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[CITE: 49USC44712]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                     SUBTITLE VII--AVIATION PROGRAMS
 
                     PART A--AIR COMMERCE AND SAFETY
 
                           subpart iii--safety
 
                     CHAPTER 447--SAFETY REGULATION
 
Sec. 44712. Emergency locator transmitters

    (a) Installation.--An emergency locator transmitter must be 
installed on a fixed-wing powered civil aircraft for use in air 
commerce.
    (b) Nonapplication.--Subsection (a) of this section does not apply 
to--
        (1) turbojet-powered aircraft;
        (2) aircraft when used in scheduled flights by scheduled air 
    carriers holding certificates issued by the Secretary of 
    Transportation under subpart II of this part;
        (3) aircraft when used in training operations conducted entirely 
    within a 50 mile radius of the airport from which the training 
    operations begin;
        (4) aircraft when used in flight operations related to design 
    and testing, the manufacture, preparation, and delivery of the 
    aircraft, or the aerial application of a substance for an 
    agricultural purpose;
        (5) aircraft holding certificates from the Administrator of the 
    Federal Aviation Administration for research and development;
        (6) aircraft when used for showing compliance with regulations, 
    crew training, exhibition, air racing, or market surveys; and
        (7) aircraft equipped to carry only one individual.

    (c) Removal.--The Administrator shall prescribe regulations 
specifying the conditions under which an aircraft subject to subsection 
(a) of this section may operate when its emergency locator transmitter 
has been removed for inspection, repair, alteration, or replacement.

(Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1194.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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44712(a)..............................  49 App.:1421(d)(1).              Aug. 2
3, 1958, Pub. L. 85-726, 72 Stat.
                                                                          731, 
Sec.  601(d)(1); added Dec. 29,
                                                                          1970,
 Pub. L. 91-596, Sec.  31, 84
                                                                          Stat.
 1619; restated Jan. 2, 1974,
                                                                          Pub. 
L. 93-239, Sec.  4, 87 Stat.
                                                                          1048;
 Nov. 9, 1977, Pub. L. 95-163,
                                                                          Sec. 
 15(a)(1), 91 Stat. 1283.
44712(b)..............................  49 App.:1421(d)(2).              Aug. 2
3, 1958, Pub. L. 85-726, 72 Stat.
                                                                          731, 
Sec.  601(d)(2); added Dec. 29,
                                                                          1970,
 Pub. L. 91-596, Sec.  31, 84
                                                                          Stat.
 1619; restated Jan. 2, 1974,
                                                                          Pub. 
L. 93-239, Sec.  4, 87 Stat.
                                                                          1048.
                                        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.
44712(c)..............................  49 App.:1421(d)(3).              Aug. 2
3, 1958, Pub. L. 85-726, 72 Stat.
                                                                          731, 
Sec.  601(d)(3); added Nov. 9,
                                                                          1977,
 Pub. L. 95-163, Sec.  15(a)(2),
                                                                          91 St
at. 1283.
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    In subsection (a), the words ``Except with respect to aircraft 
described in paragraph (2) of this subsection and except as provided in 
paragraph (3) of this subsection'' are omitted as surplus. The words 
``minimum standards pursuant to this section shall include a requirement 
that'', the text of 49 App.:1421(d)(1)(A), and the words ``after three 
years and six months following such date'' are omitted as executed.
    In subsection (b), the word ``used'' is substituted for ``engaged'' 
for consistency. In clause (3), the word ``training'' is substituted for 
``local flight'' for consistency. In clause (4), the words ``chemicals 
and other'' are omitted as surplus. In clause (5), the word ``purposes'' 
is omitted as surplus.
    In subsection (c), the words ``prescribe regulations'' are 
substituted for ``shall issue regulations . . . as he prescribes in such 
regulations'' to eliminate unnecessary words. The words ``such 
limitations and'' and ``from such aircraft'' are omitted as surplus.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 106, 44701, 44711, 45302, 
46310, 47531 of this title.
