{"data":{"id":"us/51-u.s.c.-70505","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"51 U.S.C. § 70505","heading":"Lunar outpost","body":"(a) Establishment.—As the Administration works toward the establishment of a lunar outpost, the Administration shall make no plans that would require a lunar outpost to be occupied to maintain its viability. Any such outpost shall be operable as a human-tended facility capable of remote or autonomous operation for extended periods. (b) Designation.—The United States portion of the first human-tended outpost established on the surface of the Moon shall be designated the “Neil A. Armstrong Lunar Outpost”.","path":["Title 51—NATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL SPACE PROGRAMS","CHAPTER 705—EXPLORATION INITIATIVES"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc51@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T06:01:20Z","sha256":"5f0978eb8afddbda04ace6ed9c5c7565a132a4beed2fd1258552ee29c61ffcd3","source_id":"us","stale":true,"prev":"us/51-u.s.c.-70504","next":"us/51-u.s.c.-70506"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}