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[CITE: 49USC41712]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                     SUBTITLE VII--AVIATION PROGRAMS
 
                     PART A--AIR COMMERCE AND SAFETY
 
                     subpart ii--economic regulation
 
                   CHAPTER 417--OPERATIONS OF CARRIERS
 
                       SUBCHAPTER I--REQUIREMENTS
 
Sec. 41712. Unfair and deceptive practices and unfair methods of 
        competition
        
    (a) In General.--On the initiative of the Secretary of 
Transportation or the complaint of an air carrier, foreign air carrier, 
or ticket agent, and if the Secretary considers it is in the public 
interest, the Secretary may investigate and decide whether an air 
carrier, foreign air carrier, or ticket agent has been or is engaged in 
an unfair or deceptive practice or an unfair method of competition in 
air transportation or the sale of air transportation. If the Secretary, 
after notice and an opportunity for a hearing, finds that an air 
carrier, foreign air carrier, or ticket agent is engaged in an unfair or 
deceptive practice or unfair method of competition, the Secretary shall 
order the air carrier, foreign air carrier, or ticket agent to stop the 
practice or method.
    (b) E-Ticket Expiration Notice.--It shall be an unfair or deceptive 
practice under subsection (a) for any air carrier, foreign air carrier, 
or ticket agent utilizing electronically transmitted tickets for air 
transportation to fail to notify the purchaser of such a ticket of its 
expiration date, if any.

(Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1143; Pub. L. 106-
181, title II, Sec. 221, Apr. 5, 2000, 114 Stat. 102.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)               Source (Statutes at Large)
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41712.................................  49 App.:1381(a).                 Aug. 23, 1958, Pub. L. 85-726, Sec.
                                                                          411(a), 72 Stat. 769; Oct. 4, 1984,
                                                                          Pub. L. 98-443, Sec.  7(a), 98 Stat.
                                                                          1706.
                                        49 App.:1551(b)(1)(E).           Aug. 23, 1958, Pub. L. 85-726, 72 Stat.
                                                                          731, Sec.  1601(b)(1)(E); added Oct.
                                                                          4, 1984, Pub. L. 98-443, Sec.  3(e),
                                                                          98 Stat. 1704.
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    The words ``such action by'' are omitted as surplus. The words 
``opportunity for a'' are added for consistency in the revised title and 
with other titles of the United States Code.


                               Amendments

    2000--Pub. L. 106-181 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), 
inserted heading, and added subsec. (b).


                    Effective Date of 2000 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 106-181 applicable only to fiscal years 
beginning after Sept. 30, 1999, see section 3 of Pub. L. 106-181, set 
out as a note under section 106 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 41110, 46301 of this title.