Title 51 — National and Commercial Space ProgramsRelease 119-73
§60162 Future considerations
Title 51 › Subtitle Subtitle VI— - Earth Observations › Chapter CHAPTER 601— - LAND REMOTE SENSING POLICY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER VI— - PROHIBITION OF COMMERCIALIZATION OF WEATHER SATELLITES › § 60162
Summary
No matter what changes happen after October 28, 1992, the President and any government official may not do anything that section 60161 forbids unless this subchapter is repealed first. That ban applies even if commercializing weather satellites seems to be in the national interest.
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Title 51, §60162
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Regardless of any change in circumstances subsequent to October 28, 1992, even if such change makes it appear to be in the national interest to commercialize weather satellites, neither the President nor any official shall take any action prohibited by section 60161 of this title unless this subchapter has first been repealed.
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Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 6016215 U.S.C. 5672.Pub. L. 102–555, title VI, § 602, Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 4180. The date “October 28, 1992” is substituted for “the enactment of this Act” to reflect the date of enactment of the Land Remote Sensing Policy Act of 1992 (Public Law 102–555, 106 Stat. 4163).
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51 U.S.C. § 60162
Title 51 — National and Commercial Space Programs
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Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73