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[CITE: 49USC44111]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                     SUBTITLE VII--AVIATION PROGRAMS
 
                     PART A--AIR COMMERCE AND SAFETY
 
                           subpart iii--safety
 
          CHAPTER 441--REGISTRATION AND RECORDATION OF AIRCRAFT
 
Sec. 44111. Modifications in registration and recordation system 
        for aircraft not providing air transportation
        
    (a) Application.--This section applies only to aircraft not used to 
provide air transportation.
    (b) Authority To Make Modifications.--The Administrator of the 
Federal Aviation Administration shall make modifications in the system 
for registering and recording aircraft necessary to make the system more 
effective in serving the needs of--
        (1) buyers and sellers of aircraft;
        (2) officials responsible for enforcing laws related to the 
    regulation of controlled substances (as defined in section 102 of 
    the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 (21 
    U.S.C. 802)); and
        (3) other users of the system.

    (c) Nature of Modifications.--Modifications made under subsection 
(b) of this section--
        (1) may include a system of titling aircraft or registering all 
    aircraft, even aircraft not operated;
        (2) shall ensure positive, verifiable, and timely identification 
    of the true owner; and
        (3) shall address at least each of the following deficiencies in 
    and abuses of the existing system:
            (A) the registration of aircraft to fictitious persons.
            (B) the use of false or nonexistent addresses by persons 
        registering aircraft.
            (C) the use by a person registering an aircraft of a post 
        office box or ``mail drop'' as a return address to evade 
        identification of the person's address.
            (D) the registration of aircraft to entities established to 
        facilitate unlawful activities.
            (E) the submission of names of individuals on applications 
        for registration of aircraft that are not identifiable.
            (F) the ability to make frequent legal changes in the 
        registration markings assigned to aircraft.
            (G) the use of false registration markings on aircraft.
            (H) the illegal use of ``reserved'' registration markings on 
        aircraft.
            (I) the large number of aircraft classified as being in 
        ``self-reported status''.
            (J) the lack of a system to ensure timely and adequate 
        notice of the transfer of ownership of aircraft.
            (K) the practice of allowing temporary operation and 
        navigation of aircraft without the issuance of a certificate of 
        registration.

    (d) Regulations.--(1) The Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration shall prescribe regulations to carry out this section and 
provide a written explanation of how the regulations address each of the 
deficiencies and abuses described in subsection (c) of this section. In 
prescribing the regulations, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration shall consult with the Administrator of Drug Enforcement, 
the Commissioner of Customs, other law enforcement officials of the 
United States Government, representatives of State and local law 
enforcement officials, representatives of the general aviation aircraft 
industry, representatives of users of general aviation aircraft, and 
other interested persons.
    (2) Regulations prescribed under this subsection shall require 
that--
        (A) each individual listed in an application for registration of 
    an aircraft provide with the application the individual's driver's 
    license number; and
        (B) each person (not an individual) listed in an application for 
    registration of an aircraft provide with the application the 
    person's taxpayer identifying number.

(Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1166.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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44111(a)..............................  49 App.:1303 (note).             Nov. 1
1, 1988, Pub. L. 100-690, Sec.
                                                                          7214,
 102 Stat. 4434.
44111(b)..............................  49 App.:1401(h) (1st sentence).  Aug. 2
3, 1958, Pub. L. 85-726, 72 Stat.
                                                                          731, 
Sec.  501(h); added Nov. 11,
                                                                          1988,
 Pub. L. 100-690, Sec.  7203(a),
                                                                          102 S
tat. 4424.
44111(c)..............................  49 App.:1401(h) (last
                                         sentence).
44111(d)..............................  49 App.:1401 (note).             Nov. 1
8, 1988, Pub. L. 100-690, Sec.
                                                                          7207(
a), (b), 102 Stat. 4427.
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    In subsection (c)(3)(D), the words ``corporations and others'' are 
omitted as surplus.
    In subsection (d)(1), the words ``Not later than September 18, 
1989'' and ``final'' are omitted as obsolete. The words ``Administrator 
of Drug Enforcement'' are substituted for ``Drug Enforcement 
Administration of the Department of Justice'' because of section 5(a) of 
Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1973 (eff. July 1, 1973, 87 Stat. 1092).


