Federal

Title 49 — Transportation

1,371 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 41905 — Emergency mail transportation
• § 41906 — Duty to oppose unreasonable prices under the Universal Postal Union Convention
• § 41907 — Weighing mail
• § 41908 — Effect on foreign postal arrangements
• § 41909 — Renumbered § 41906]
• § 41910 — Renumbered § 41907]
• § 41911 — Repealed. Pub. L. 110–405, § 2(b)(7)(A) , Oct. 13, 2008 , 122 Stat. 4289 ]
• § 41912 — Renumbered § 41908]
• § 42101 to 42106 — Repealed. Pub. L. 105–220, title I, § 199(a)(6) , Aug. 7, 1998 , 112 Stat. 1059 ]
• § 42111 — Mutual aid agreements
• § 42112 — Labor requirements of air carriers
• § 42121 — Protection of employees providing air safety information
• § 42301 — Emergency contingency plans
• § 42302 — Consumer complaints
• § 42303 — Use of insecticides in passenger aircraft
• § 42304 — Widespread disruptions
• § 42305 — Refunds for cancelled or significantly delayed or changed flights
• § 42306 — Know Your Rights posters
• § 42307 — Requirement to maintain a live customer chat or monitored text messaging number
• § 42308 — DOT airline customer service dashboards
• § 44101 — Operation of aircraft
• § 44102 — Registration requirements
• § 44103 — Registration of aircraft
• § 44104 — Registration of aircraft components and dealers’ certificates of registration
• § 44105 — Suspension and revocation of aircraft certificates
• § 44106 — Revocation of aircraft certificates for controlled substance violations
• § 44107 — Recordation of conveyances, leases, and security instruments
• § 44108 — Validity of conveyances, leases, and security instruments
• § 44109 — Reporting transfer of ownership
• § 44110 — Information about aircraft ownership and rights
• § 44111 — Modifications in registration and recordation system for aircraft not providing air transportation
• § 44112 — Limitation of liability
• § 44113 — Definitions
• § 44114 — Privacy
• § 44301 — Definitions
• § 44302 — General authority
• § 44302a — Temporary insurance
• § 44303 — Coverage
• § 44304 — Reinsurance
• § 44305 — Insuring United States Government property
• § 44306 — Premiums and limitations on coverage and claims
• § 44307 — Revolving fund
• § 44308 — Administrative
• § 44309 — Civil actions
• § 44310 — Ending effective date
• § 44501 — Plans and policy
• § 44502 — General facilities and personnel authority
• § 44503 — Reducing nonessential expenditures
• § 44504 — Improved aircraft, aircraft engines, propellers, and appliances
• § 44505 — Systems, procedures, facilities, services, and devices
• § 44506 — Air traffic controllers
• § 44507 — Regions and centers
• § 44508 — Research advisory committee
• § 44509 — Demonstration projects
• § 44510 — Repealed. Pub. L. 118–63, title IV, § 401(a) , May 16, 2024 , 138 Stat. 1148 ]
• § 44511 — Aviation research grants
• § 44512 — Catastrophic failure prevention research grants
• § 44513 — Regional centers of air transportation excellence
• § 44514 — Repealed. Pub. L. 118–63, title III, § 337 , May 16, 2024 , 138 Stat. 1093 ]
• § 44515 — Repealed. Pub. L. 118–63, title IV, § 401(a) , May 16, 2024 , 138 Stat. 1148 ]
• § 44516 — Human factors program
• § 44517 — Program to permit cost sharing of air traffic modernization projects
• § 44518 — Advanced Materials Center of Excellence
• § 44519 — Certification personnel continuing education and training
• § 44520 — Center of Excellence for Alternative Jet Fuels and Environment
• § 44701 — General requirements
• § 44702 — Issuance of certificates
• § 44703 — Airman certificates
• § 44704 — Type certificates, production certificates, airworthiness certificates, and design and production organization certificates
• § 44705 — Air carrier operating certificates
• § 44706 — Airport operating certificates
• § 44707 — Examining and rating air agencies
• § 44708 — Inspecting and rating air navigation facilities
• § 44709 — Amendments, modifications, suspensions, and revocations of certificates
• § 44710 — Revocations of airman certificates for controlled substance violations
• § 44711 — Prohibitions and exemption
• § 44712 — Emergency locator transmitters
• § 44713 — Inspection and maintenance
• § 44714 — Aviation fuel standards
• § 44715 — Controlling aircraft noise and sonic boom
• § 44716 — Collision avoidance systems
• § 44717 — Aging aircraft
• § 44718 — Structures interfering with air commerce or national security
• § 44719 — Standards for navigational aids
• § 44720 — Meteorological services
• § 44721 — Aeronautical charts and related products and services
• § 44722 — Aircraft operations in winter conditions
• § 44723 — Annual report
• § 44724 — Manipulation of flight controls
• § 44725 — Life-limited aircraft parts
• § 44726 — Denial and revocation of certificate for counterfeit parts violations
• § 44727 — Runway safety areas
• § 44728 — Flight attendant certification
• § 44729 — Age standards for pilots
• § 44730 — Helicopter air ambulance operations
• § 44731 — Collection of data on helicopter air ambulance operations
• § 44732 — Prohibition on personal use of electronic devices on flight deck
• § 44733 — Oversight of repair stations located outside the United States
• § 44734 — Training of flight attendants
