Notes on 49 U.S.C. § 41705 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 49 U.S.C. § 41705 : US Code - Notes

(Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1141; Pub. L.
106-181, title VII, Sec. 707(a), Apr. 5, 2000, 114 Stat. 158; Pub.
L. 108-176, title V, Sec. 503(d)(1), Dec. 12, 2003, 117 Stat.
2559.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
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Revised Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large)
Section
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41705 49 App.:1374(c). Aug. 23, 1958, Pub. L.
85-726, 72 Stat. 731, Sec.
404(c); added Oct. 2, 1986,
Pub. L. 99-435, Sec. 2(a),
100 Stat. 1080.
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In this section, before clause (1), the words "on the following
grounds" are substituted for "by reason of such handicap" and "For
purposes of paragraph (1) of this subsection the term 'handicapped
individual' means any individual who" because of the restatement.
REFERENCES IN TEXT
The date of the enactment of this subsection, referred to in
subsec. (c)(4), is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 106-181, which
was approved Apr. 5, 2000.
AMENDMENTS
2003 - Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 108-176 substituted "section 46301"
for "section 46301(a)(3)(E)".
2000 - Pub. L. 106-181 designated existing provisions as subsec.
(a), inserted heading, substituted "carrier, including (subject to
section 40105(b)) any foreign air carrier," for "carrier" in
introductory provisions, and added subsecs. (b) and (c).
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2003 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 108-176 applicable only to fiscal years
beginning after Sept. 30, 2003, except as otherwise specifically
provided, see section 3 of Pub. L. 108-176, set out as a note under
section 106 of this title.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2000 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 106-181 applicable only to fiscal years
beginning after Sept. 30, 1999, see section 3 of Pub. L. 106-181,
set out as a note under section 106 of this title.
ESTABLISHMENT OF HIGHER INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS
Pub. L. 106-181, title VII, Sec. 707(c), Apr. 5, 2000, 114 Stat.
158, provided that: "The Secretary [of Transportation] shall work
with appropriate international organizations and the aviation
authorities of other nations to bring about the establishment of
higher standards for accommodating handicapped passengers in air
transportation, particularly with respect to foreign air carriers
that code-share with air carriers."
RESTRICTIONS ON AIR TRANSPORTATION OF PEANUTS; SCIENTIFIC STUDY ON
EFFECT OF AIRBORNE PARTICLES ON PASSENGERS
Pub. L. 106-69, title III, Sec. 346, Oct. 9, 1999, 113 Stat.
1023, provided that: "Hereafter, none of the funds made available
under this Act or any other Act, may be used to implement, carry
out, or enforce any regulation issued under section 41705 of title
49, United States Code, including any regulation contained in part
382 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, or any other
provision of law (including any Act of Congress, regulation, or
Executive order or any official guidance or correspondence
thereto), that requires or encourages an air carrier (as that term
is defined in section 40102 of title 49, United States Code) to, on
intrastate or interstate air transportation (as those terms are
defined in section 40102 of title 49, United States Code) -
"(1) provide a peanut-free buffer zone or any other related
peanut-restricted area; or
"(2) restrict the distribution of peanuts,
until 90 days after submission to the Congress and the Secretary of
a peer-reviewed scientific study that determines that there are
severe reactions by passengers to peanuts as a result of contact
with very small airborne peanut particles of the kind that
passengers might encounter in an aircraft."
Similar provisions were contained in Pub. L. 105-277, div. A,
Sec. 101(g) [title III, Sec. 372], Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681-
439, 2681-479.