(c) COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS.—Nothing in this chapter authorizes the 
withholding of information by the Administrator from the duly authorized 
committees of Congress. 
§ 20132. Security requirements 
The Administrator shall establish such security requirements, restrictions, 
and safeguards as the Administrator deems necessary in the interest of the 
national security. The Administrator may arrange with the Director of the 
Office of Personnel Management for the conduct of such security or other 
personnel investigations of the Administration’s officers, employees, and 
consultants, and its contractors and subcontractors and their officers and 
employees, actual or prospective, as the Administrator deems appropriate. 
If any such investigation develops any data reflecting that the individual 
who is the subject of the investigation is of questionable loyalty, the matter 
shall be referred to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for the conduct of 
a full field investigation, the results of which shall be furnished to the Ad-
ministrator. 
§ 20133. Permission to carry firearms 
As the Administrator deems necessary in the public interest, the Adminis-
trator may— 
(1) direct officers and employees of the Administration to carry fire-
arms while in the conduct of their official duties; and 
(2) authorize employees of contractors and subcontractors of the Ad-
ministration 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 offi-
cial duties. 
§ 20134. Arrest authority 
Under regulations prescribed by the Administrator and approved by the 
Attorney General, employees of the Administration and of its contractors 
and subcontractors authorized to carry firearms under section 20133 of this 
title may arrest without warrant for any offense against the United States 
committed in their presence, or for any felony cognizable under the laws of 
the United States if they have reasonable grounds to believe that the person 
to be arrested has committed or is committing such felony. Persons granted 
authority to make arrests by this section may exercise that authority only 
while guarding and protecting property owned or leased by, or under the 
control of, the United States under the administration and control of the 
Administration or one of its contractors or subcontractors, at facilities 
owned by or contracted to the Administration. 
§ 20135. Property rights in inventions 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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(1) CONTRACT.—The term ‘‘contract’’ means any actual or proposed 
contract, agreement, understanding, or other arrangement, and in-
cludes any assignment, substitution of parties, or subcontract executed 
or entered into thereunder. 
(2) MADE.—The term ‘‘made’’, when used in relation to any inven-
tion, means the conception or first actual reduction to practice of such 
invention. 
(3) PERSON.—The term ‘‘person’’ means any individual, partnership, 
corporation, association, institution, or other entity. 
(b) EXCLUSIVE PROPERTY OF UNITED STATES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—An invention shall be the exclusive property of the 
United States if it is made in the performance of any work under any 
contract of the Administration, and the Administrator determines 
that— 
(A) the person who made the invention was employed or as-
signed to perform research, development, or exploration work and 
the invention is related to the work the person was employed or 
assigned to perform, or was within the scope of the person’s em-
ployment duties, whether or not it was made during working 
hours, or with a contribution by the Government of the use of 
Government facilities, equipment, materials, allocated funds, infor-
mation proprietary to the Government, or services of Government 
employees during working hours; or 
(B) the person who made the invention was not employed or as-
signed to perform research, development, or exploration work, but 
the invention is nevertheless related to the contract, or to the work 
or duties the person was employed or assigned to perform, and 
was made during working hours, or with a contribution from the 
Government of the sort referred to in subparagraph (A). 
(2) PATENT TO UNITED STATES.—If an invention is the exclusive 
property of the United States under paragraph (1), and if such inven-
tion is patentable, a patent therefor shall be issued to the United 
States upon application made by the Administrator, unless the Admin-
istrator waives all or any part of the rights of the United States to 
such invention in conformity with the provisions of subsection (g). 
(c) CONTRACT PROVISIONS FOR FURNISHING REPORTS OF INVENTIONS, 
DISCOVERIES, IMPROVEMENTS, OR INNOVATIONS.—Each contract entered 
into by the Administrator with any party for the performance of any work 
shall contain effective provisions under which the party shall furnish 
promptly to the Administrator a written report containing full and complete 
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technical information concerning any invention, discovery, improvement, or 
innovation which may be made in the performance of any such work. 
