Title 49 — TransportationRelease 119-73
§321 Definitions
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Title 49, §321
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In this subchapter, “aeronautics”, “air commerce”, and “air navigation facility” have the same meanings given those terms in section 40102(a) of this title.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
Pub. L. 97–449 Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 321(no source). A number of the source provisions of the subchapter are taken from 49:ch. 20. The text of 49:ch. 20 contains general definitions, some of which are used in those source provisions. The section includes those definitions from 49:ch. 20 that are used in the source provisions included in the subchapter. Pub. L. 103–429This makes a clarifying amendment to 49:321.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1994—Pub. L. 103–429 struck out “, respectively” after “of this title”. Pub. L. 103–272 substituted “section 40102(a) of this title” for “section 101(2), (4), and (8) of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (49 App. U.S.C. 1301(2), (4), (8))”. 1984—Pub. L. 98–216 substituted “49 App. U.S.C.” for “49 U.S.C.”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 1994 Amendment Pub. L. 103–429, § 9, Oct. 31, 1994, 108 Stat. 4391, provided that: “The
Amendments
made by section 6(2)–(15), (19)–(35), (37)–(39), (41), (44)–(52), (54)–(62), (65), (66)(B), (70), (73)–(76), and (78)–(81) of this Act [enacting section 41312 of this title and amending this section and section 5103, 5104, 5115, 5125, 5307, 5318, 5320, 5323, 5326, 5327, 5331, 5337, 5565, 20136, 22108, 24501, 24904, 30141, 30165, 30166, 30308, 31501, 32101, 32304, 32309, 32505, 32703, 32705, 32706, 32908 to 32910, 32913, 33101, 33106, 40102, 40104, 40110, 41103, 41110, 41734, 44502, 44701, 44711, 44937, 45105, 45302, 46301, 46310, 46502, 47101, 47113, 47114, 47128, 47531, 47532, 60109, and 60112 of this title] shall take effect on July 5, 1994.”
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49 U.S.C. § 321
Title 49 — Transportation
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Apr 6, 2026
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