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[CITE: 49USC44102]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                     SUBTITLE VII--AVIATION PROGRAMS
 
                     PART A--AIR COMMERCE AND SAFETY
 
                           subpart iii--safety
 
          CHAPTER 441--REGISTRATION AND RECORDATION OF AIRCRAFT
 
Sec. 44102. Registration requirements

    (a) Eligibility.--An aircraft may be registered under section 44103 
of this title only when the aircraft is--
        (1) not registered under the laws of a foreign country and is 
    owned by--
            (A) a citizen of the United States;
            (B) an individual citizen of a foreign country lawfully 
        admitted for permanent residence in the United States; or
            (C) a corporation not a citizen of the United States when 
        the corporation is organized and doing business under the laws 
        of the United States or a State, and the aircraft is based and 
        primarily used in the United States; or

        (2) an aircraft of--
            (A) the United States Government; or
            (B) a State, the District of Columbia, a territory or 
        possession of the United States, or a political subdivision of a 
        State, territory, or possession.

    (b) Duty To Define Certain Term.--In carrying out subsection 
(a)(1)(C) of this section, the Secretary of Transportation shall define 
``based and primarily used in the United States''.

(Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1161.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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44102(a)(1)...........................  49 App.:1401(b) (1st sentence    Aug. 2
3, 1958, Pub. L. 85-726, Sec.
                                         cl. (1)).                        501(b
), 72 Stat. 772; restated Nov. 9,
                                                                          1977,
 Pub. L. 95-163, Sec.  14, 91
                                                                          Stat.
 1283; Mar. 8, 1978, Pub. L. 95-
                                                                          241, 
92 Stat. 119.
44102(a)(2)...........................  49 App.:1401(b) (1st sentence
                                         cl. (2)).
44102(b)..............................  49 App.:1401(b) (last
                                         sentence).
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    In subsection (a), before clause (1), the words ``may be 
registered'' are substituted for ``shall be eligible for registration'', 
and the words ``under section 44103 of this title'' are added, for 
clarity. The words ``only when'' are substituted for ``if, but only if'' 
for consistency. In subclause (C), the words ``not a citizen of the 
United States'' are substituted for ``(other than a corporation which is 
a citizen of the United States)'' to eliminate unnecessary words. The 
word ``lawfully'' is omitted as surplus.
    In subsection (b), the words ``In carrying out subsection (a)(1)(C) 
of this section'' are added because of the restatement. The words ``by 
regulation'' are omitted as unnecessary because of 49:322(a).

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 44103, 44105, 44106, 46306 
of this title.
