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Ingested titles 12–51 and 54 from OLRC USLM XML @119-100 (the whole Code now, uniform edition; Title 53 is reserved/empty). LegalText 11,221 -> 59,740; repo total 105,704 records. Deterministic (byte-identical rerun, verified on Title 42's 8,356 sections); make check green. make legal-us-code default now covers every title. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "LegalText"
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title: "49 U.S.C. § 41725"
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description: "Prohibition on certain cell phone voice communications"
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jurisdiction: "us"
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corpus: "united_states_code"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 49
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title_name: "TRANSPORTATION"
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chapter_number: "417"
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chapter_name: "OPERATIONS OF CARRIERS"
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section: "41725"
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citation: "49 U.S.C. § 41725"
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status: "current"
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release_point: "119-100"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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source: "official"
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tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
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---
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# 49 U.S.C. § 41725 - Prohibition on certain cell phone voice communications
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## Text
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(a) Prohibition.— The Secretary of Transportation shall issue regulations—
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(1) to prohibit an individual on an aircraft from engaging in voice communications using a mobile communications device during a flight of that aircraft in scheduled passenger interstate or intrastate air transportation; and
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(2) that exempt from the prohibition described in paragraph (1) any—
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(A) member of the flight crew on duty on an aircraft;
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(B) flight attendant on duty on an aircraft; and
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(C) Federal law enforcement officer acting in an official capacity.
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(b) Definitions.— In this section, the following definitions apply:
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(1) Flight.— The term “flight” means, with respect to an aircraft, the period beginning when the aircraft takes off and ending when the aircraft lands.
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(2) Mobile communications device.— (A) In general.— The term “mobile communications device” means any portable wireless telecommunications equipment utilized for the transmission or reception of voice data.
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(B) Limitation.— The term “mobile communications device” does not include a phone installed on an aircraft.
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(Added Pub. L. 115–254, div. B, title IV, § 403(a), Oct. 5, 2018, 132 Stat. 3328.)
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