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title: "49 U.S.C. § 44739"
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# 49 U.S.C. § 44739 - Pets on airplanes

## Text

(a) Prohibition.— It shall be unlawful for any person to place a live animal in an overhead storage compartment of an aircraft operated under part 121 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations.

(b) Civil Penalty.— The Administrator may impose a civil penalty under section 46301 for each violation of this section.

(Added Pub. L. 115–254, div. B, title IV, § 417(a), Oct. 5, 2018, 132 Stat. 3334.)