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124 STAT. 3330 PUBLIC LAW 111–314—DEC. 18, 2010 Subtitle II—General Program and Policy Provisions CHAPTER 201—NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE PROGRAM SUBCHAPTER I—SHORT TITLE, DECLARATION OF POLICY, AND DEFINITIONS Sec. 20101. Short title. 20102. Congressional declaration of policy and purpose. 20103. Definitions. SUBCHAPTER II—COORDINATION OF AERONAUTICAL AND SPACE ACTIVITIES 20111. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 20112. Functions of the Administration. 20113. Powers of the Administration in performance of functions. 20114. Administration and Department of Defense coordination. 20115. International cooperation. 20116. Reports to Congress. 20117. Disposal of excess land. SUBCHAPTER III—GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 20131. Public access to information. 20132. Security requirements. 20133. Permission to carry firearms. 20134. Arrest authority. 20135. Property rights in inventions. 20136. Contributions awards. 20137. Malpractice and negligence suits against United States. 20138. Insurance and indemnification. 20139. Insurance for experimental aerospace vehicles. 20140. Appropriations. 20141. Misuse of agency name and initials. 20142. Contracts regarding expendable launch vehicles. 20143. Full cost appropriations account structure. 20144. Prize authority. 20145. Lease of non-excess property. 20146. Retrocession of jurisdiction. 20147. Recovery and disposition authority. SUBCHAPTER IV—UPPER ATMOSPHERE RESEARCH 20161. Congressional declaration of purpose and policy. 20162. Definition of upper atmosphere. 20163. Program authorized. 20164. International cooperation. SUBCHAPTER I—SHORT TITLE, DECLARATION OF POLICY, AND DEFINITIONS § 20101. Short title This chapter may be cited as the ‘‘National Aeronautics and Space Act’’. § 20102. Congressional declaration of policy and purpose (a) DEVOTION OF SPACE ACTIVITIES TO PEACEFUL PURPOSES FOR BENEFIT OF ALL HUMANKIND.—Congress declares that it is the policy of the United States that activities in space should be devoted to peaceful purposes for the benefit of all humankind. (b) AERONAUTICAL AND SPACE ACTIVITIES FOR WELFARE AND SECURITY OF UNITED STATES.—Congress declares that the general