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[Document affected by Public Law 107-71 Section 140(d)(5)]
[CITE: 49USC46303]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                     SUBTITLE VII--AVIATION PROGRAMS
 
                     PART A--AIR COMMERCE AND SAFETY
 
                  subpart iv--enforcement and penalties
 
                         CHAPTER 463--PENALTIES
 
Sec. 46303. Carrying a weapon

    (a) Civil Penalty.--An individual who, when on, or attempting to 
board, an aircraft in, or intended for operation in, air transportation 
or intrastate air transportation, has on or about the individual or the 
property of the individual a concealed dangerous weapon that is or would 
be accessible to the individual in flight is liable to the United States 
Government for a civil penalty of not more than $10,000 for each 
violation.
    (b) Compromise and Setoff.--(1) The Secretary of Transportation may 
compromise the amount of a civil penalty imposed under subsection (a) of 
this section.
    (2) The Government may deduct the amount of a civil penalty imposed 
or compromised under this section from amounts it owes the individual 
liable for the penalty.
    (c) Nonapplication.--This section does not apply to--
        (1) a law enforcement officer of a State or political 
    subdivision of a State, or an officer or employee of the Government, 
    authorized to carry arms in an official capacity; or
        (2) another individual the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
    Administration by regulation authorizes to carry arms in an official 
    capacity.

(Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1234.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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46303(a)..............................  49 App.:1471(d) (words after 3d  Aug. 2
3, 1958, Pub. L. 85-726, 72 Stat.
                                         comma).                          731, 
Sec.  901(d); added Oct. 12,
                                                                          1984,
 Pub. L. 98-473, Sec.
                                                                          2014(
a)(1), 98 Stat. 2189.
46303(b)..............................  49 App.:1471(a)(2) (related to   Aug. 2
3, 1958, Pub. L. 85-726, Sec.
                                         1471(d)).                        901(a
)(2) (related to Sec.  901(d)),
                                                                          72 St
at. 784; July 10, 1962, Pub. L.
                                                                          87-52
8, Sec.  12, 76 Stat. 150;
                                                                          resta
ted Oct. 24, 1978, Pub. L. 95-
                                                                          504, 
Sec.  35(b), 92 Stat. 1740; Oct.
                                                                          12, 1
984, Pub. L. 98-473, Sec.
                                                                          2014(
b), 98 Stat. 2189.
                                        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.
46303(c)..............................  49 App.:1471(d) (words before
                                         3d comma).
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    In subsection (a), the words ``deadly or'' and ``which shall be 
recoverable in a civil action brought in the name of the United States'' 
are omitted as surplus.
    In subsection (b)(1), the words ``imposed under'' are substituted 
for ``provided for in'' for consistency.
    In subsection (b)(2), the words ``imposed or compromised'' are 
substituted for ``The amount of such penalty when finally determined or 
fixed by order of the Board, or the amount agreed upon in compromise'' 
to eliminate unnecessary words.
    In subsection (c)(1), the words ``State or political subdivision of 
a State'' are substituted for ``municipal or State government'' for 
consistency in the revised title and with other titles of the United 
States Code. The words ``or required'' are omitted as surplus.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 106, 46301 of this title.
