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[CITE: 49USC49102]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                     SUBTITLE VII--AVIATION PROGRAMS
 
                         PART D--PUBLIC AIRPORTS
 
              CHAPTER 491--METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON AIRPORTS
 
Sec. 49102. Purpose

    (a) General.--The purpose of this chapter is to authorize the 
transfer of operating responsibility under long-term lease of the 2 
Metropolitan Washington Airport properties as a unit, including access 
highways and other related facilities, to a properly constituted 
independent airport authority created by Virginia and the District of 
Columbia, in order to achieve local control, management, operation, and 
development of these important transportation assets.
    (b) Inclusion of Baltimore/Washington International Airport Not 
Precluded.--This chapter does not prohibit the Airports Authority and 
Maryland from making an agreement to make Baltimore/Washington 
International Airport part of a regional airports authority, subject to 
terms agreed to by the Airports Authority, the Secretary of 
Transportation, Virginia, the District of Columbia, and Maryland.

(Added Pub. L. 105-102, Sec. 2(26), Nov. 20, 1997, 111 Stat. 2207.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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49102(a)..............................  (uncodified).                    Oct. 1
8, 1986, Pub. L. 99-500, title
                                                                          VI, S
ec.  6003(a), 100 Stat. 1783-374.
                                                                         Oct. 3
0, 1986, Pub. L. 99-591, title
                                                                          VI, S
ec.  6003(a), 100 Stat. 3341-377.
49102(b)..............................  (uncodified).                    Oct. 1
8, 1986, Pub. L. 99-500, title
                                                                          VI, S
ec.  6003(b), 100 Stat. 1783-374.
                                                                         Oct. 3
0, 1986, Pub. L. 99-591, title
                                                                          VI, S
ec.  6003(b), 100 Stat. 3341-377.
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    In subsection (b), the words ``and conditions'' are omitted as being 
included in ``terms''.


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 49102 was renumbered section 50102 of this title.