(d) PATENT APPLICATION.—No patent may be issued to any applicant 
other than the Administrator for any invention which appears to the Under 
Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United 
States Patent and Trademark Office (hereafter in this section referred to 
as the ‘‘Director’’) to have significant utility in the conduct of aeronautical 
and space activities unless the applicant files with the Director, with the ap-
plication or within 30 days after request therefor by the Director, a written 
statement executed under oath setting forth the full facts concerning the 
circumstances under which the invention was made and stating the relation-
ship (if any) of the invention to the performance of any work under any 
contract of the Administration. Copies of each such statement and the appli-
cation to which it relates shall be transmitted forthwith by the Director to 
the Administrator. 
(e) ISSUANCE OF PATENT TO APPLICANT.—Upon any application as to 
which any such statement has been transmitted to the Administrator, the 
Director may, if the invention is patentable, issue a patent to the applicant 
unless the Administrator, within 90 days after receipt of the application and 
statement, requests that the patent be issued to the Administrator on behalf 
of the United States. If, within such time, the Administrator files such a 
request with the Director, the Director shall transmit notice thereof to the 
applicant, and shall issue such patent to the Administrator unless the appli-
cant within 30 days after receipt of the notice requests a hearing before the 
Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences on the question whether the Ad-
ministrator is entitled under this section to receive the patent. The Board 
may hear and determine, in accordance with rules and procedures estab-
lished for interference cases, the question so presented, and its determina-
tion shall be subject to appeal by the applicant or by the Administrator to 
the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in accordance 
with procedures governing appeals from decisions of the Board of Patent 
Appeals and Interferences in other proceedings. 
(f) SUBSEQUENT TRANSFER OF PATENT IN CASE OF FALSE REPRESEN-
TATIONS.—Whenever a patent has been issued to an applicant in conformity 
with subsection (e), and the Administrator thereafter has reason to believe 
that the statement filed by the applicant in connection with the patent con-
tained a false representation of a material fact, the Administrator, within 
5 years after the date of issuance of the patent, may file with the Director 
a request for the transfer to the Administrator of title to the patent on the 
records of the Director. Notice of any such request shall be transmitted by 
the Director to the owner of record of the patent, and title to the patent 
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shall be so transferred to the Administrator unless, within 30 days after re-
ceipt of notice, the owner of record requests a hearing before the Board of 
Patent Appeals and Interferences on the question whether any such false 
representation was contained in the statement filed in connection with the 
patent. The question shall be heard and determined, and the determination 
shall be subject to review, in the manner prescribed by subsection (e) for 
questions arising thereunder. A request made by the Administrator under 
this subsection for the transfer of title to a patent, and prosecution for the 
violation of any criminal statute, shall not be barred by the failure of the 
Administrator to make a request under subsection (e) for the issuance of 
the patent to the Administrator, or by any notice previously given by the 
Administrator stating that the Administrator had no objection to the 
issuance of the patent to the applicant. 
(g) WAIVER OF RIGHTS TO INVENTIONS.—Under such regulations in con-
formity with this subsection as the Administrator shall prescribe, the Ad-
ministrator may waive all or any part of the rights of the United States 
under this section with respect to any invention or class of inventions made 
or which may be made by any person or class of persons in the performance 
of any work required by any contract of the Administration if the Adminis-
trator determines that the interests of the United States will be served 
thereby. Any such waiver may be made upon such terms and under such 
conditions as the Administrator shall determine to be required for the pro-
tection of the interests of the United States. Each such waiver made with 
respect to any invention shall be subject to the reservation by the Adminis-
trator of an irrevocable, nonexclusive, nontransferable, royalty-free license 
for the practice of such invention throughout the world by or on behalf of 
the United States or any foreign government pursuant to any treaty or 
agreement with the United States. Each proposal for any waiver under this 
subsection shall be referred to an Inventions and Contributions Board which 
shall be established by the Administrator within the Administration. Such 
Board shall accord to each interested party an opportunity for hearing, and 
shall transmit to the Administrator its findings of fact with respect to such 
proposal and its recommendations for action to be taken with respect there-
to. 
(h) PROTECTION OF TITLE.—The Administrator is authorized to take all 
suitable and necessary steps to protect any invention or discovery to which 
the Administrator has title, and to require contractors or persons who retain 
title to inventions or discoveries under this section to protect the inventions 
or discoveries to which the Administration has or may acquire a license of 
use. 
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