable law,

Regulations

, and procedures. All such waivers of liability entered into prior to the date of this memorandum are hereby ratified. You are authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the Federal Register. William J. Clinton.

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51 U.S.C. § 20115

Title 51National and Commercial Space Programs

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Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73