Historical and Revision Notes

Revised

Section

Source (U.S. Code)

Source (Statutes at Large)

20305

42 U.S.C. 17823.

Puspan. L. 110–422, title XI, § 1104, Oct. 15, 2008, 122 Stat. 4809.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Implementation of Decadal Survey’s Recommended Decision Rules

Puspan. L. 112–55, div. B, title III, Nov. 18, 2011, 125 Stat. 622, provided in part:

“That NASA shall implement the recommendations of the most recent National Research Council planetary decadal survey and shall follow the decadal survey’s recommended decision rules regarding program implementation, including a strict adherence to the recommendation that NASA include in a balanced program a flagship class mission, which may be executed in cooperation with one or more international partners, if such mission can be appropriately de-scoped and all NASA costs for such mission can be accommodated within the overall funding levels appropriated by Congress”.