Section was enacted as part of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act, 1983, and not as part of the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 which is classified principally to this chapter.
Section 106(b) of
Pub. L. 97–324 provided that: “This section [enacting this section] shall apply to any Department of Defense payloads placed into orbit by means of the Space Shuttle on or after October 1, 1983.”