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Title 51—NATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL SPACE PROGRAMS > Subtitle III—Administrative Provisions > CHAPTER 301—APPROPRIATIONS, BUDGETS, AND ACCOUNTING

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The term “development” means the phase of a program following the formulation phase and beginning with the approval to proceed to implementation, as defined in the Administration’s Procedural Requirements 7120.5E, dated August 14, 2012 .

( Pub. L. 111–314, § 3 , Dec. 18, 2010 , 124 Stat. 3360 ; Pub. L. 115–10, title VIII, § 828 , Mar. 21, 2017 , 131 Stat. 66 .)

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