49 U.S.C. § 40102
Definitions
United States · Title 49 — TRANSPORTATION · Status: effective
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- 49 U.S.C. § 40102, Definitions, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/490796
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In this part—
“air navigation facility” means a facility used, available for use, or designed for use, in aid of air navigation, including—
“airman” means an individual—
“citizen of the United States” means—
“conditional sales contract” means a contract—
for the sale of an aircraft, aircraft engine, propeller, appliance, or spare part, under which the buyer takes possession of the property but title to the property vests in the buyer at a later time on—
to bail or lease an aircraft, aircraft engine, propeller, appliance, or spare part, under which the bailee or lessee—
“interstate air commerce” means the transportation of passengers or property by aircraft for compensation, the transportation of mail by aircraft, or the operation of aircraft in furthering a business or vocation—
between a place in—
“interstate air transportation” means the transportation of passengers or property by aircraft as a common carrier for compensation, or the transportation of mail by aircraft—
between a place in—
“operate aircraft” and “operation of aircraft” mean using aircraft for the purposes of air navigation, including—
“passenger boardings”—
“public aircraft” means any of the following:
“State authority” means an authority of a State designated under State law—
“air traffic control system” means the combination of elements used to safely and efficiently monitor, direct, control, and guide aircraft in the United States and United States-assigned airspace, including—
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- To revise, codify, and enact without substantive change certain general and permanent laws, related to transportation, as subtitles II, III, and V-X of title 49, United States Code, "Transportation", and to make other technical improvements in the Code.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act of 1994House: 384–42Senate: no recorded tally
- Independent Safety Board Act Amendments of 1994House: 353–49Senate: no recorded tally
- To codify without substantive change recent laws related to transportation and to improve the United States Code.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Aviation Insurance Reauthorization Act of 1997House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century
- Vision 100--Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008
- FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012
- FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024