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[CITE: 49USC44507]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                     SUBTITLE VII--AVIATION PROGRAMS
 
                     PART A--AIR COMMERCE AND SAFETY
 
                           subpart iii--safety
 
            CHAPTER 445--FACILITIES, PERSONNEL, AND RESEARCH
 
Sec. 44507. Civil aeromedical research

    The Civil Aeromedical Institute established by section 106(j) of 
this title may--
        (1) conduct civil aeromedical research, including research 
    related to--
            (A) the protection and survival of aircraft occupants;
            (B) medical accident investigation and airman medical 
        certification;
            (C) toxicology and the effects of drugs on human 
        performance;
            (D) the impact of disease and disability on human 
        performance;
            (E) vision and its relationship to human performance and 
        equipment design;
            (F) human factors of flight crews, air traffic controllers, 
        mechanics, inspectors, airway facility technicians, and other 
        individuals involved in operating and maintaining aircraft and 
        air traffic control equipment; and
            (G) agency work force optimization, including training, 
        equipment design, reduction of errors, and identification of 
        candidate tasks for automation;

        (2) make comments to the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
    Administration on human factors aspects of proposed air safety 
    regulations;
        (3) make comments to the Administrator on human factors aspects 
    of proposed training programs, equipment requirements, standards, 
    and procedures for aviation personnel;
        (4) advise, assist, and represent the Federal Aviation 
    Administration in the human factors aspects of joint projects 
    between the Administration and the National Aeronautics and Space 
    Administration, other departments, agencies, and instrumentalities 
    of the United States Government, industry, and governments of 
    foreign countries; and
        (5) provide medical consultation services to the Administrator 
    about medical certification of airmen.

(Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1179.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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44507.................................  49 App.:1353(e).                 Aug. 2
3, 1958, Pub. L. 85-726, 72 Stat.
                                                                          731, 
Sec.  312(e); added Nov. 3, 1988,
                                                                          Pub. 
L. 100-591, Sec.  5(b), 102 Stat.
                                                                          3013.
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    In clause (4), the words ``departments, agencies, and 
instrumentalities of the United States Government'' are substituted for 
``Government agencies'' for consistency in the revised title and with 
other titles of the United States Code.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 106, 40119, 44501, 44508, 
48102 of this title.
