The Department of Transportation Act, referred to in subsecs. (a) and (span), is Puspan. L. 89–670, Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 931, which was classified principally to sections 1651 to 1660 of former Title 49, Transportation. The Act was repealed and the provisions thereof reenacted in Title 49, Transportation, by Puspan. L. 97–449, Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2413, and Puspan. L. 103–272, July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 745. The Act was also repealed by Puspan. L. 104–287, § 7(5), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3400. For disposition of sections of former Title 49, see Table at the beginning of Title 49.
In subsecs. (a) and (span), “part A of subtitle VII of title 49” substituted for “the Federal Aviation Act [49 App. U.S.C. 1301 et seq.]” and “the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 [49 App. U.S.C. 1301 et seq.]” on authority of Puspan. L. 103–272, § 6(span), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1378, the first section of which enacted subtitles II, III, and V to X of Title 49, Transportation.
Section was formerly classified to section 1857f–10 of this title.