Title 51 — National and Commercial Space ProgramsRelease 119-73
§30301 Guaranteed customer base
Title 51 › Subtitle Subtitle III— - Administrative Provisions › Chapter CHAPTER 303— - CONTRACTING AND PROCUREMENT › § 30301
Summary
The Administration cannot use appropriated funds for any grant, contract, or agreement lasting more than one year if its main purpose is to guarantee customers or create an anchor tenant for new commercial space hardware or services, unless an appropriations Act specifically names the hardware, services, or the agreement.
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Title 51, §30301
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No amount appropriated to the Administration may be used to fund grants, contracts, or other agreements with an expected duration of more than one year, when a primary effect of the grant, contract, or agreement is to provide a guaranteed customer base for or establish an anchor tenancy in new commercial space hardware or services unless an appropriations Act specifies the new commercial space hardware or services to be developed or used, or the grant, contract, or agreement is otherwise identified in such Act.
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Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 3030142 U.S.C. 2459d.Pub. L. 102–139, title III, (1st par. under heading “Administrative Provisions”, at 105 Stat. 771), Oct. 28, 1991, 105 Stat. 771. The words “in this or any other Act with respect to any fiscal year” are omitted as unnecessary.
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51 U.S.C. § 30301
Title 51 — National and Commercial Space Programs
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73