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title: "49 U.S.C. § 321"
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title_number: 49
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title_name: "TRANSPORTATION"
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# 49 U.S.C. § 321 - Definitions
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## Text
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In this subchapter, “aeronautics”, “air commerce”, and “air navigation facility” have the same meanings given those terms in section 40102(a) of this title.
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(Pub. L. 97–449, § 1(b), Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2422; Pub. L. 98–216, § 2(2), Feb. 14, 1984, 98 Stat. 5; Pub. L. 103–272, § 5(m)(8), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1376; Pub. L. 103–429, § 6(2), Oct. 31, 1994, 108 Stat. 4378.)
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## Notes
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Historical and Revision Notes Pub. L. 97–449 RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 321(no source). A number of the source provisions of the subchapter are taken from 49:ch. 20. The text of 49:ch. 20 contains general definitions, some of which are used in those source provisions. The section includes those definitions from 49:ch. 20 that are used in the source provisions included in the subchapter.
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Pub. L. 103–429This makes a clarifying amendment to 49:321.
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Editorial Notes
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Amendments1994—Pub. L. 103–429 struck out “, respectively” after “of this title”. Pub. L. 103–272 substituted “section 40102(a) of this title” for “section 101(2), (4), and (8) of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (49 App. U.S.C. 1301(2), (4), (8))”. 1984—Pub. L. 98–216 substituted “49 App. U.S.C.” for “49 U.S.C.”.
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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
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Effective Date of 1994 AmendmentPub. L. 103–429, § 9, Oct. 31, 1994, 108 Stat. 4391, provided that: “The amendments made by sections 6(2)–(15), (19)–(35), (37)–(39), (41), (44)–(52), (54)–(62), (65), (66)(B), (70), (73)–(76), and (78)–(81) of this Act [enacting section 41312 of this title and amending this section and sections 5103, 5104, 5115, 5125, 5307, 5318, 5320, 5323, 5326, 5327, 5331, 5337, 5565, 20136, 22108, 24501, 24904, 30141, 30165, 30166, 30308, 31501, 32101, 32304, 32309, 32505, 32703, 32705, 32706, 32908 to 32910, 32913, 33101, 33106, 40102, 40104, 40110, 41103, 41110, 41734, 44502, 44701, 44711, 44937, 45105, 45302, 46301, 46310, 46502, 47101, 47113, 47114, 47128, 47531, 47532, 60109, and 60112 of this title] shall take effect on July 5, 1994.”
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