 Drug Enforcement Status and Progress; Reports to Congress; Definitions

    Pub. L. 100-690, title VII, Sec. 7207(d), (e), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 
Stat. 4428, provided that:
    ``(d) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this subtitle [Nov. 18, 1988] and annually thereafter 
during the 5-year period beginning on such 180th day, the Administrator 
shall prepare and transmit to Congress a report on the following:
        ``(1) The status of the rulemaking process, issuance of 
    regulations, and implementation of regulations in accordance with 
    this section [see subsec. (d) of this section].
        ``(2) The progress being made in reducing the number of aircraft 
    classified by the Federal Aviation Administration as being in `sale-
    reported status'.
        ``(3) The progress being made in expediting the filing and 
    processing of forms for major repairs and alterations of fuel tanks 
    and fuel systems of aircraft.
        ``(4) The status of establishing and collecting fees under 
    section 313(f) of the Federal Aviation Act [see section 45302(b) of 
    this title].
    ``(e) Definitions.--For purposes of this subtitle [subtitle E 
(Secs. 7201-7214) of title VII of Pub. L. 100-690, see Tables for 
classification]--
        ``(1) Administrator.--The term `Administrator' means the 
    Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration.
        ``(2) Aircraft.--The term `aircraft' has the meaning such term 
    has under section 101 of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 [see 
    section 40102 of this title].''


                        Information Coordination

    Pub. L. 100-690, title VII, Sec. 7210, Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 
4432, provided that: ``Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this subtitle [Nov. 18, 1988] and annually thereafter 
during the 3-year period beginning on such 180th day, the Administrator 
shall prepare and transmit to Congress a report on the following:
        ``(1) The progress made in establishing a process for provision 
    of informational assistance by such Administration to officials of 
    Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies.
        ``(2) The progress made in establishing a process for 
    effectively pursuing suspensions and revocations of certificates of 
    registration and airman certificates in accordance with the 
    amendments made to the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 by the Aviation 
    Drug-Trafficking Control Act [Pub. L. 98-499, see Tables for 
    classification], section 3401 of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986 
    [Pub. L. 99-570], and this subtitle [subtitle E (Secs. 7201-7214) of 
    title VII of Pub. L. 100-690].
        ``(3) The efforts of such Administration in assessing and 
    defining the appropriate relationship of such Administration's 
    informational assistance resources (including the El Paso 
    Intelligence Center and the Law Enforcement Assistance Unit of the 
    Aeronautical Center of such Administration).
        ``(4) The progress made in issuing guidelines on (A) the 
    reporting of aviation sensitive drug-related information, and (B) 
    the development, in coordination with the Drug Enforcement 
    Administration of the Department of Justice and the United States 
    Customs Service, of training and educational policies to assist 
    employees of such Administration to better understand (i) the 
    trafficking of controlled substances (as defined in section 102 of 
    the Controlled Substances Act [21 U.S.C. 802]), and (ii) the role of 
    such Administration with respect to such trafficking.
        ``(5) The progress made in improving and expanding such 
    Administration's role in the El Paso Intelligence Center.''


                Applicability of Paperwork Reduction Act

    Pub. L. 100-690, title VII, Sec. 7211(b), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 
4433, provided that: ``No information collection requests necessary to 
carry out the objectives of this subtitle [subtitle E (Secs. 7201-7214) 
of title VI of Pub. L. 100-690, see Tables for classification] 
(including the amendments made by this subtitle) shall be subject to or 
affect, directly or indirectly, the annual information collection budget 
goals established for the Federal Aviation Administration and the 
Department of Transportation under chapter 35 of title 44, United States 
Code.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 45302 of this title.
