Title 51 — National and Commercial Space ProgramsRelease 119-73not60

§20146 Retrocession of Jurisdiction

Title 51 › Subtitle Subtitle II— General Program and Policy Provisions › Chapter 201— NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE PROGRAM › Subchapter III— GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS › § 20146

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Administrator can give a State all or part of the United States' power to make laws for land or property the Administrator manages in that State, even if other laws say something different. State: any U.S. State, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, or any other U.S. commonwealth, territory, or possession.

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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 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60