51 U.S.C. § 70902

Allocation of International Space Station research budget

The Administrator shall allocate at least 15 percent of the funds budgeted for International Space Station research to ground-based, free-flyer, and International Space Station life and microgravity science research that is not directly related to supporting the human exploration program, consistent with section 40904 of this title .

( Pub. L. 111–314, § 3 , Dec. 18, 2010 , 124 Stat. 3436 .)