---
kind: "section"
citation: "51 U.S.C. § 20133"
title: "51"
title_heading: "National and Commercial Space Programs"
number: "20133"
heading: "Permission to carry firearms"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/51/20133"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — General Program and Policy Provisions"
  - "Chapter 201 — National Aeronautics and Space Program"
  - "Subchapter III — General Administrative Provisions"
---

# §20133. Permission to carry firearms


As the [Administrator](/usc/51/10101.md?p=2) deems necessary in the public interest, the [Administrator](/usc/51/10101.md?p=2) may—

- (1) direct officers and employees of the [Administration](/usc/51/10101.md?p=1) to carry firearms while in the conduct of their official duties; and
- (2) authorize employees of contractors and subcontractors of the [Administration](/usc/51/10101.md?p=1) who are engaged in the protection of property owned by the United States, and located at facilities owned by or contracted to the United States, to carry firearms while in the conduct of their official duties.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 111–314, § 3, Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3338.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 20133 | 42 U.S.C. 2456. | Pub. L. 85–568, title III, § 304(e), July 29, 1958, 72 Stat. 435. |