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49 U.S.C. § 41901

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United States · Title 49 — TRANSPORTATION · Status: effective

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49 U.S.C. § 41901, General authority, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/490927
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Except as provided in section 5402 of title 39, on the initiative of the Secretary of Transportation or on petition by the Postal Service or an air carrier, the Secretary shall prescribe and publish— Considering conditions peculiar to transportation by aircraft and to particular air carriers or classes of air carriers, the Secretary may prescribe different prices under this section for different air carriers or classes of air carriers and for different classes of service. In prescribing a price for a carrier under this section, the Secretary shall consider, among other factors, the following:

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.

  • Enacted byPub. L. 103-272(H.R. 1758)1994-07-05
    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
  • Amended byPub. L. 104-52(H.R. 2020)1995-11-19
    Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriations Act, 1996
    House: 374–52Senate: 64–34
  • Amended byPub. L. 106-31(H.R. 1141)1999-05-21
    1999 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act
    House: 182–243Senate: 64–36
  • Amended byPub. L. 107-206(H.R. 4775)2002-08-02
    2002 Supplemental Appropriations Act for Further Recovery From and Response To Terrorist Attacks on the United States
    House: 397–32Senate: 92–7
  • Amended byPub. L. 110-405(S. 3536)2008-10-13
    Air Carriage of International Mail Act
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally