Recovery of fair value of placing Department of Defense payloads in orbit with space launch system

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Title 51—NATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL SPACE PROGRAMS > Subtitle VII—Access to Space > CHAPTER 701—USE OF SPACE LAUNCH SYSTEM OR ALTERNATIVES

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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, or any interagency agreement, the Administrator shall charge such prices as are necessary to recover the fair value of placing Department of Defense payloads into orbit by means of the space launch system.

( Pub. L. 111–314, § 3 , Dec. 18, 2010 , 124 Stat. 3427 ; Pub. L. 114–90, title I, § 117(a)(2) , Nov. 25, 2015 , 129 Stat. 717 .)

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