[Laws in effect as of January 16, 1996]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 16, 1996 and August 28, 1996]
[CITE: 49USC47508]
TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
SUBTITLE VII--AVIATION PROGRAMS
PART B--AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT AND NOISE
CHAPTER 475--NOISE
SUBCHAPTER I--NOISE ABATEMENT
Sec. 47508. Noise standards for air carriers and foreign air
carriers providing foreign air transportation
(a) General Requirements.--The Secretary of Transportation shall
require each air carrier and foreign air carrier providing foreign air
transportation to comply with noise standards--
(1) the Secretary prescribed for new subsonic aircraft in
regulations of the Secretary in effect on January 1, 1977; or
(2) of the International Civil Aviation Organization that are
substantially compatible with standards of the Secretary for new
subsonic aircraft in regulations of the Secretary at parts 36 and 91
of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, prescribed between January
2, 1977, and January 1, 1982.
(b) Compliance at Phased Rate.--The Secretary shall require each air
carrier and foreign air carrier providing foreign air transportation to
comply with the noise standards at a phased rate similar to the rate for
aircraft registered in the United States.
(c) Nondiscrimination.--The requirement for air carriers providing
foreign air transportation may not be more stringent than the
requirement for foreign air carriers.
(Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1287.)
Historical and Revision Notes
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Revised Section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large)
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47508(a).............................. 49 App.:2122(a) (1st sentence Feb. 18, 1980, Pub. L. 96-193, Sec.
words before last comma, last 302(a), 94 Stat. 56.
sentence).
47508(b).............................. 49 App.:2122(a) (1st sentence
words after last comma).
47508(c).............................. 49 App.:2122(a) (2d sentence).
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In this section, the word ``providing'' is substituted for
``engaging in'' for consistency in the revised title.
In subsection (a), the words ``acting through the Administrator''
and ``acting through the Administrator of the Federal Aviation
Administration (14 CFR part 36)'' are omitted for consistency. Section
6(c)(1) of the Department of Transportation Act (Public Law 89-670, 80
Stat. 938) transferred all duties and powers of the Federal Aviation
Agency and the Administrator to the Secretary of Transportation.
However, the Secretary was to carry out certain provisions through the
Administrator. In addition, various laws enacted since then have vested
duties and powers in the Administrator. All provisions of law the
Secretary is required to carry out through the Administrator are
included in 49:106(g). Before clause (1), the words ``If, by January 1,
1980, the International Civil Aviation Organization (hereafter referred
to as `ICAO') does not reach an agreement'' and ``commence a rulemaking
to'' and 49 App.:2122(a) (last sentence) are omitted as executed. In
clause (1), the words ``as such regulations were'' are omitted as
surplus. In clause (2), the words ``on noise standards and an
international schedule'' and ``(annex 16)'' are omitted as surplus. The
words ``of the Secretary for new subsonic aircraft in regulations of the
Secretary at parts 36 and 91 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations,
prescribed between January 2, 1977, and January 1, 1982'' are
substituted for ``set forth in such regulations issued by the Secretary
(14 CFR parts 36 and 91) during the 5-year period thereafter'' for
clarity and consistency.
In subsection (b), the words ``in effect'' are omitted as surplus.
Aircraft Noise Research Program
Pub. L. 102-581, title III, Sec. 304, Oct. 31, 1992, 106 Stat. 4896,
provided that:
``(a) Establishment.--The Administrator of the Federal Aviation
Administration and the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration shall jointly conduct a research program to develop
new technologies for quieter subsonic jet aircraft engines and
airframes.
``(b) Goal.--The goal of the research program established by
subsection (a) is to develop by the year 2000 technologies for subsonic
jet aircraft engines and airframes which would permit a subsonic jet
aircraft to operate at reduced noise levels.
``(c) Participation.--In carrying out the program established by
subsection (a), the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration
and the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration shall encourage the participation of representatives of
the aviation industry and academia.
``(d) Report to Congress.--The Administrator of the Federal Aviation
Administration and the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration shall jointly submit to Congress, on an annual
basis during the term of the program established by subsection (a), a
report on the progress being made under the program toward meeting the
goal described in subsection (b).''
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 106 of this title.
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