Federal
Title 49 — Transportation
1,371 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.
- § 46303 — Carrying a weapon
- § 46304 — Liens on aircraft
- § 46305 — Actions to recover civil penalties
- § 46306 — Registration violations involving aircraft not providing air transportation
- § 46307 — Violation of national defense airspace
- § 46308 — Interference with air navigation
- § 46309 — Concession and price violations
- § 46310 — Reporting and recordkeeping violations
- § 46311 — Unlawful disclosure of information
- § 46312 — Transporting hazardous material
- § 46313 — Refusing to appear or produce records
- § 46314 — Entering aircraft or airport area in violation of security requirements
- § 46315 — Lighting violations involving transporting controlled substances by aircraft not providing air transportation
- § 46316 — General criminal penalty when specific penalty not provided
- § 46317 — Criminal penalty for pilots operating in air transportation without an airman’s certificate
- § 46318 — Interference with cabin or flight crew
- § 46319 — Permanent closure of an airport without providing sufficient notice
- § 46320 — Interference with wildfire suppression, law enforcement, or emergency response effort by operation of unmanned aircraft
- § 46501 — Definitions
- § 46502 — Aircraft piracy
- § 46503 — Interference with security screening personnel
- § 46504 — Interference with flight crew members and attendants
- § 46505 — Carrying a weapon or explosive on an aircraft
- § 46506 — Application of certain criminal laws to acts on aircraft
- § 46507 — False information and threats
- § 47101 — Policies
- § 47102 — Definitions
- § 47103 — National plan of integrated airport systems
- § 47104 — Project grant authority
- § 47105 — Project grant applications
- § 47106 — Project grant application approval conditioned on satisfaction of project requirements
- § 47107 — Project grant application approval conditioned on assurances about airport operations
- § 47108 — Project grant agreements
- § 47109 — United States Government’s share of project costs
- § 47110 — Allowable project costs
- § 47111 — Payments under project grant agreements
- § 47112 — Carrying out airport development projects
- § 47113 — Minority and disadvantaged business participation
- § 47114 — Apportionments
- § 47115 — Discretionary fund
- § 47116 — Small airport fund
- § 47117 — Use of apportioned amounts
- § 47118 — Designating current and former military airports
- § 47119 — Terminal development costs
- § 47120 — Grant priority
- § 47121 — Records and audits
- § 47122 — Administrative
- § 47123 — Nondiscrimination
- § 47124 — Agreements for State and local operation of airport facilities
- § 47124a — Accessibility of certain flight data
- § 47125 — Conveyances of United States Government land
- § 47126 — Criminal penalties for false statements
- § 47127 — Ground transportation demonstration projects
- § 47128 — State block grant program
- § 47129 — Resolution of disputes concerning airport fees
- § 47130 — Airport safety data collection
- § 47131 — Repealed. Pub. L. 118–63, title II, § 218(d) , May 16, 2024 , 138 Stat. 1055 ]
- § 47132 — Repealed. Pub. L. 106–181, title I, § 123(a)(1) , Apr. 5, 2000 , 114 Stat. 74 ]
- § 47133 — Restriction on use of revenues
- § 47134 — Airport investment partnership program
- § 47135 — Innovative financing techniques
- § 47136 — Zero-emission airport vehicles and infrastructure
- § 47136a — Renumbered § 47136]
- § 47137 — Airport security program
- § 47138 — Pilot program for purchase of airport development rights
- § 47139 — Emission credits for air quality projects
- § 47140 — Meeting current and future energy power demand
- § 47140a — Renumbered § 47140]
- § 47141 — Compatible land use planning and projects by State and local governments
- § 47142 — Alternative project delivery
- § 47143 — Non-movement area surveillance surface display systems pilot program
- § 47144 — Use of funds for repairs for runway safety repairs
- § 47145 — Pilot program for airport accessibility
- § 47146 — General aviation program runway extension pilot program
- § 47151 — Authority to transfer an interest in surplus property
- § 47152 — Terms of conveyances
- § 47153 — Waiving and adding terms
- § 47171 — Expedited, coordinated environmental review process
- § 47172 — Air traffic procedures for airport capacity enhancement projects at congested airports
- § 47173 — Airport funding of FAA staff
- § 47174 — Authorization of appropriations
- § 47175 — Definitions
- § 47301 — Definitions
- § 47302 — Providing airport and airway property in foreign territories
- § 47303 — Training foreign citizens
- § 47304 — Transfer of airport and airway property
- § 47305 — Administrative
- § 47306 — Repealed. Pub. L. 118–63, title VII, § 727 , May 16, 2024 , 138 Stat. 1271 ]
- § 47501 — Definitions
- § 47502 — Noise measurement and exposure systems and identifying land use compatible with noise exposure
- § 47503 — Noise exposure maps
- § 47504 — Noise compatibility programs
- § 47505 — Airport noise compatibility planning grants
- § 47506 — Limitations on recovering damages for noise
- § 47507 — Nonadmissibility of noise exposure map and related information as evidence
- § 47508 — Noise standards for air carriers and foreign air carriers providing foreign air transportation
- § 47509 — Research program on quiet aircraft technology for propeller and rotor driven aircraft