• § 44735 — Limitation on disclosure of safety information
• § 44736 — Organization designation authorizations
• § 44737 — Helicopter fuel system safety
• § 44738 — Training on human trafficking for certain staff
• § 44739 — Pets on airplanes
• § 44740 — Special rule for certain aircraft operations
• § 44741 — Approval of organization designation authorization unit members
• § 44742 — Interference with the duties of organization designation authorization unit members
• § 44743 — Pilot training requirements
• § 44744 — Flight crew alerting
• § 44745 — Don Young Alaska Aviation Safety Initiative
• § 44746 — Flight data recovery from overwater operations
• § 44747 — Aviation safety oversight measures carried out by foreign countries
• § 44748 — Aircraft dispatching
• § 44801 — Definitions
• § 44802 — Integration of civil unmanned aircraft systems into national airspace system
• § 44803 — Unmanned aircraft system test ranges
• § 44804 — Unmanned aircraft in the Arctic
• § 44805 — Small unmanned aircraft safety standards
• § 44806 — Public unmanned aircraft systems and public safety use of tethered unmanned aircraft systems
• § 44807 — Special authority for certain unmanned aircraft systems
• § 44808 — Carriage of property by small unmanned aircraft systems for compensation or hire
• § 44809 — Exception for limited recreational operations of unmanned aircraft
• § 44810 — Airport safety and airspace hazard mitigation and enforcement
• § 44811 — Beyond visual line of sight operations for unmanned aircraft systems
• § 44812 — Temporary flight restrictions for unmanned aircraft
• § 44813 — Center of Excellence for Unmanned Aircraft Systems
• § 44814 — ASSUREd Safe credentialing authority
• § 44901 — Screening passengers and property
• § 44902 — Refusal to transport passengers and property
• § 44903 — Air transportation security
• § 44904 — Domestic air transportation system security
• § 44905 — Information about threats to civil aviation
• § 44906 — Foreign air carrier security programs
• § 44907 — Security standards at foreign airports
• § 44908 — Travel advisory and suspension of foreign assistance
• § 44909 — Passenger manifests
• § 44910 — Agreements on aircraft sabotage, aircraft hijacking, and airport security
• § 44911 — Intelligence
• § 44912 — Research and development
• § 44913 — Explosive detection
• § 44914 — Airport construction guidelines
• § 44915 — Exemptions
• § 44916 — Assessments and evaluations
• § 44917 — Deployment of Federal air marshals
• § 44918 — Crew training
• § 44919 — PreCheck Program
• § 44920 — Screening partnership program
• § 44921 — Federal flight deck officer program
• § 44922 — Deputization of State and local law enforcement officers
• § 44923 — Airport security improvement projects
• § 44924 — Repair station security
• § 44925 — Deployment and use of detection equipment at airport screening checkpoints
• § 44926 — Appeal and redress process for passengers wrongly delayed or prohibited from boarding a flight
• § 44927 — Expedited screening for severely injured or disabled members of the Armed Forces and severely injured or disabled veterans
• § 44928 — Honor Flight program
• § 44929 — Donation of screening equipment to protect the United States
• § 44931 — Authority to exempt
• § 44932 — Administrative
• § 44933 — Federal Security Managers 1 1 So in original. Probably should be “Directors”.
• § 44934 — Foreign Security Liaison Officers
• § 44935 — Employment standards and training
• § 44936 — Employment investigations and restrictions
• § 44937 — Prohibition on transferring duties and powers
• § 44938 — Reports
• § 44939 — Training to operate certain aircraft
• § 44940 — Security service fee
• § 44941 — Immunity for reporting suspicious activities
• § 44942 — Performance goals and objectives
• § 44943 — Performance management system
• § 44944 — Voluntary provision of emergency services
• § 44945 — Disposition of unclaimed money and clothing
• § 44946 — Aviation Security Advisory Committee
• § 44947 — Air cargo security division
• § 44948 — National Deployment Office
• § 45101 — Definition
• § 45102 — Alcohol and controlled substances testing programs
• § 45103 — Prohibited service
• § 45104 — Testing and laboratory requirements
• § 45105 — Rehabilitation
• § 45106 — Relationship to other laws, regulations, standards, and orders
• § 45107 — Transportation Security Administration
• § 45301 — General provisions
• § 45302 — Fees involving aircraft not providing air transportation
• § 45303 — Administrative provisions
• § 45304 — Maximum fees for private person services
• § 45305 — Registration, certification, and related fees
• § 45306 — Manual surcharge
• § 46101 — Complaints and investigations
• § 46102 — Proceedings
• § 46103 — Service of notice, process, and actions
• § 46104 — Evidence
• § 46105 — Regulations and orders
• § 46106 — Enforcement by the Department of Transportation
• § 46107 — Enforcement by the Attorney General
• § 46108 — Enforcement of certificate requirements by interested persons
• § 46109 — Joinder and intervention
• § 46110 — Judicial review
• § 46111 — Certificate actions in response to a security threat
• § 46301 — Civil penalties
• § 46302 — False information