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Title 49 - TRANSPORTATIONSubtitle VII - AVIATION PROGRAMSPart D - PUBLIC AIRPORTS
Chapter 491 - METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON AIRPORTS
Section 49103 - Definitions

49 U.S.C. § 49103

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Current through P.L. 118-47 (published on www.congress.gov on 03/23/2024)
Section 49103 - Definitions

In this chapter-

(1) "Airports Authority" means the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, a public authority created by Virginia and the District of Columbia consistent with the requirements of section 49106 of this title.
(2) "employee" means any permanent Federal Aviation Administration personnel employed by the Metropolitan Washington Airports on June 7, 1987.
(3) "Metropolitan Washington Airports" means Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and Washington Dulles International Airport.
(4) "Washington Dulles International Airport" means the airport constructed under the Act of September 7, 1950 (ch. 905, 64 Stat. 770), and includes the Dulles Airport Access Highway and Right-of-way, including the extension between Interstate Routes I-495 and I-66.
(5) "Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport" means the airport described in the Act of June 29, 1940 (ch. 444, 54 Stat. 686).

49 U.S.C. § 49103

Added Pub. L. 105-102, §2(26), Nov. 20, 1997, 111 Stat. 2207; amended Pub. L. 105-154, §2(a)(1)(D), Feb. 6, 1998, 112 Stat. 3.

HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
49103 (uncodified). Oct. 18, 1986,Pub. L. 99-500, title VI, §60041986,, 100 Stat. 1783-374.
Oct. 30, 1986,Pub. L. 99-591, title VI, §60041986,, 100 Stat. 3341-377.
In this section, the text of section 6004(1) and (5) of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Act of 1986 ( Public Law 99-500100 Stat. 1783-374, 1783-375, Public Law 99-591 100 Stat. 3341-378) is omitted as surplus because the complete names of the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration and the Secretary of Transportation are used the first time those terms appear in a section.In clause (1), the words "an organization within the Federal Aviation Administration" are omitted as surplus.

EDITORIAL NOTES

REFERENCES IN TEXT Act of September 7, 1950, ch. 905, 64 Stat. 770, referred to in par. (4), was classified to subchapter II (§2421 et seq.) of chapter 33 of former Title 49, Transportation, and was omitted from the Code when subtitles II, III, and V to X of Title 49, Transportation, were enacted by Pub. L. 103-272, 108 Stat. 745.Act of June 29, 1940, ch. 444, 54 Stat. 686, referred to in par. (5), was classified to subchapter I (§2401 et seq.) of chapter 33 of former Title 49, Transportation, and was omitted from the Code when subtitles II, III, and V to X of Title 49, Transportation, were enacted by Pub. L. 103-272, 108 Stat. 745.

PRIOR PROVISIONSA prior section 49103 was renumbered section 50103 of this title.

AMENDMENTS1998-Pars. (3), (5). Pub. L. 105-154 substituted "Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport" for "Washington National Airport".

STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES

CHANGE OF NAME Pub. L. 105-154, §1, Feb. 6, 1998, 112 Stat. 3, provided that: "The airport described in the Act entitled 'An Act to provide for the administration of the Washington National Airport, and for other purposes', approved June 29, 1940 (54 Stat. 686) [section 2401 et seq. of former Title 49, Transportation, see References in Text note above], and known as the Washington National Airport, shall be known and designated as the 'Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport'." Pub. L. 105-154, §2(b), Feb. 6, 1998, 112 Stat. 4, provided that: "Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the Washington National Airport shall be deemed to be a reference to the 'Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport'."