---
kind: "unit"
title: "51"
title_heading: "National and Commercial Space Programs"
key: "stII/ch201/schIII"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter III"
heading: "General Administrative Provisions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/51/stII-ch201-schIII"
sections_count: 19
---

# Subchapter III — General Administrative Provisions

Title 51 — National and Commercial Space Programs › Subtitle II — General Program and Policy Provisions › Chapter 201 — National Aeronautics and Space Program

## Sections

- [§20131. Public access to information](/usc/51/20131.md)
- [§20132. Security requirements](/usc/51/20132.md)
- [§20133. Permission to carry firearms](/usc/51/20133.md)
- [§20134. Arrest authority](/usc/51/20134.md)
- [§20135. Property rights in inventions](/usc/51/20135.md)
- [§20136. Contributions awards](/usc/51/20136.md)
- [§20137. Malpractice and negligence suits against United States](/usc/51/20137.md)
- [§20138. Insurance and indemnification](/usc/51/20138.md)
- [§20139. Insurance for experimental aerospace vehicles](/usc/51/20139.md)
- [§20140. Appropriations](/usc/51/20140.md)
- [§20141. Misuse of agency name and initials](/usc/51/20141.md)
- [§20142. Contracts regarding expendable launch vehicles](/usc/51/20142.md)
- [§20143. Full cost appropriations account structure](/usc/51/20143.md)
- [§20144. Prize authority](/usc/51/20144.md)
- [§20145. Lease of non-excess property](/usc/51/20145.md)
- [§20146. Retrocession of jurisdiction](/usc/51/20146.md)
- [§20147. Recovery and disposition authority](/usc/51/20147.md)
- [§20148. Indemnification; NASA launch services and reentry services](/usc/51/20148.md)
- [§20149. Medical monitoring and research relating to human space flight](/usc/51/20149.md)