76b8ec33a7
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>
48 lines
2.1 KiB
Markdown
48 lines
2.1 KiB
Markdown
---
|
||
type: "LegalText"
|
||
title: "49 U.S.C. § 41729"
|
||
description: "COVID–19 vaccination status"
|
||
jurisdiction: "us"
|
||
corpus: "united_states_code"
|
||
kind: "code_section"
|
||
title_number: 49
|
||
title_name: "TRANSPORTATION"
|
||
chapter_number: "417"
|
||
chapter_name: "OPERATIONS OF CARRIERS"
|
||
section: "41729"
|
||
citation: "49 U.S.C. § 41729"
|
||
status: "current"
|
||
release_point: "119-100"
|
||
release_date: "2026-06-26"
|
||
source: "official"
|
||
source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc49@119-100.zip"
|
||
source_identifier: "/us/usc/t49/s41729"
|
||
source_file: "data/legal/raw/us/code/title-49/usc49.xml"
|
||
source_hash: "b9f7b23f2fd228b291dddba965b33d1381ec99a0179ce9f64c3d209a3328c969"
|
||
raw_snapshot_hash: "0786acdd244d8f42c5a8e8ed1ec2a8dcb47dd0e02a286752710a20745702a4fb"
|
||
text_hash: "06b1920d65c5314fa11772b8d8cc9e78b90644e0e574346855b9eb06dcb1320a"
|
||
retrieved_at: "2026-07-04"
|
||
confidence: "official"
|
||
tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
|
||
---
|
||
|
||
# 49 U.S.C. § 41729 - COVID–19 vaccination status
|
||
|
||
## Text
|
||
|
||
(a) In General.— An air carrier (as such term is defined in section 40102) may not deny service to any individual solely based on the vaccination status of the individual with respect to COVID–19.
|
||
|
||
(b) Rule of Construction.— Nothing in this section shall be construed to apply to the regulation of intrastate travel, transportation, or movement, including the intrastate transportation of passengers.
|
||
|
||
(Added Pub. L. 118–63, title XI, § 1107(a), May 16, 2024, 138 Stat. 1417.)
|
||
|
||
## Notes
|
||
|
||
Editorial Notes
|
||
|
||
Codification Section 1107(a) of Pub. L. 118–63, which directed the addition of this section at end of this chapter, was executed by adding this section at the end of subchapter I of this chapter to reflect the probable intent of Congress.
|
||
|
||
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
|
||
|
||
Rule of ConstructionPub. L. 118–63, title XI, § 1107(c), May 16, 2024, 138 Stat. 1417, provided that: “Nothing in this section [enacting this section], or the amendment made by this section, shall be construed to permit or otherwise authorize an executive agency to enact or otherwise impose a COVID–19 vaccine mandate.”
|