Title 51 — National and Commercial Space ProgramsRelease 119-73
§20146 Retrocession of jurisdiction
Title 51 › Subtitle Subtitle II— - General Program and Policy Provisions › Chapter CHAPTER 201— - NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE PROGRAM › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS › § 20146
Summary
The Administrator may, even if other laws say otherwise, give up U.S. authority to make laws over lands it controls to a State; State means the several States, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories and possessions.
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Title 51, §20146
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(a)In this section, the term “State” means any of the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, and any other commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States.
(b)Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Administrator may relinquish to a State all or part of the legislative jurisdiction of the United States over lands or interests under the control of the Administrator in that State.
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Historical and Revision Notes
Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 2014642 U.S.C. 2459k.Pub. L. 85–568, title III, § 316, as added Pub. L. 109–155, title VII, § 701, Dec. 30, 2005, 119 Stat. 2935.
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51 U.S.C. § 20146
Title 51 — National and Commercial Space Programs
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73