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[Document affected by Public Law 106-181 Section 125(b)]
[CITE: 49USC47125]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                     SUBTITLE VII--AVIATION PROGRAMS
 
                  PART B--AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT AND NOISE
 
                    CHAPTER 471--AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT
 
                    SUBCHAPTER I--AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT
 
Sec. 47125. Conveyances of United States Government land

    (a) Conveyances to Public Agencies.--Except as provided in 
subsection (b) of this section, the Secretary of Transportation shall 
request the head of the department, agency, or instrumentality of the 
United States Government owning or controlling land or airspace to 
convey a property interest in the land or airspace to the public agency 
sponsoring the project or owning or controlling the airport when 
necessary to carry out a project under this subchapter at a public 
airport, to operate a public airport, or for the future development of 
an airport under the national plan of integrated airport systems. The 
head of the department, agency, or instrumentality shall decide whether 
the requested conveyance is consistent with the needs of the department, 
agency, or instrumentality and shall notify the Secretary of that 
decision not later than 4 months after receiving the request. If the 
head of the department, agency, or instrumentality decides that the 
requested conveyance is consistent with its needs, the head of the 
department, agency, or instrumentality, with the approval of the 
Attorney General and without cost to the Government, shall make the 
conveyance. A conveyance may be made only on the condition that the 
property interest conveyed reverts to the Government, at the option of 
the Secretary, to the extent it is not developed for an airport purpose 
or used consistently with the conveyance.
    (b) Nonapplication.--Except as specifically provided by law, 
subsection (a) of this section does not apply to land or airspace owned 
or controlled by the Government within--
        (1) a national park, national monument, national recreation 
    area, or similar area under the administration of the National Park 
    Service;
        (2) a unit of the National Wildlife Refuge System or similar 
    area under the jurisdiction of the United States Fish and Wildlife 
    Service; or
        (3) a national forest or Indian reservation.

(Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1276.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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47125(a)..............................  49 App.:2215(a), (b).            Sept. 
3, 1982, Pub. L. 97-248, Sec.
                                                                          516, 
96 Stat. 692.
47125(b)..............................  49 App.:2215(c).
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    In subsection (a), the text of 49 App.:2215(a) (last sentence) is 
omitted as surplus because a ``property interest in land or airspace'' 
necessarily includes ``title to . . . land or any easement through . . . 
airspace''. The words ``when necessary'' are substituted for ``whenever 
the Secretary determines that use of any lands owned or controlled by 
the United States is reasonably necessary for'', and the words ``for the 
future development'' are substituted for ``including lands reasonably 
necessary to meet future development'', to eliminate unnecessary words. 
The words ``not later than 4 months after receiving the request'' are 
substituted for ``Upon receipt of a request from the Secretary under 
this section'' and ``within a period of four months after receipt of the 
Secretary's request'' for clarity and to eliminate unnecessary words. 
The words ``make the conveyance'' are substituted for ``perform any acts 
and to execute any instruments necessary to make the conveyance 
requested'', and the words ``that the property interest conveyed reverts 
to the Government . . . to the extent it is not'' are substituted for 
``the property interest conveyed shall revert to the United States in 
the event that the lands in question are not'' and ``If only a part of 
the property interest conveyed is not developed for airport purposes, or 
used in a manner consistent with the terms of the conveyance, only that 
particular part shall, at the option of the Secretary, revert to the 
United States'', to eliminate unnecessary words. The words ``the terms 
of'' are omitted as surplus.
