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 PUBLIC LAW 94-353—JULY 12, 1976

90 STAT. 883

AIR TRANSPORTATION OF PERSONS OR PROPERTY

SEC. 18. (a) Section 401 of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (49 U.S.C. 1371) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: " (o)(l) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, transportation of persons or property by transport category aircraft in interstate air transportation prooured by the Department of Defense, including military departments within such Department, through contracts of more than 30 days duration for airlift service within the United States, shall be provided only by carriers which (1) have aircraft in the civil reserve air fleet or offer to place aircraft in such fleet, and (2) hold certificates under this section. Applications for certification under subsection (a) of this section for the purpose of providing the service referred to in this subsection shall be acted on expeditiously by the Board. "(2) In any case in which the Secretary of Defense determines that no air carrier certificated under subsection (a) of this section is capable of providing and willing to provide the type of service described in paragraph (1) of this subsection, he may contract with an air carrier which does not hold a certificate under this section.". (b) That portion of the table of contents contained in the first section of such Act which appears under the side heading "Sec. 401. Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity." is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: " (o) Air transportation of persons or property.". ISSUANCE o r

AIRPORT OPERATING

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CERTIFICATES

SEC. 19. (a) Section 612 of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (49 U.S.C. 1432; is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "EXEMPTION

'•(c) The Administrator may exempt any operator of an air carrier airport enplaning annually less than one-quarter of 1 percent of the total number of passengers enplaned at all air carrier airports from the requirements imposed by subsection (b) of this section relating to firehghting and rescue equipment if he hnds that such requirements are, or would be, unreasonably costly, burdensome, or impractical.". (b) That portion of the table of contents contained in tjfie first section of such Act which appears under the side heading "Sec. 612. Airport operating certificates." is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "(c) Exemption.". AIRPORT

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STUDY

S E C 20. The Secretary of Transportation shall conduct a study of airports in areas where land requirements, local taxes, or a low revenue return per acre may close such airports. This study, the results of which shall be reported to Congress by January 1, 1978, shall include the identification of those locations which may be converted to nonaviation uses and recommendations concerning methods for preserving those airports which in the Secretary's judgment should be preserved in the public interest.

49 USC 1724 ""^e. Report to Congress,

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