; (2) it is in the national interest of the United States— (A) to encourage and promote new and existing nongovernmental space activities; and (B) to provide authorization and continuing supervision of those activities through a process that is efficient, transparent, minimally burdensome, and generally permissive; and (3) to conduct those activities in a manner that fully protects United States national security assets, NASA human spaceflight and exploration systems, NASA and NOAA satellites, and other Federal assets that serve the public interest. 102. Office of Commercial Space Transportation (a) In general Section 50921 of title 51, United States Code, is amended— (1) by inserting (b) Authorization of appropriations .— before There and indenting appropriately; and (2) by inserting before subsection (b), the following: (b) Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation The Assistant Secretary for Commercial Space Transportation shall serve as the Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation. . (b) Establishment of Assistant Secretary for Commercial Space Transportation Section 102(e)(1) of title 49, United States Code, is amended— (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking 6 and inserting 7