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 90 STAT. 882

PUBLIC LAW 94-353—JULY 12, 1976 L I M I T I N G CHARGES FOR GOVERNMENT INSPECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY

Effective date.

49 USC 1741 note.

SEC. 15. (a) Section 53 of the Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970 (49 U.S.C. 1741) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(e) The cost of any inspection or quarantine service which is required to be performed by the Federal Government or any agency thereof at airports of entry or other places of inspection as a consequence of the operation of aircraft, and which is performed during regularly established hours of service on Sundays or holidays shall be reimbursed by the owners or operators of such aircraft only to the same extent as if such service had been performed during regularly established hours of service on weekdays. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, administrative overhead costs associated with any inspection or quarantine service required to be performed by the United States Government, or any agency thereof, at airports of entry as a result of the operation of aircraft, shall not be assessed against the owners or operators thereof.". (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) of this section shall take effect January 1, 1977. PURCHASE REPORTS

SEC. 16. Section 303(e) of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (49 U.S.C. 1344) is amended by striking out ''Interstate and Foreign Commerce"' and inserting in lieu thereof "Public Works and Transportation". AIRPOr.T SECURITY I N

ALASKA

SEC. 17. (a) The Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (49 U.S.C. 1432 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end of title III thereof the following new section: a AIRPORT SECURITY I N

49 USC 1358. 49 USC 1356, 1357. 49 USC 1371.

ALASKA

"SEC. 317. The Administrator is authorized to exempt from the provisions of sections 315 and 316 of this Act those airports in Alaska which receive service only from air carriers operating under certificates granted by the Civil Aeronautics Board under section 401 of this Act, which operate aircraft having a maximum certificated gross takeoff weight of less than 12,500 pounds, and which do not enplane any passenger, or any property intended to be carried in the aircraft cabin, which passenger or property is moving in air transportation and will not be subject to screening in accordance with such section 315 at an airport in Alaska before such passenger or property is enplaned for any point outside Alaska.". (b) That portion of the table of contents contained in the first section of such Act which appears under the center heading " TITLE III — ORGANIZATION OF A G E N C Y A N D P O W E R S A N D D U T I E S OF ADMINISTRATOR"

is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sideheading: "Sec. 317. Airport security in Alaska.".

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