VIII fective; and require the Department of Transportation to that foreign airlines serving the United States provide a s level of protection to passengers as is provided on U.S. a serving the same market. Other legislation.-In this short introduction, it is not poss cover in depth the many other areas in which the Committ developed legislation which is included in the Compilation. S these areas are smoking on aircraft, transportation of the capped, aviation drug trafficking, the civil penalty authority Federal Aviation Administration, periodic reauthorization changes in the statutory authority of the National Transpor Safety Board, and control of Washington area airports. I am confident that the Committee's outstanding record complishment in dealing with the problems presented by the changing aviation industry will continue. I expect that a challenge facing us in the coming years will be to improve t ordination and inter-relationship of aviation with other mo transportation—the highways, mass transit, rails, and shi Improving intermodality is absolutely vital to improving th ciency of the national economy, improving our energy effic and upgrading our competitiveness in the international m place. The decisions which the Committee makes in the c years will play an important role in determining whethe nation will be competitive in the 21st Century global econ am confident that we will rise to the challenge. ROBERT A. ROE, Chairman, Committee on Public Works and Transportat FEDERAL AVIATION ACT OF 1958 Public Law 85-726; 72 Stat. 737 49 U.S.C. App. 1301 et seq. AN ACT To continue the Civil Aeronautics Board as an agency to create a Federal Aviation Agency, to provide for the regul of civil aviation in such manner as to best foster its developr to provide for the safe and efficient use of the airspace by bo aircraft, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre United States of America in Congress assembled, T vided into titles and sections according to the fo contents, may be cited as the "Federal Aviation Ac Sec. 101. Definitions. TABLE OF CONTENTS TITLE I-GENERAL PROVISIONS Sec. 102. Declaration of policy: The Board. (a) Factors for interstate, overseas, and foreign air (b) Factors for all-cargo service. Sec. 103. Declaration of policy: The Administrator. Sec. 104. Public right of transit. Sec. 105. Federal preemption. (a) Preemption. TITLE II-CIVIL AERONAUTICS BOARD; GENERAL POWERS Sec. 204. General powers and duties of the Board. (a) General powers. (b) Cooperation with State aeronautical agencies. (c) Exchange of information. (d) Publications. TITLE III-ORGANIZATION OF AGENCY AND POWERS AND DUTIES 1 For terminations and transfers of functions of the Civil Aeronautics line Deregulation Act of 1978 and the Civil Aeronautics Board Sunset 1601. 2 Title II (other than section 204) ceased to be in effect on January 1, FEDERAL AVIATION ACT Sec. 302. Organization of Agency. (a) Deputy Administrator. (b) Qualifications and status of Deputy Administrator. (c) Military participation. (d) Exchange of information. (e) Emergency status. (f) Officers and employees. (g) Study of special personnel problems. (i) Advisory committees and consultants. (k) Cooperation with other agencies. Sec. 303. Procurement authority. (a) Acquisition and disposal of property. (b) Special rules for acquisitions. (c) Procurement procedures. (d) Sole source approval by Administrator. (f) Multiyear property acquisition contracts. Sec. 304. Authority of President to transfer certain functions. Sec. 305. Fostering of air commerce. Sec. 306. National defense and civil needs. Sec. 307. Airspace control and facilities. (a) Use of airspace. (b) Air navigation facilities. (c) Air traffic rules. (d) Applicability of Administrative Procedure Act. (e) Exemptions. (f) Exception for military emergencies. Sec. 308. Expenditure of Federal funds for certain airports, etc. (a) Airports for other than military purposes. (b) Location of airports, landing areas, and missile and rocket sit Sec. 309. Other airports. Sec. 310. Meteorological service. Sec. 311. Collection and dissemination of information. Sec. 312. Development planning. (a) General. (b) Aircraft. (c) Research and development. (g) Research grant program. (h) Catastrophic failure prevention research grant program. Sec. 313. Other powers and duties of Administrator. (a) General. (b) Publications. Sec. 314. Delegation of powers and duties to private persons. (a) Delegation by Administrator. (b) Application for reconsideration. Sec. 315. Screening of passengers in air transportation. (a) Procedures and facilities. (b) Transportation security. (c) Exemption authority. Sec. 316. Air transportation security. (a) Rules and regulations. (b) Personnel. (c) Training. (d) Research and development; confidential information. (f) Definition. |