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42 U.S. Code § 18353 - Maintenance of the United States segment and assurance of continued operations of the International Space Station.
§ 18353.
The Administrator shall, as soon as is practicable after October 11, 2010, carry out a comprehensive assessment of the essential modules, operational systems and components, structural elements, and permanent scientific equipment on board or planned for delivery and installation aboard the ISS, including both United States and international partner elements, for purposes of identifying the spare or replacement modules, systems and components, elements, and equipment that are required to ensure complete, effective, and safe functioning and full scientific utilization of the ISS through September 30, 2020.[1]
(B) ElementsThe report required by this paragraph shall include, at minimum, the following:
its specifications, including size, weight, and necessary configuration for launch and delivery to the ISS;
its criticality for ISS system integrity.
its criticality for ISS system integrity; and
the anticipated cost and schedule for its design, procurement, manufacture, and delivery to the ISS.
A detailed summary of the delivery schedule and associated delivery vehicle requirements necessary to transport all spare and replacement elements considered essential for the ongoing and sustained functionality of all critical systems of the ISS, both in and of themselves and as an element of an integrated, mutually dependent essential capability, including an assessment of the current schedule for delivery, the availability of delivery vehicles to meet that schedule, and the likelihood of meeting that schedule through such vehicles.
(3) Schedule and payloadThe determination of the schedule and payload for the mission authorized by paragraph (1) shall take into account the following:
The supply and logistics delivery requirements of the ISS.
The findings of the study required by paragraph (2).
Amounts authorized to be appropriated by section 101(2)(B) [1] shall be available for the mission authorized by paragraph (1).
(Pub. L. 111–267, title V, § 503, Oct. 11, 2010, 124 Stat. 2823; Pub. L. 114–90, title I, § 114(b)(2), Nov. 25, 2015, 129 Stat. 716.)
Reference to September 30, 2020, referred to in subsec. (b)(1), was not amended by section 114(b) of Pub. L. 114–90, which substituted references to “2024” for references to “2020” in other provisions throughout this subchapter. See also section 70907 of Title 51, National and Commercial Space Programs, as amended by section 114(b) of Pub. L. 114–90.
Section 101(2)(B), referred to in subsec. (e)(4), is Pub. L. 111–267, title I, § 101(2)(B), Oct. 11, 2010, 124 Stat. 2809, which is not classified to the Code.
2015—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 114–90, § 114(b)(2)(A), substituted “through at least September 30, 2024” for “through at least September 30, 2020”.
Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 114–90, § 114(b)(2)(B), substituted “The Administrator” for “In carrying out subsection (a), the Administrator”.