118 STAT. 3975 PUBLIC LAW 108–492—DEC. 23, 2004 neither stifle technology development nor expose crew or space flight participants to avoidable risks as the public comes to expect greater safety for crew and space flight participants from the industry.’’; (6) in subsection (b)(2)— (A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subparagraph (A); (B) by inserting ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon in subpara- graph (B); and (C) by adding at the end the following new subpara- graph: ‘‘(C) promoting the continuous improvement of the safety of launch vehicles designed to carry humans, including through the issuance of regulations, to the extent permitted by this chapter;’’; and (7) in subsection (b)(3), by striking ‘‘issue and transfer’’ and inserting ‘‘issue permits and commercial licenses and transfer’’. (b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 70102 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (17) as para- graphs (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (12), (13), (14), (15), (16), (18), (21), and (22), respectively; (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new para- graph: ‘‘(2) ‘crew’ means any employee of a licensee or transferee, or of a contractor or subcontractor of a licensee or transferee, who performs activities in the course of that employment directly relating to the launch, reentry, or other operation of or in a launch vehicle or reentry vehicle that carries human beings.’’; (3) in paragraph (4), as so redesignated by paragraph (1) of this subsection, by inserting ‘‘, crew, or space flight partici- pant’’ after ‘‘any payload’’; (4) in paragraph (6)(A), as so redesignated by paragraph (1) of this subsection, by striking ‘‘and payload’’ and inserting ‘‘, payload, crew (including crew training), or space flight partici- pant’’; (5) in paragraph (8)(A), as so redesignated by paragraph (1) of this subsection, by inserting ‘‘or human beings’’ after ‘‘place a payload’’; (6) by inserting after paragraph (10), as so redesignated by paragraph (1) of this subsection, the following new para- graph: ‘‘(11) except in section 70104(c), ‘permit’ means an experi- mental permit issued under section 70105a.’’; (7) in paragraph (13), as so redesignated by paragraph (1) of this subsection, by inserting ‘‘crew, or space flight partici- pants,’’ after ‘‘and its payload,’’; (8) in paragraph (14)(A), as so redesignated by paragraph (1) of this subsection, by striking ‘‘and its payload’’ inserting ‘‘and payload, crew (including crew training), or space flight participant’’; (9) by inserting after paragraph (16), as so redesignated by paragraph (1) of this subsection, the following new para- graph: ‘‘(17) ‘space flight participant’ means an individual, who is not crew, carried within a launch vehicle or reentry vehicle.’’; VerDate 11-MAY-2000 13:54 Nov 10, 2005 Jkt 029194 PO 00000 Frm 00509 Fmt 6580 Sfmt 6581 C:\STATUTES\2004\29194PT4.001 APPS10 PsN: 29194PT4
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