Title 51 of the United States Code

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federal statute title of the United States Code

Title 51 of the United States Code is the section of U.S. federal law that consolidates and governs national and commercial space programs, including NASA’s statutory authority.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Title 51 of the United States Code canonical	6
Title 51, United States Code	2
Title 51, U.S. Code	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T363938 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Title 51 of the United States Code
Context triple: [National Aeronautics and Space Act, codifiedIn, Title 51 of the United States Code]

A. Title 50 of the United States Code
Title 50 of the United States Code is the portion of U.S. federal statutory law that governs national defense, intelligence, and related aspects of national security.
B. Title 5 of the United States Code
Title 5 of the United States Code is the body of federal statutory law that governs the organization, powers, and procedures of the U.S. government’s executive agencies and civil service.
C. Title 31 of the United States Code
Title 31 of the United States Code is the body of federal law that governs U.S. public finance and treasury operations, including anti-money laundering and financial reporting requirements.
D. Title 48 of the United States Code
Title 48 of the United States Code is the portion of U.S. federal law that governs territories and insular areas of the United States, outlining their legal status, administration, and judicial structures.
E. Title 54 of the United States Code
Title 54 of the United States Code is the section of federal law that organizes and governs the preservation, management, and protection of the United States’ national parks, historic sites, and related cultural resources.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Title 51 of the United States Code
Target entity description: Title 51 of the United States Code is the section of U.S. federal law that consolidates and governs national and commercial space programs, including NASA’s statutory authority.

A. Title 50 of the United States Code
Title 50 of the United States Code is the portion of U.S. federal statutory law that governs national defense, intelligence, and related aspects of national security.
B. Title 5 of the United States Code
Title 5 of the United States Code is the body of federal statutory law that governs the organization, powers, and procedures of the U.S. government’s executive agencies and civil service.
C. Title 31 of the United States Code
Title 31 of the United States Code is the body of federal law that governs U.S. public finance and treasury operations, including anti-money laundering and financial reporting requirements.
D. Title 48 of the United States Code
Title 48 of the United States Code is the portion of U.S. federal law that governs territories and insular areas of the United States, outlining their legal status, administration, and judicial structures.
E. Title 54 of the United States Code
Title 54 of the United States Code is the section of federal law that organizes and governs the preservation, management, and protection of the United States’ national parks, historic sites, and related cultural resources.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	federal statute ⓘ title of the United States Code ⓘ
appliesTo	U.S. persons engaged in space activities ⓘ commercial space operators in the United States ⓘ federal agencies of the United States ⓘ
basedOn	Commercial Space Launch Act ⓘ Land Remote Sensing Policy Act of 1992 ⓘ National Aeronautics and Space Act ⓘ surface form: National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958
citationFormat	51 U.S.C. § [section number] ⓘ
codifiedBy	Public Law 111-314 ⓘ
codifies	various prior space-related statutes ⓘ
containsProvisionsOn	Earth observation programs ⓘ NASA organization and responsibilities ⓘ authorization of appropriations for NASA ⓘ commercial human spaceflight ⓘ commercial space launch licensing ⓘ space grant and education programs ⓘ space policy goals of the United States ⓘ space transportation infrastructure ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
dateEnacted	2010-12-18 ⓘ
enactedBy	United States Congress ⓘ
governs	NASA ⓘ surface form: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
hasPart	Subtitle I – General ⓘ Subtitle II – General Program and Policy Provisions ⓘ Subtitle III – Administrative Provisions ⓘ Subtitle IV – Aeronautics and Space Research and Education ⓘ Subtitle V – Programs Targeting Commercial Opportunities in Space ⓘ Subtitle VI – Earth Observations ⓘ Subtitle VII – Access to Space ⓘ Subtitle VIII – Authorization of Appropriations ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalJurisdiction	federal jurisdiction of the United States ⓘ
partOf	United States Code ⓘ
providesStatutoryAuthorityFor	NASA ⓘ surface form: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
publisher	Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ
regulates	United States civil space policy ⓘ United States commercial space policy ⓘ commercial remote sensing activities ⓘ commercial space launch activities ⓘ national space programs of the United States ⓘ space commercialization policy ⓘ space transportation policy ⓘ
shortName	Title 51 of the United States Code self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Title 51, U.S. Code
subject	aeronautics and space activities ⓘ civil space activities ⓘ commercial space activities ⓘ national and commercial space programs ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

National Aeronautics and Space Act → codifiedIn → Title 51 of the United States Code ⓘ

Title 51 of the United States Code → shortName → Title 51 of the United States Code self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Title 51, U.S. Code

Public Law 85-568 → codifiedIn → Title 51 of the United States Code ⓘ

Subtitle I – General → partOf → Title 51 of the United States Code ⓘ

subject surface form: Subtitle I – General (Title 51, U.S. Code)

this entity surface form: Title 51, United States Code

Subtitle IV – Aeronautics and Space Research and Education → partOf → Title 51 of the United States Code ⓘ

Subtitle VII – Access to Space → partOf → Title 51 of the United States Code ⓘ

Commercial Space Launch Act → codifiedIn → Title 51 of the United States Code ⓘ

Public Law 111-314 → codifiedAs → Title 51 of the United States Code ⓘ

Public Law 111-314 → createsTitle → Title 51 of the United States Code ⓘ