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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

                SUBTITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

                  CHAPTER 3--GENERAL DUTIES AND POWERS

                      SUBCHAPTER II--ADMINISTRATIVE

Sec. 329. Transportation information

 

    (a) The Secretary of Transportation may collect and collate

transportation information the Secretary decides will contribute to the

improvement of the transportation system of the United States. To the

greatest practical extent, the Secretary shall use information available

from departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the United States

Government and other sources. To the extent practical, the Secretary

shall make available to other Government departments, agencies, and

instrumentalities and to the public the information collected under this

subsection.

    (b) The Secretary shall--

        (1) collect and disseminate information on civil aeronautics

    (other than that collected and disseminated by the National

    Transportation Safety Board under chapter 11 of this title)

    including, at a minimum, information on (A) the origin and

    destination of passengers in interstate air transportation (as that

    term is used in part A of subtitle VII of this title), and (B) the

    number of passengers traveling by air between any two points in

    interstate air transportation; except that in no case shall the

    Secretary require an air carrier to provide information on the

    number of passengers or the amount of cargo on a specific flight if

    the flight and the flight number under which such flight operates

    are used solely for interstate air transportation and are not used

    for providing essential air transportation under subchapter II of

    chapter 417 of this title;