49 U.S.C. § 41704
Transporting property not to be transported in aircraft cabins
United States · Title 49 — TRANSPORTATION · Status: effective
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- 49 U.S.C. § 41704, Transporting property not to be transported in aircraft cabins, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/490873
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Under regulations or orders of the Secretary of Transportation, an air carrier shall transport as baggage the property of a passenger traveling in air transportation that may not be carried in an aircraft cabin because of a law or regulation of the United States. The carrier is liable to pay an amount not more than the amount declared to the carrier by that passenger for actual loss of, or damage to, the property caused by the carrier. The carrier may impose reasonable charges and conditions for its liability.
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