Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-102
§18443 Eligibility for Service of Individual Currently Serving as Administrator of Nasa
Title 42 › CHAPTER 159 — SPACE EXPLORATION, TECHNOLOGY, AND SCIENCE › SUBCHAPTER XI — OTHER MATTERS › § 18443
Summary
Allows the NASA Administrator on October 11, 2010 to serve because that person was a civilian and so met the eligibility rules.
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Title 42, §18443
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The individual serving in the position of Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration as of October 11, 2010, comes from civilian life and is therefore eligible to serve in such position, in conformance with section 20111 of title 51.
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Codification In text, “section 20111 of title 51” substituted for “section 202 of the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 (42 U.S.C. 2472(a))” on authority of Pub. L. 111–314, § 5(e), Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3443, which Act enacted Title 51, National and Commercial Space Programs.
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42 U.S.C. § 18443
Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102