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§46506 Application of Certain Criminal Laws to Acts on Aircraft

Title 49 › SUBTITLE VII — AVIATION PROGRAMS › PART A — AIR COMMERCE AND SAFETY › subpart iv — enforcement and penalties › CHAPTER 465 — SPECIAL AIRCRAFT JURISDICTION OF THE UNITED STATES › § 46506

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

People on an aircraft under U.S. jurisdiction who do acts that would be crimes under 18 U.S.C. sections 113, 114, 661, 662, 1111, 1112, 1113, 2111, or chapter 109A if done in the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States can be fined under title 18, sent to prison under that same section or chapter, or both. If the act would violate section 9 of the Act of July 29, 1892 (D.C. Code § 22-1112) when done in the District of Columbia, the person can be fined under title 18, sent to prison under that section, or both.

Full Legal Text

Title 49, §46506

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An individual on an aircraft in the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States who commits an act that—
(1)if committed in the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States (as defined in section 7 of title 18) would violate section 113, 114, 661, 662, 1111, 1112, 1113, or 2111 or chapter 109A of title 18, shall be fined under title 18, imprisoned under that section or chapter, or both; or
(2)if committed in the District of Columbia would violate section 9 of the Act of July 29, 1892 (D.C. Code § 22-1112), shall be fined under title 18, imprisoned under section 9 of the Act, or both.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 4650649 App.:1472(k).Aug. 23, 1958, Pub. L. 85–726, 72 Stat. 731, § 902(k); added Sept. 5, 1961, Pub. L. 87–197, § 1, 75 Stat. 466; Oct. 14, 1970, Pub. L. 91–449, § 1(3), 84 Stat. 921; Nov. 10, 1986, Pub. L. 99–646, § 87(d)(8), 100 Stat. 3624; Nov. 14, 1986, Pub. L. 99–654, § 3(b)(8), 100 Stat. 3664. In clause (1), the words “fined under title 18, imprisoned under that section or chapter, or both” are substituted for “punished as provided therein” for consistency with title 18. In clause (2), the words “fined under title 18, imprisoned under section 9 of the Act, or both” are substituted for “punished as provided therein” for consistency with title 18.

Editorial Notes

References in Text

section 9 of the Act of
July 29, 1892, referred to in par. (2), is section 9 of act
July 29, 1892, ch. 320, 27 Stat. 324, which is not classified to the Code. section 9 of the Act was reclassified to section 22–1312 of the D.C. Code (2014).

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Citation

49 U.S.C. § 46506

Title 49, Transportation

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102