Title 51, National and Commercial Space ProgramsRelease 119-110

§30302 Quality Assurance Personnel

Title 51 › Subtitle III — Administrative Provisions › CHAPTER 303 — CONTRACTING AND PROCUREMENT › § 30302

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

If someone supplies items to the Administration under a contract made after December 9, 1991, they may not keep the Administration’s quality‑assurance staff off their work sites unless the contract has a clause that allows that and the clause was sent to Congress. The Administration must not sign any contract that allows such exclusion unless the Administrator has sent a copy of the clause to Congress at least 60 days before signing.

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Title 51, §30302

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(a)Exclusion of Administration Personnel.—
A person providing articles to the Administration under a contract entered into after December 9, 1991, may not exclude Administration quality assurance personnel from work sites except as provided in a contract provision that has been submitted to Congress as provided in subsection (b).
(b)Contract Provisions.—
The Administration shall not enter into any contract which permits the exclusion of Administration quality assurance personnel from work sites unless the Administrator has submitted a copy of the provision permitting such exclusion to Congress at least 60 days before entering into the contract.

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Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 3030242 U.S.C. 2459e.Pub. L. 102–195, § 19, Dec. 9, 1991, 105 Stat. 1615. In subsection (a), the date “December 9, 1991” is substituted for “the date of enactment of this Act” to reflect the date of enactment of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1992 (Public Law 102–195, 105 Stat. 1605). In subsection (a), the words “that has been submitted to Congress as provided” are substituted for “described” for clarity.

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51 U.S.C. § 30302

Title 51, National and Commercial Space Programs

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110