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[CITE: 49USC49111]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                     SUBTITLE VII--AVIATION PROGRAMS
 
                         PART D--PUBLIC AIRPORTS
 
              CHAPTER 491--METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON AIRPORTS
 
Sec. 49111. Relationship to and effect of other laws

    (a) Same Powers and Restrictions Under Other Laws.--To ensure that 
the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority has the same proprietary 
powers and is subject to the same restrictions under United States law 
as any other airport except as otherwise provided in this chapter, 
during the period that the lease authorized by section 6005 of the 
Metropolitan Washington Airports Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-500; 100 
Stat. 1783-375; Public Law 99-591; 100 Stat. 3341-378) is in effect--
        (1) the Metropolitan Washington Airports are deemed to be public 
    airports for purposes of chapter 471 of this title; and
        (2) the Act of June 29, 1940 (ch. 444, 54 Stat. 686), the First 
    Supplemental Civil Functions Appropriations Act, 1941 (ch. 780, 54 
    Stat. 1030), and the Act of September 7, 1950 (ch. 905, 64 Stat. 
    770), do not apply to the operation of the Metropolitan Washington 
    Airports, and the Secretary of Transportation is relieved of all 
    responsibility under those Acts.

    (b) Inapplicability of Certain Laws.--The Metropolitan Washington 
Airports and the Airports Authority are not subject to the requirements 
of any law solely by reason of the retention by the United States 
Government of the fee simple title to those airports.
    (c) Police Power.--Virginia shall have concurrent police power 
authority over the Metropolitan Washington Airports, and the courts of 
Virginia may exercise jurisdiction over Ronald Reagan Washington 
National Airport.
    (d) Planning.--(1) The authority of the National Capital Planning 
Commission under section 5 of the Act of June 6, 1924 (40 U.S.C. 71d), 
does not apply to the Airports Authority.
    (2) The Airports Authority shall consult with--
        (A) the Commission and the Advisory Council on Historic 
    Preservation before undertaking any major alterations to the 
    exterior of the main terminal at Washington Dulles International 
    Airport; and
        (B) the Commission before undertaking development that would 
    alter the skyline of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport when 
    viewed from the opposing shoreline of the Potomac River or from the 
    George Washington Parkway.

    (e) Operation Limitations.--The Administrator of the Federal 
Aviation Administration may not increase the number of instrument flight 
rule takeoffs and landings authorized for air carriers by the High 
Density Rule (14 CFR 93.121 et seq.) at Ronald Reagan Washington 
National Airport on October 18, 1986, and may not decrease the number of 
those takeoffs and landings except for reasons of safety.

(Added Pub. L. 105-102, Sec. 2(26), Nov. 20, 1997, 111 Stat. 2213; 
amended Pub. L. 105-154, Sec. 2(a)(1)(D), Feb. 6, 1998, 112 Stat. 3; 
Pub. L. 105-225, Sec. 7(c)(1)(D), Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1511.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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49111(a)..............................  (uncodified).                    Oct. 1
8, 1986, Pub. L. 99-500, title
                                                                          VI, S
ec.  6009(a), 100 Stat. 1783-384.
                                                                         Oct. 3
0, 1986, Pub. L. 99-591, title
                                                                          VI, S
ec.  6009(a), 100 Stat. 3341-387.
49111(b)..............................  (uncodified).                    Oct. 1
8, 1986, Pub. L. 99-500, title
                                                                          VI, S
ec.  6009(b), 100 Stat. 1783-384;
                                                                          Oct. 
9, 1996, Pub. L. 104-264, title
                                                                          IX, S
ec.  904(c)(1), 110 Stat. 3276.
                                                                         Oct. 3
0, 1986, Pub. L. 99-591, title
                                                                          VI, S
ec.  6009(b), 100 Stat. 3341-387;
                                                                          Oct. 
9, 1996, Pub. L. 104-264, title
                                                                          IX, S
ec.  904(c)(1), 110 Stat. 3276.
49111(c)..............................  (uncodified).                    Oct. 1
8, 1986, Pub. L. 99-500, title
                                                                          VI, S
ec.  6009(c), 100 Stat. 1783-384.
                                                                         Oct. 3
0, 1986, Pub. L. 99-591, title
                                                                          VI, S
ec.  6009(c), 100 Stat. 3341-387.
49111(d)..............................  (uncodified).                    Oct. 1
8, 1986, Pub. L. 99-500, title
                                                                          VI, S
ec.  6009(d), 100 Stat. 1783-384.
                                                                         Oct. 3
0, 1986, Pub. L. 99-591, title
                                                                          VI, S
ec.  6009(d), 100 Stat. 3341-387.
49111(e)..............................  (uncodified).                    Oct. 1
8, 1986, Pub. L. 99-500, title
                                                                          VI, S
ec.  6009(e), 100 Stat. 1783-384.
                                                                         Oct. 3
0, 1986, Pub. L. 99-591, title
                                                                          VI, S
ec.  6009(e), 100 Stat. 3341-388.
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    In subsection (a)(1), the word ``deemed'' is substituted for 
``considered'' for consistency in the revised title and with other 
titles of the United States Code.
    In subsection (e), the text of section 6009(e)(2) of the 
Metropolitan Washington Airports Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-500, 100 
Stat. 1783-385, Public Law 99-591, 100 Stat. 3341-388) is omitted as 
executed.

                       References in Text

    Section 6005 of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Act of 1986, 
referred to in subsec. (a), is section 6005 of Pub. L. 99-500, title VI, 
Oct. 18, 1986, 100 Stat. 1783-375, and Pub. L. 99-591, title VI, Oct. 
30, 1986, 100 Stat. 3341-378, which was classified to section 2454 of 
former Title 49, Transportation, and was repealed and reenacted as this 
section by Pub. L. 105-102, Secs. 2(26), 5(b), Nov. 20, 1997, 111 Stat. 
2205, 2217.
    Act of June 29, 1940, ch. 444, 54 Stat. 686, referred to in subsec. 
(a)(2), 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.
    The First Supplemental Civil Functions Appropriations Act, 1941, 
referred to in subsec. (a)(2), is act Oct. 9, 1940, ch. 780, 54 Stat. 
1030. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
    Act of September 7, 1950, ch. 905, 64 Stat. 770, referred to in 
subsec. (a)(2), 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.


                               Amendments

    1998--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 105-225 substituted ``retention by'' for 
``retention of''.
    Subsecs. (c), (d)(2)(B), (e). Pub. L. 105-154 substituted ``Ronald 
Reagan Washington National Airport'' for ``Washington National 
Airport''.


                    Effective Date of 1998 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 105-225 effective Nov. 20, 1997, see section 
7(c)(3) of Pub. L. 105-225, set out as a note under section 49106 of 
this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 41714 of this title.
