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[Laws in effect as of January 23, 2000]
[Document affected by Public Law 106-181 Section 726]
[CITE: 49USC47508]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                     SUBTITLE VII--AVIATION PROGRAMS
 
                  PART B--AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT AND NOISE
 
                           CHAPTER 475--NOISE
 
                      SUBCHAPTER I--NOISE ABATEMENT
 
Sec. 47508. Noise standards for air carriers and foreign air 
        carriers providing foreign air transportation
        
    (a) General Requirements.--The Secretary of Transportation shall 
require each air carrier and foreign air carrier providing foreign air 
transportation to comply with noise standards--
        (1) the Secretary prescribed for new subsonic aircraft in 
    regulations of the Secretary in effect on January 1, 1977; or
        (2) of the International Civil Aviation Organization that are 
    substantially compatible with standards of the Secretary for new 
    subsonic aircraft in regulations of the Secretary at parts 36 and 91 
    of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, prescribed between January 
    2, 1977, and January 1, 1982.

    (b) Compliance at Phased Rate.--The Secretary shall require each air 
carrier and foreign air carrier providing foreign air transportation to 
comply with the noise standards at a phased rate similar to the rate for 
aircraft registered in the United States.
    (c) Nondiscrimination.--The requirement for air carriers providing 
foreign air transportation may not be more stringent than the 
requirement for foreign air carriers.

(Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1287.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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47508(a)..............................  49 App.:2122(a) (1st sentence    Feb. 1
8, 1980, Pub. L. 96-193, Sec.
                                         words before last comma, last    302(a
), 94 Stat. 56.
                                         sentence).
47508(b)..............................  49 App.:2122(a) (1st sentence
                                         words after last comma).
47508(c)..............................  49 App.:2122(a) (2d sentence).
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    In this section, the word ``providing'' is substituted for 
``engaging in'' for consistency in the revised title.
    In subsection (a), the words ``acting through the Administrator'' 
and ``acting through the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration (14 CFR part 36)'' are omitted for consistency. Section 
6(c)(1) of the Department of Transportation Act (Public Law 89-670, 80 
Stat. 938) transferred all duties and powers of the Federal Aviation 
Agency and the Administrator to the Secretary of Transportation. 
However, the Secretary was to carry out certain provisions through the 
Administrator. In addition, various laws enacted since then have vested 
duties and powers in the Administrator. All provisions of law the 
Secretary is required to carry out through the Administrator are 
included in 49:106(g). Before clause (1), the words ``If, by January 1, 
1980, the International Civil Aviation Organization (hereafter referred 
to as `ICAO') does not reach an agreement'' and ``commence a rulemaking 
to'' and 49 App.:2122(a) (last sentence) are omitted as executed. In 
clause (1), the words ``as such regulations were'' are omitted as 
surplus. In clause (2), the words ``on noise standards and an 
international schedule'' and ``(annex 16)'' are omitted as surplus. The 
words ``of the Secretary for new subsonic aircraft in regulations of the 
Secretary at parts 36 and 91 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, 
prescribed between January 2, 1977, and January 1, 1982'' are 
substituted for ``set forth in such regulations issued by the Secretary 
(14 CFR parts 36 and 91) during the 5-year period thereafter'' for 
clarity and consistency.
    In subsection (b), the words ``in effect'' are omitted as surplus.


                     Aircraft Noise Research Program

    Pub. L. 102-581, title III, Sec. 304, Oct. 31, 1992, 106 Stat. 4896, 
provided that:
    ``(a) Establishment.--The Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration and the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration shall jointly conduct a research program to develop 
new technologies for quieter subsonic jet aircraft engines and 
airframes.
    ``(b) Goal.--The goal of the research program established by 
subsection (a) is to develop by the year 2000 technologies for subsonic 
jet aircraft engines and airframes which would permit a subsonic jet 
aircraft to operate at reduced noise levels.
    ``(c) Participation.--In carrying out the program established by 
subsection (a), the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration 
and the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration shall encourage the participation of representatives of 
the aviation industry and academia.
    ``(d) Report to Congress.--The Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration and the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration shall jointly submit to Congress, on an annual 
basis during the term of the program established by subsection (a), a 
report on the progress being made under the program toward meeting the 
goal described in subsection (b).''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

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