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[CITE: 49USC45302]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                     SUBTITLE VII--AVIATION PROGRAMS
 
                     PART A--AIR COMMERCE AND SAFETY
 
                           subpart iii--safety
 
                            CHAPTER 453--FEES
 
Sec. 45302. Fees involving aircraft not providing air 
        transportation
        
    (a) Application.--This section applies only to aircraft not used to 
provide air transportation.
    (b) General Authority and Maximum Fees.--The Administrator of the 
Federal Aviation Administration may impose fees to pay for the costs of 
issuing airman certificates to pilots and certificates of registration 
of aircraft and processing forms for major repairs and alterations of 
fuel tanks and fuel systems of aircraft. The following fees may not be 
more than the amounts specified:
        (1) $12 for issuing an airman's certificate to a pilot.
        (2) $25 for registering an aircraft after the transfer of 
    ownership.
        (3) $15 for renewing an aircraft registration.
        (4) $7.50 for processing a form for a major repair or alteration 
    of a fuel tank or fuel system of an aircraft.

    (c) Adjustments.--The Administrator shall adjust the maximum fees 
established by subsection (b) of this section for changes in the 
Consumer Price Index of All Urban Consumers published by the Secretary 
of Labor.
    (d) Credit to Account and Availability.--Money collected from fees 
imposed under this section shall be credited to the account in the 
Treasury from which the Administrator incurs expenses in carrying out 
chapter 441 and sections 44701-44716 of this title (except sections 
44701(c), 44703(f)(2), and 44713(d)(2)). The money is available to the 
Administrator to pay expenses for which the fees are collected.
    (e) Effective Date.--A fee may not be imposed under this section 
before the date on which the regulations prescribed under sections 
44111(d), 44703(f)(2), and 44713(d)(2) of this title take effect.

(Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1225; Pub. L. 103-
429, Sec. 6(59), Oct. 31, 1994, 108 Stat. 4385.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
                                                 Pub. L. 103-272
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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45302(a)..............................  49 App.:1303 (note).             Nov. 1
8, 1988, Pub. L. 100-690, Sec.
                                                                          7214,
 102 Stat. 4434.
45302(b), (c).........................  49 App.:1354(f)(1)-(3).          Aug. 2
3, 1958, Pub. L. 85-726, 72 Stat.
                                                                          731, 
Sec.  313(f); added Nov. 18,
                                                                          1988,
 Pub. L. 100-690, Sec.
                                                                          7207(
c)(1), 102 Stat. 4427.
45302(d)..............................  49 App.:1354(f)(4).
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    In subsection (b), before clause (1), the text of 49 App.:1354(f)(3) 
is omitted as obsolete because the final regulations are effective. The 
word ``impose'' is substituted for ``establish and collect'' for 
consistency.
    In subsection (d), the words ``Money collected from fees imposed'' 
are substituted for ``The amount of fees collected'' for clarity and 
consistency.


                             Pub. L. 103-429

    This amends 49:45302 because the final regulations are not yet 
effective.


                               Amendments

    1994--Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 103-429 added subsec. (e).


                    Effective Date of 1994 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 103-429 effective July 5, 1994, see section 9 
of Pub. L. 103-429, set out as a note under section 321 of this title.


                         Inspector General Audit

    Pub. L. 100-690, title VII, Sec. 7207(c)(4), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 
Stat. 4428, as amended by Pub. L. 104-66, title II, Sec. 2041, Dec. 21, 
1995, 109 Stat. 728, provided that: ``During the 5-year period beginning 
after the date on which fees are first collected under section 313(f) of 
the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 [see subsec. (b) of this section], the 
Department of Transportation Inspector General shall conduct an annual 
audit of the collection and use of such fees for the purpose of ensuring 
that such fees do not exceed the costs for which they are collected and 
submit to Congress a report on the results of such audit.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 106 of this title.
