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[CITE: 49USC44303]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                     SUBTITLE VII--AVIATION PROGRAMS
 
                     PART A--AIR COMMERCE AND SAFETY
 
                           subpart iii--safety
 
                         CHAPTER 443--INSURANCE
 
Sec. 44303. Coverage

    The Secretary of Transportation may provide insurance and 
reinsurance authorized under section 44302 of this title for the 
following:
        (1) an American aircraft or foreign-flag aircraft engaged in 
    aircraft operations the President decides are necessary to carry out 
    the foreign policy of the United States Government.
        (2) property transported or to be transported on aircraft 
    referred to in clause (1) of this section, including--
            (A) shipments by express or registered mail;
            (B) property owned by citizens or residents of the United 
        States;
            (C) property--
                (i) imported to, or exported from, the United States; 
            and
                (ii) bought or sold by a citizen or resident of the 
            United States under a contract putting the risk of loss or 
            obligation to provide insurance against risk of loss on the 
            citizen or resident; and

            (D) property transported between--
                (i) a place in a State or the District of Columbia and a 
            place in a territory or possession of the United States;
                (ii) a place in a territory or possession of the United 
            States and a place in another territory or possession of the 
            United States; or
                (iii) 2 places in the same territory or possession of 
            the United States.

        (3) the personal effects and baggage of officers and members of 
    the crew of an aircraft referred to in clause (1) of this section 
    and of other individuals employed or transported on that aircraft.
        (4) officers and members of the crew of an aircraft referred to 
    in clause (1) of this section and other individuals employed or 
    transported on that aircraft against loss of life, injury, or 
    detention.
        (5) statutory or contractual obligations or other liabilities, 
    customarily covered by insurance, of an aircraft referred to in 
    clause (1) of this section or of the owner or operator of that 
    aircraft.

(Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1169.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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44303.................................  49 App.:1533.                    Aug. 2
3, 1958, Pub. L. 85-726, Sec.
                                                                          1303,
 72 Stat. 801; restated Nov. 9,
                                                                          1977,
 Pub. L. 95-163, Sec.  3, 91
                                                                          Stat.
 1279.
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    In this section, before clause (1), the words ``persons, property, 
or interest'' are omitted as unnecessary. In clause (2), the word 
``property'' is substituted for ``Cargoes'' and ``air cargoes'' for 
consistency in the revised title. In clause (2)(B) and (C), the words 
``its territories, or possessions'' are omitted as unnecessary because 
of the definition of ``United States'' in section 40102(a) of the 
revised title. In clause (2)(C)(ii), the word ``contract'' is 
substituted for ``contracts of sale or purchase'', and the words 
``putting . . . on'' are substituted for ``is assumed by or falls 
upon'', to eliminate unnecessary words. In clause (2)(D), the word 
``place'' is substituted for ``point'' for consistency in the revised 
title. In subclause (i), the words ``a State or the District of 
Columbia'' are substituted for ``the United States'' for clarity and 
consistency because the definition of ``United States'' in section 
40102(a) of the revised title is too broad for the context of the 
clause. The definition in section 40102(a) includes territories and 
possession and would therefore overlap with subclauses (ii) and (iii). 
In subclause (iii), the words ``2 places in the same territory or 
possession of the United States'' are substituted for ``any point in any 
such territory or possession and any other point in the same territory 
or possession'' for clarity. In clauses (3) and (4), the word 
``individuals'' is substituted for ``persons'' as being more 
appropriate. The words ``captains'' and ``pilots'' are omitted as being 
included in ``officers and members of the crew''.
