49 U.S.C. § 70117 : US Code - Section 70117: Relationship to other executive agencies, laws, and international obligations

Search 49 U.S.C. § 70117 : US Code - Section 70117: Relationship to other executive agencies, laws, and international obligations

(a) Executive Agencies. - Except as provided in this chapter, a
person is not required to obtain from an executive agency a
license, approval, waiver, or exemption to launch a launch vehicle
or operate a launch site or reentry site, or to reenter a reentry
vehicle.
(b) Federal Communications Commission and Secretary of Commerce. -
This chapter does not affect the authority of -
(1) the Federal Communications Commission under the
Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 151 et seq.); or
(2) the Secretary of Commerce under the Land Remote Sensing
Policy Act of 1992 (15 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.).
(c) States and Political Subdivisions. - A State or political
subdivision of a State -
(1) may not adopt or have in effect a law, regulation,
standard, or order inconsistent with this chapter; but
(2) may adopt or have in effect a law, regulation, standard, or
order consistent with this chapter that is in addition to or more
stringent than a requirement of, or regulation prescribed under,
this chapter.
(d) Consultation. - The Secretary of Transportation is encouraged
to consult with a State to simplify and expedite the approval of a
space launch or reentry activity.
(e) Foreign Countries. - The Secretary of Transportation shall -
(1) carry out this chapter consistent with an obligation the
United States Government assumes in a treaty, convention, or
agreement in force between the Government and the government of a
foreign country; and
(2) consider applicable laws and requirements of a foreign
country when carrying out this chapter.
(f) Launch Not an Export; Reentry Not an Import. - A launch
vehicle, reentry vehicle, or payload that is launched or reentered
is not, because of the launch or reentry, an export or import,
respectively, for purposes of a law controlling exports or imports,
except that payloads launched pursuant to foreign trade zone
procedures as provided for under the Foreign Trade Zones Act (19
U.S.C. 81a-81u) shall be considered exports with regard to customs
entry.
(g) Nonapplication. - This chapter does not apply to -
(1) a launch, reentry, operation of a launch vehicle or reentry
vehicle, operation of a launch site or reentry site, or other
space activity the Government carries out for the Government; or
(2) planning or policies related to the launch, reentry,
operation, or activity.