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[CITE: 49USC41111]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                     SUBTITLE VII--AVIATION PROGRAMS
 
                     PART A--AIR COMMERCE AND SAFETY
 
                     subpart ii--economic regulation
 
                  CHAPTER 411--AIR CARRIER CERTIFICATES
 
Sec. 41111. Simplified procedure to apply for, amend, modify, 
        suspend, and transfer certificates
        
    (a) General Requirements.--(1) The Secretary of Transportation shall 
prescribe regulations that simplify the procedure for--
        (A) acting on an application for a certificate to provide air 
    transportation under section 41102 of this title; and
        (B) amending, modifying, suspending, or transferring any part of 
    that certificate under section 41105 or 41110(a) or (c) of this 
    title.

    (2) Regulations under this section shall provide for notice and an 
opportunity for each interested person to file appropriate written 
evidence and argument. An oral evidentiary hearing is not required to be 
provided under this section.
    (b) When Simplified Procedure Used.--The Secretary may use the 
simplified procedure to act on an application for a certificate to 
provide air transportation under section 41102 of this title, or to 
amend, modify, suspend, or transfer any part of that certificate under 
section 41105 or 41110(a) or (c) of this title, when the Secretary 
decides the use of the procedure is in the public interest.
    (c) Contents.--(1) To the extent the Secretary finds practicable, 
regulations under this section shall include each standard the Secretary 
will apply when--
        (A) deciding whether to use the simplified procedure; and
        (B) making a decision on an action in which the procedure is 
    used.

    (2) The regulations may provide that written evidence and argument 
may be filed under section 41108(b) of this title as a part of a 
response opposing or supporting the issuance of a certificate.

(Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1125.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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41111(a)..............................  49 App.:1371(p)(1) (1st, 2d      Aug. 2
3, 1958, Pub. L. 85-726, 72 Stat.
                                         sentences).                      731, 
Sec.  401(p); added Oct. 24,
                                                                          1978,
 Pub. L. 95-504, Sec.  21(a)(1),
                                                                          92 St
at. 1723.
                                        49 App.:1551(b)(1)(E).           Aug. 2
3, 1958, Pub. L. 85-726, 72 Stat.
                                                                          731, 
Sec.  1601(b)(1)(E); added Oct.
                                                                          4, 19
84, Pub. L. 98-443, Sec.  3(e),
                                                                          98 St
at. 1704.
41111(b)..............................  49 App.:1371(p)(2) (1st
                                         sentence).
                                        49 App.:1551(b)(1)(E).
41111(c)..............................  49 App.:1371(p)(1) (last
                                         sentence), (2) (last
                                         sentence).
                                        49 App.:1551(b)(1)(E).
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    In this section, the words ``acting on'' and ``act on'' are 
substituted for ``disposition of'' for consistency.
    In subsection (a)(1)(A), the word ``provide'' is substituted for 
``engage in'' for consistency in the revised title.
    In subsection (a)(1)(B), the word ``alteration'' is omitted as 
surplus.
    In subsection (a)(2), the word ``adequate'' is omitted as surplus.
    In subsection (b), the words ``to act on an application for a 
certificate to provide air transportation under section 41102 of this 
title, or to amend, modify, suspend, or transfer any part of that 
certificate under section 41105 or 41110(a) or (c) of this title'' are 
added for clarity.
    In subsection (c)(2), the words ``by such person'' are omitted as 
surplus. The words ``a response opposing or supporting the issuance of a 
certificate'' are substituted for ``a protest or memorandum filed with 
respect to such application'' for consistency.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 41108, 41109, 41110 of this 
title.
