Title 49, TransportationRelease 119-102
§44931 Authority to Exempt
Title 49 › SUBTITLE VII — AVIATION PROGRAMS › PART A — AIR COMMERCE AND SAFETY › subpart iii — safety › CHAPTER 449 — SECURITY › SUBCHAPTER II — ADMINISTRATION AND PERSONNEL › § 44931
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Allows the Homeland Security Secretary to exempt rules under 44901, 44903, 44906, 44909(c), and 44935–44937 if in the public interest.
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Title 49, §44931
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The Secretary of Homeland Security may grant an exemption from a regulation prescribed in carrying out section 44901, 44903, 44906, 44909(c), and 44935–44937 of this title when the Secretary decides the exemption is in the public interest.
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A prior section 44931, Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1215, related to the Director of Intelligence and Security, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 107–71, title I, § 101(f)(6), Nov. 19, 2001, 115 Stat. 603.
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49 U.S.C. § 44931
Title 49, Transportation
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Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102