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Title 49 — TransportationRelease 119-73

§49112 Separability and effect of judicial order

Title 49 › Subtitle SUBTITLE VII— - AVIATION PROGRAMS › Part PART D— - PUBLIC AIRPORTS › Chapter CHAPTER 491— - METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON AIRPORTS › § 49112

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

If a court rules that part of this chapter is invalid for certain people or situations, the rest of the chapter still works and keeps applying to other people and situations. Any action by the Airports Authority that had to be sent to the Board of Review under section 6007(f)(4) of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Act of 1986 and was submitted before October 9, 1996, remains valid and cannot be overturned just because a court later voided some Board functions.

Full Legal Text

Title 49, §49112

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(a)If any provision of this chapter, or the application of a provision of this chapter to a person or circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of this chapter and the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected.
(b)Any action of the Airports Authority that was required to be submitted to the Board of Review under section 6007(f)(4) of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Act of 1986 (Public Law 99–500; 100 Stat. 1783–380; Public Law 99–599; 100 Stat. 3341–383) before October 9, 1996, remains in effect and may not be set aside only because of a judicial order invalidating certain functions of the Board.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 49112(a)(uncodified).Oct. 18, 1986, Pub. L. 99–500, title VI, § 6011, 100 Stat. 1783–385; Oct. 9, 1996, Pub. L. 104–264, title IX, § 904(c)(2), 110 Stat. 3276. Oct. 30, 1986, Pub. L. 99–591, title VI, § 6011, 100 Stat. 3341–388; Oct. 9, 1996, Pub. L. 104–264, title IX, § 904(c)(2), 110 Stat. 3276. 49112(b)(1)(uncodified).Oct. 18, 1986, Pub. L. 99–500, title VI, § 6014, as added Oct. 9, 1996, Pub. L. 104–264, title IX, § 907, 110 Stat. 3277. Oct. 30, 1986, Pub. L. 99–591, title VI, § 6014, as added Oct. 9, 1996, Pub. L. 104–264, title IX, § 907, 110 Stat. 3277. 49112(b)(2)(uncodified).Oct. 9, 1996, Pub. L. 104–264, title IX, § 904(d), 110 Stat. 3276. In subsection (a), the word “thereby” is omitted as surplus. In subsection (b)(1), the words “the limitations described in” are omitted as unnecessary.

Editorial Notes

References in Text

section 6007(f)(4) of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Act of 1986, referred to in subsec. (b), is section 6007(f)(4) of Pub. L. 99–500, title VI, Oct. 18, 1986, 100 Stat. 1783–379, and Pub. L. 99–591, title VI, Oct. 30, 1986, 100 Stat. 3341–382, which related to a Board of Review and was classified to section 2456(f)(4) of former Title 49, Transportation. Subsec. (f) of section 6007 was repealed and subsec. (g) redesignated (f) by Pub. L. 104–264, title IX, § 904(a), Oct. 9, 1996, 110 Stat. 3276. section 6007 was subsequently repealed and reenacted as section 49106 of Title 49, Transportation, by Pub. L. 105–102, §§ 2(26), 5(b), Nov. 20, 1997, 111 Stat. 2205, 2217, and does not contain provisions relating to a Board of Review.

Amendments

2024—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 118–63 struck out par. (2) designation before “Any action” and struck out par. (1) which read as follows: “If any provision of the Metropolitan Washington Airports

Amendments

Act of 1996 (title IX of Public Law 104–264; 110 Stat. 3274) or the

Amendments

made by the Act, or the application of that provision to a person, circumstance, or venue, is held invalid by a judicial order, the Secretary of Transportation and the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority shall be subject to section 49108 of this title from the day after the day the order is issued.”

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Citations & Metadata

Citation

49 U.S.C. § 49112

Title 49 — Transportation

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73