- § 47510 — Tradeoff allowance
- § 47511 — CLEEN engine and airframe technology partnership
- § 47521 — Findings
- § 47522 — Definitions
- § 47523 — National aviation noise policy
- § 47524 — Airport noise and access restriction review program
- § 47525 — Decision about airport noise and access restrictions on certain stage 2 aircraft
- § 47526 — Limitations for noncomplying airport noise and access restrictions
- § 47527 — Liability of the United States Government for noise damages
- § 47528 — Prohibition on operating certain aircraft not complying with stage 3 noise levels
- § 47529 — Nonaddition rule
- § 47530 — Nonapplication of sections 47528(a)–(d) and 47529 to aircraft outside the 48 contiguous States
- § 47531 — Penalties
- § 47532 — Judicial review
- § 47533 — Relationship to other laws
- § 47534 — Prohibition on operating certain aircraft weighing 75,000 pounds or less not complying with stage 3 noise levels
- § 48101 — Air navigation facilities and equipment
- § 48102 — Research and development
- § 48103 — Airport planning and development and noise compatibility planning and programs
- § 48104 — Operations and maintenance
- § 48105 — Weather reporting services
- § 48106 — Airway science curriculum grants
- § 48107 — Civil aviation security research and development
- § 48108 — Availability and uses of amounts
- § 48109 — Submission of budget information and legislative recommendations and comments
- § 48110 — Facilities for advanced training of maintenance technicians for air carrier aircraft
- § 48111 — Funding proposals
- § 48112 — Repealed. Pub. L. 115–254, div. B, title I, § 115 , Oct. 5, 2018 , 132 Stat. 3201 ]
- § 48113 — Reprogramming notification requirement
- § 48114 — Funding for aviation programs
- § 48201 — Advance appropriations
- § 48301 — Repealed. Pub. L. 115–254, div. K, title I, § 1991(i)(1) , Oct. 5, 2018 , 132 Stat. 3645 ]
- § 49101 — Findings
- § 49102 — Purpose
- § 49103 — Definitions
- § 49104 — Lease of Metropolitan Washington Airports
- § 49105 — Capital improvements, construction, and rehabilitation
- § 49106 — Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority
- § 49107 — Federal employees at Metropolitan Washington Airports
- § 49108 — Repealed. Pub. L. 112–95, title I, § 150 , Feb. 14, 2012 , 126 Stat. 32 ]
- § 49109 — Nonstop flights
- § 49110 — Use of Dulles Airport Access Highway
- § 49111 — Relationship to and effect of other laws
- § 49112 — Separability and effect of judicial order
- § 501 — Definitions and application
- § 50101 — Buying goods produced in the United States
- § 50102 — Restricting contract awards because of discrimination against United States goods or services
- § 50103 — Contract preference for domestic firms
- § 50104 — Restriction on airport projects using products or services of foreign countries denying fair market opportunities
- § 50105 — Fraudulent use of “Made in America” label
- § 502 — General authority
- § 503 — Service of notice and process on certain motor carriers of migrant workers and on motor private carriers
- § 504 — Reports and records
- § 505 — Arrangements and public records
- § 506 — Authority to investigate
- § 507 — Enforcement
- § 508 — Safety performance history of new drivers; limitation on liability
- § 5101 — Purpose
- § 5102 — Definitions
- § 5103 — General regulatory authority
- § 5103a — Limitation on issuance of hazmat licenses
- § 5104 — Representation and tampering
- § 5105 — Transporting certain highly radioactive material
- § 5106 — Handling criteria
- § 5107 — Hazmat employee training requirements and grants
- § 5108 — Registration
- § 5109 — Motor carrier safety permits
- § 5110 — Shipping papers and disclosure
- § 5111 — Repealed. Pub. L. 109–59, title VII, § 7111 , Aug. 10, 2005 , 119 Stat. 1899 ]
- § 5112 — Highway routing of hazardous material
- § 5113 — Unsatisfactory safety rating
- § 5114 — Air transportation of ionizing radiation material
- § 5115 — Training curriculum for the public sector
- § 5116 — Planning and training grants, monitoring, and review
- § 5117 — Special permits and exclusions
- § 5118 — Hazardous material technical assessment, research and development, and analysis program
- § 5119 — Uniform forms and procedures
- § 5120 — International uniformity of standards and requirements
- § 5121 — Administrative
- § 5122 — Enforcement
- § 5123 — Civil penalty
- § 5124 — Criminal penalty
- § 5125 — Preemption
- § 5126 — Relationship to other laws
- § 5127 — Judicial review
- § 5128 — Authorization of appropriations
- § 521 — Civil penalties
- § 522 — Reporting and record keeping violations
- § 523 — Unlawful disclosure of information
- § 524 — Evasion of regulation of motor carriers
- § 525 — Disobedience to subpoenas
- § 526 — General criminal penalty when specific penalty not provided
- § 5301 — Policies and purposes
- § 5302 — Definitions
- § 5303 — Metropolitan transportation planning
- § 5304 — Statewide and nonmetropolitan transportation planning
- § 5305 — Planning programs
- § 5306 — Private enterprise participation in metropolitan planning and transportation improvement programs and relationship to other limitations
- § 5307 — Urbanized area formula grants
- § 5308 — Repealed. Pub. L. 112–141, div. B, § 20002(a) , July 6, 2012 , 126 Stat. 622 ]
- § 5309 — Fixed guideway capital investment grants
- § 5310 — Formula grants for the enhanced mobility of seniors and individuals with disabilities
- § 5311 — Formula grants for rural areas