49 U.S.C. § 70106 : US Code - Section 70106: Monitoring activities

Search 49 U.S.C. § 70106 : US Code - Section 70106: Monitoring activities

(a) General Requirements. - A licensee under this chapter must
allow the Secretary of Transportation to place an officer or
employee of the United States Government or another individual as
an observer at a launch site or reentry site the licensee uses, at
a production facility or assembly site a contractor of the licensee
uses to produce or assemble a launch vehicle or reentry vehicle, at
a site used for crew or space flight participant training, or at a
site at which a payload is integrated with a launch vehicle or
reentry vehicle. The observer will monitor the activity of the
licensee or contractor at the time and to the extent the Secretary
considers reasonable to ensure compliance with the license or to
carry out the duties of the Secretary under sections 70104(c),
70105, and 70105a of this title. A licensee must cooperate with an
observer carrying out this subsection.
(b) Contracts. - To the extent provided in advance in an
appropriation law, the Secretary may make a contract with a person
to carry out subsection (a) of this section.