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[CITE: 49USC47301]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                     SUBTITLE VII--AVIATION PROGRAMS
 
                  PART B--AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT AND NOISE
 
              CHAPTER 473--INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT FACILITIES
 
Sec. 47301. Definitions

    In this chapter--
        (1) ``airport property'' means an interest in property used or 
    useful in operating and maintaining an airport.
        (2) ``airway property'' means an interest in property used or 
    useful in operating and maintaining a ground installation, facility, 
    or equipment desirable for the orderly and safe operation of air 
    traffic, including air navigation, air traffic control, airway 
    communication, and meteorological facilities.
        (3) ``foreign territory'' means an area--
            (A) over which no government or a government of a foreign 
        country has sovereignty;
            (B) temporarily under military occupation by the United 
        States Government; or
            (C) occupied or administered by the Government or a 
        government of a foreign country under an international 
        agreement.

        (4) ``territory outside the continental United States'' means 
    territory outside the 48 contiguous States and the District of 
    Columbia.

(Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1280.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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47301(1)-(3)..........................  49 App.:1151.                    June 1
6, 1948, ch. 473, Sec.  2, 62
                                                                          Stat.
 450; Aug. 23, 1958, Pub. L. 85-
                                                                          726, 
Sec.  1403, 72 Stat. 808.
47301(4)..............................  (no source).
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    In this section, the words ``the purposes of'' and ``The term'' are 
omitted as surplus.
    In clauses (1) and (2), the words ``real or personal'', ``directly 
or indirectly'', ``administration'', and ``(including parts and 
components thereof)'' are omitted as surplus.
    In clause (1), the words ``including . . . (1) land; (2) runways, 
strips, taxiways, and parking aprons; (3) buildings, structures, 
improvements, and facilities, whether or not used in connection with the 
landing and take-off of aircraft; and (4) equipment . . . furniture, 
vehicles, and supplies'' are omitted as being included in ``an interest 
in property''.
    In clause (2), the words ``necessary or'' are omitted as surplus.
    In clause (3), before subclause (A), the words ``of land or water'' 
are omitted as surplus. In subclause (A), the words ``no government or a 
government of a foreign country'' are substituted for ``no nation or a 
nation other than the United States'' for consistency in the revised 
title and with other titles of the United States Code. The words 
``(including territory of undetermined sovereignty and the high seas)'' 
are omitted as surplus. In subclause (C), the words ``government of a 
foreign country'' are substituted for ``other nation'' for consistency 
in the revised title and with other titles of the Code.
    Clause (4) is derived from the source provisions of the chapter and 
is included to avoid repeating the phrase ``territory (including Alaska) 
outside the continental limits of the United States''.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in title 40 App. section 474.
