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[CITE: 49USC49103]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                     SUBTITLE VII--AVIATION PROGRAMS
 
                         PART D--PUBLIC AIRPORTS
 
              CHAPTER 491--METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON AIRPORTS
 
Sec. 49103. Definitions

    In this chapter--
        (1) ``Airports Authority'' means the Metropolitan Washington 
    Airports Authority, a public authority created by Virginia and the 
    District of Columbia consistent with the requirements of section 
    49106 of this title.
        (2) ``employee'' means any permanent Federal Aviation 
    Administration personnel employed by the Metropolitan Washington 
    Airports on June 7, 1987.
        (3) ``Metropolitan Washington Airports'' means Ronald Reagan 
    Washington National Airport and Washington Dulles International 
    Airport.
        (4) ``Washington Dulles International Airport'' means the 
    airport constructed under the Act of September 7, 1950 (ch. 905, 64 
    Stat. 770), and includes the Dulles Airport Access Highway and 
    Right-of-way, including the extension between Interstate Routes I-
    495 and I-66.
        (5) ``Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport'' means the 
    airport described in the Act of June 29, 1940 (ch. 444, 54 Stat. 
    686).

(Added Pub. L. 105-102, Sec. 2(26), Nov. 20, 1997, 111 Stat. 2207; 
amended Pub. L. 105-154, Sec. 2(a)(1)(D), Feb. 6, 1998, 112 Stat. 3.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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49103.................................  (uncodified).                    Oct. 1
8, 1986, Pub. L. 99-500, title
                                                                          VI, S
ec.  6004, 100 Stat. 1783-374.
                                                                         Oct. 3
0, 1986, Pub. L. 99-591, title
                                                                          VI, S
ec.  6004, 100 Stat. 3341-377.
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    In this section, the text of section 6004(1) and (5) of the 
Metropolitan Washington Airports Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-500, 100 
Stat. 1783-374, 1783-375, Public Law 99-591, 100 Stat. 3341-378) is 
omitted as surplus because the complete names of the Administrator of 
the Federal Aviation Administration and the Secretary of Transportation 
are used the first time those terms appear in a section.
    In clause (1), the words ``an organization within the Federal 
Aviation Administration'' are omitted as surplus.

                       References in Text

    Act of September 7, 1950, ch. 905, 64 Stat. 770, referred to in par. 
(4), was classified to subchapter II (Sec. 2421 et seq.) of chapter 33 
of former Title 49, Transportation, and was omitted from the Code when 
subtitles II, III, and V to X of Title 49, Transportation, were enacted 
by Pub. L. 103-272, July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 745.
    Act of June 29, 1940, ch. 444, 54 Stat. 686, referred to in par. 
(5), was classified to subchapter I (Sec. 2401 et seq.) of chapter 33 of 
former Title 49, Transportation, and was omitted from the Code when 
subtitles II, III, and V to X of Title 49, Transportation, were enacted 
by Pub. L. 103-272, July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 745.


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 49103 was renumbered section 50103 of this title.


                               Amendments

    1998--Pars. (3), (5). Pub. L. 105-154 substituted ``Ronald Reagan 
Washington National Airport'' for ``Washington National Airport''.

                         Change of Name

    Pub. L. 105-154, Sec. 1, Feb. 6, 1998, 112 Stat. 3, provided that: 
``The airport described in the Act entitled `An Act to provide for the 
administration of the Washington National Airport, and for other 
purposes', approved June 29, 1940 (54 Stat. 686) [section 2401 et seq. 
of former Title 49, Transportation, see References in Text note above], 
and known as the Washington National Airport, shall be known and 
designated as the `Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport'.''
    Pub. L. 105-154, Sec. 2(b), Feb. 6, 1998, 112 Stat. 4, provided 
that: ``Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or 
other record of the United States to the Washington National Airport 
shall be deemed to be a reference to the `Ronald Reagan Washington 
National Airport'.''
