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Title 49 — TransportationRelease 119-73

§49103 Definitions

Title 49 › Subtitle SUBTITLE VII— - AVIATION PROGRAMS › Part PART D— - PUBLIC AIRPORTS › Chapter CHAPTER 491— - METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON AIRPORTS › § 49103

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Defines key terms used in the chapter. Airports Authority — the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, created by Virginia and the District of Columbia under section 49106. Employee — permanent Federal Aviation Administration staff employed at the Metropolitan Washington Airports on June 7, 1987. Metropolitan Washington Airports — Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and Washington Dulles International Airport. Washington Dulles International Airport — the airport built under the Act of September 7, 1950 (ch. 905, 64 Stat. 770), including the Dulles Airport Access Highway and right-of-way between I–495 and I–66. Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport — the airport described in the Act of June 29, 1940 (ch. 444, 54 Stat. 686).

Full Legal Text

Title 49, §49103

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In this chapter—
(1)“Airports Authority” means the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, a public authority created by Virginia and the District of Columbia consistent with the requirements of section 49106 of this title.
(2)“employee” means any permanent Federal Aviation Administration personnel employed by the Metropolitan Washington Airports on June 7, 1987.
(3)“Metropolitan Washington Airports” means Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and Washington Dulles International Airport.
(4)“Washington Dulles International Airport” means the airport constructed under the Act of September 7, 1950 (ch. 905, 64 Stat. 770), and includes the Dulles Airport Access Highway and Right-of-way, including the extension between Interstate Routes I–495 and I–66.
(5)“Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport” means the airport described in the Act of June 29, 1940 (ch. 444, 54 Stat. 686).

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 49103(uncodified).Oct. 18, 1986, Pub. L. 99–500, title VI, § 6004, 100 Stat. 1783–374. Oct. 30, 1986, Pub. L. 99–591, title VI, § 6004, 100 Stat. 3341–377. In this section, the text of section 6004(1) and (5) of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Act of 1986 (Public Law 99–500, 100 Stat. 1783–374, 1783–375, Public Law 99–591, 100 Stat. 3341–378) is omitted as surplus because the complete names of the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration and the Secretary of Transportation are used the first time those terms appear in a section. In clause (1), the words “an organization within the Federal Aviation Administration” are omitted as surplus.

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Act of
September 7, 1950, ch. 905, 64 Stat. 770, referred to in par. (4), was classified to subchapter II (§ 2421 et seq.) of chapter 33 of former Title 49, Transportation, and was omitted from the Code when subtitles II, III, and V to X of Title 49, Transportation, were enacted by Pub. L. 103–272,
July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 745. Act of
June 29, 1940, ch. 444, 54 Stat. 686, referred to in par. (5), was classified to subchapter I (§ 2401 et seq.) of chapter 33 of former Title 49, Transportation, and was omitted from the Code when subtitles II, III, and V to X of Title 49, Transportation, were enacted by Pub. L. 103–272,
July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 745.

Prior Provisions

A prior section 49103 was renumbered section 50103 of this title.

Amendments

1998—Pars. (3), (5). Pub. L. 105–154 substituted “Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport” for “Washington National Airport”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

Pub. L. 105–154, § 1, Feb. 6, 1998, 112 Stat. 3, provided that: “The airport described in the Act entitled ‘An Act to provide for the administration of the Washington National Airport, and for other purposes’, approved June 29, 1940 (54 Stat. 686) [section 2401 et seq. of former Title 49, Transportation, see

References in Text

note above], and known as the Washington National Airport, shall be known and designated as the ‘Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport’.” Pub. L. 105–154, § 2(b), Feb. 6, 1998, 112 Stat. 4, provided that: “Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the Washington National Airport shall be deemed to be a reference to the ‘Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport’.”

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

49 U.S.C. § 49103

Title 49 — Transportation

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73